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Re: first 2010 post

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StevenJan 2, 2010
 

 
Thanks for all your hard work mate, you are the glue that keeps our JAM loving community together!! Happy New Year...

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
>
> I haven't posted much recently. That's because I've been busy bringing
> together the "new" website. As well as changing thousands of links, I've
> had to edit every page, changing apostrophes which haven't liked the
> move from Tripod to Yahoo. But also I have been working hard and had the
> blues a bit. Not sure why.
>
> I've been listening again of course to the shows in the last season, the
> first post-Clement season. There are six very funny shows and four that
> were disappointing. I suppose that's not such a bad average, but it does
> make me think that the loss of Clement is a big one. We knew that I
> suppose, but still it's being confirmed.
>
> The show starts again on Monday with Paul, Gyles Brandreth, Julian Clary
> and David Mitchell. David was both very funny and very competitive in
> his first two shows so I am expecting a lot from him.
>
> Speaking of which I've listened a few times to the show he chairs, The
> Unbelievable Truth, one of those shows which fills time between JAM
> seasons on Mondays at 630pm on Radio Four. I mentioned on the Yahoo
> group a few months ago that I didn't find the show very funny, and just
> about everyone disagreed. I've heard a few more since and still feel
> unimpressed. The last one I heard was a special QI edition featuring
> Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, John Lloyd (an ex-JAM producer) and Rob
> Brydon. I settled down looking forward to an enjoyable programme - after
> all Stephen and Alan are among the funniest people in Britain.
>
> Yet again I felt disappointed. For those who haven't heard it, it's a
> reworking of Call My Bluff. One of the panel reads a monologue where
> most of the material is fiction, but five facts are included. You win
> points by guessing which parts of the speech are factual.
>
> The fun of panel shows is usually in the interaction between panellists.
> Call My Bluff had Frank Muir who couldn't not be funny if he tried.
> Later Sandi Toskvig and Alan Coren enjoyed scoring points off each
> other. As I said the panel was especially good - but somehow the comedy
> never really got started. I think the monologues go on too long or
> something. Anyway the Alan-Stephen double act never really came into
> play.
>
> The one good thing about the show was David Mitchell who was by a
> distance the funniest person on the show. Most of the good lines came
> from him. It made me wonder if he could be the next chairman for JAM
> when Nicholas retires - which must surely be in the next two or three
> years. I have the feeling David could do a good job.
>
> Anyway I'm off on holiday in a couple of days so may not hear the first
> show. It'll depend on whether I can get to an Internet cafe or not. But
> I'm sure it will be good and we will get 12 very funny shows this season.
>

 
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