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Re: Wendy Richard

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Dean BedfordJan 19, 2010
 

 
On Monday, January 18, 2010, at 09:21 PM, lapsedcat wrote:

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> I don't know about Deanne Hart, but I would like to be a bit
> controversial here and nominate Wendy Richard. Why why why? She rarely
> contributed anything worthwhile (IMO) and the constant crabbiness
> really grated. Yet she kept being invited back time and time again.

I can understand why she was dropped as a regular in the end, because
she is sort of a one-note player which might have got a bit, well,
repetitious. And they needed to find room for the newer voices like Tony
Hawks, Graham Norton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, et al.

But I do feel a bit positive towards her. There's a sense of drama in
her shows - you wonder how mad she will get and what wil happen next.
The only other person who really provides that is Kenneth. And the shows
she was on in the early 90s were usually better than other shows in the
same period. In the period before Paul Merton really hits his straps she
provides a real energy to the show which wasn't coming from anyone else.
Imagine if instead of making her a regular, they'd promoted say Tim Rice
or Lance Percival or even Richard Murdoch (if he hadn't died anyway).
The programme would have sounded very sleepy. Even when she was dumped,
you could sort of argue she was providing more spark than Clement, Derek
and Peter - but of course they could not have dumped one of them.

So I don't rate her as a favourite - but she made an important
contribution in those early 90s when the show came close ro being
shelved. I like her.

 
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