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Re: 28th December 2007: Article by Suzy Parsons (Nicholas' daughter) about JAM

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Dean BedfordOct 22, 2009
 

 
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 10:21 AM, kj.naughton wrote:

>
> Thank you for posting this; it was a most interesting read.
>
> The last sentence was quite poignant and touched on a point I have been
> musing upon since the announcement that Jack Dee was going to chair the
> next series of "Clue".
>
> I am a fan of both Clue and JaM but I feel that JaM losing Nicholas is
> going to be a bigger jolt than Clue losing Humph was.
>
> Humph's stuff on Clue was mostly scripted and, although he has
> excellent delivery and there was the odd off-the-cuff gem, I always
> thought his contribution to the show was possibly less than Nicholas's
> is to JaM. Nicholas's stuff is almost entirely spontaneous and the
> article that twistedcontrol kindly posted shows how much of JaM is
> Nicholas (although I'm aware that this may not be an entirely impartial
> article).
>
> I'm also minded that it's a bit easier to lose Humph because he's
> already gone, but I like to think that I've bourne that in mind.
>
> So what do we think. Could JaM continue (for long) without Nicholas?

I posted not long ago with my thoughts on Nicholas and replacing him so
I won't bore people to sobs by repeating them this soon.

It's hard to compare the two chairmen isn't it. Humph probably couldn't
do what Nicholas does - but would Nicholas read those lines as
brilliantly as Humph?

I feel Jack Dee is the best choice to replace Humph - he is closest to
his deadpan style. But Humph is being missed, I think.

 
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