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Topic: Gyles...

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Dean BedfordJan 21, 2010
 

 
If the BBC is correct - it sometimes isn't - Gyles Brandreth is about to
enter the list of top 10 appearances amongst panellists.

The BBC says this week's show is the second recording featuring Gyles,
Paul Merton, Julian Clary and David Mitchell.

The current top 10 (excluding Nicholas Parsons) is...

1st - Sir Clement Freud 547
2nd - Kenneth Williams 346
3rd - Peter Jones 332
4th - Derek Nimmo 311
5th - Paul Merton 232
6th - Tony Hawks 101
7th - Sheila Hancock 82
8th - Graham Norton 69
9th - Andree Melly 54
10th - Sir Tim Rice 46

Gyles is on 45, so will reach 46 this week.

I think he is beginning to sound like a fixture on the show. His banter
with Paul Merton is always entertaining and I would not be surprised if
Paul was recommending Gyles appear more often. In the first show this
season, I enjoyed the repartee when Gyles did the joke about seeing a
sign on the Underground that dogs must be carried on the Tube and it
taking him half an hour to find one. Paul asked Gyles if that was his
joke and Gyles admitted it wasn't. I don't know if Paul already knew
that or not, but either way it was an acknowledgement of a very good
joke from a comic master.

I expect Gyles will do one of the two recordings still to come this
season.

 
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Topic: Re: Gyles...

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Robert TorresJan 22, 2010
 

 

Ah, I remember that particular joke, it was from the 80's, Gyles had put in an appearance alongside Barry Cryer.  The opening subject for that episode I believe was 'A Bad Joke'.    Gyles Brandreth was always a personal favorite since he started appearing in the 1980's, he may not have been one of the originators of the show, but still very much part of the show's history in that he is also a living link between the show's past and the show's present, and maybe even its future.    --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote: From: Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> Subject: [just-a-minute] Gyles... To: just-a-minute@... Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 12:22 AM   If the BBC is correct - it sometimes isn't - Gyles Brandreth is about to enter the list of top 10 appearances amongst panellists. The BBC says this week's show is the second recording featuring Gyles, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and David Mitchell. The current top 10 (excluding Nicholas Parsons) is... 1st - Sir Clement Freud 547 2nd - Kenneth Williams 346 3rd - Peter Jones 332 4th - Derek Nimmo 311 5th - Paul Merton 232 6th - Tony Hawks 101 7th - Sheila Hancock 82 8th - Graham Norton 69 9th - Andree Melly 54 10th - Sir Tim Rice 46 Gyles is on 45, so will reach 46 this week. I think he is beginning to sound like a fixture on the show. His banter with Paul Merton is always entertaining and I would not be surprised if Paul was recommending Gyles appear more often. In the first show this season, I enjoyed the repartee when Gyles did the joke about seeing a sign on the Underground that dogs must be carried on the Tube and it taking him half an hour to find one. Paul asked Gyles if that was his joke and Gyles admitted it wasn't. I don't know if Paul already knew that or not, but either way it was an acknowledgement of a very good joke from a comic master. I expect Gyles will do one of the two recordings still to come this season.

 
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Topic: Re: Gyles...

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StevenJan 22, 2010
 

 
As much as I love Gyles, I do wish he would get some new material.. if I hear the 'Mighty Oak/Nut like you' speech or the 'Blind Horse' spiel one more time......................

--- In just-a-minute@..., Robert Torres <bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:
>
> Ah, I remember that particular joke, it was from the 80's, Gyles had put in an appearance alongside Barry Cryer.  The opening subject for that episode I believe was 'A Bad Joke'. 
>  
> Gyles Brandreth was always a personal favorite since he started appearing in the 1980's, he may not have been one of the originators of the show, but still very much part of the show's history in that he is also a living link between the show's past and the show's present, and maybe even its future. 
>  
>
> --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Gyles...
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 12:22 AM
>
>
>  
>
>
>
> If the BBC is correct - it sometimes isn't - Gyles Brandreth is about to
> enter the list of top 10 appearances amongst panellists.
>
> The BBC says this week's show is the second recording featuring Gyles,
> Paul Merton, Julian Clary and David Mitchell.
>
> The current top 10 (excluding Nicholas Parsons) is...
>
> 1st - Sir Clement Freud 547
> 2nd - Kenneth Williams 346
> 3rd - Peter Jones 332
> 4th - Derek Nimmo 311
> 5th - Paul Merton 232
> 6th - Tony Hawks 101
> 7th - Sheila Hancock 82
> 8th - Graham Norton 69
> 9th - Andree Melly 54
> 10th - Sir Tim Rice 46
>
> Gyles is on 45, so will reach 46 this week.
>
> I think he is beginning to sound like a fixture on the show. His banter
> with Paul Merton is always entertaining and I would not be surprised if
> Paul was recommending Gyles appear more often. In the first show this
> season, I enjoyed the repartee when Gyles did the joke about seeing a
> sign on the Underground that dogs must be carried on the Tube and it
> taking him half an hour to find one. Paul asked Gyles if that was his
> joke and Gyles admitted it wasn't. I don't know if Paul already knew
> that or not, but either way it was an acknowledgement of a very good
> joke from a comic master.
>
> I expect Gyles will do one of the two recordings still to come this
> season.
>

 
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Topic: Re: Gyles...

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Gabriel RothJan 22, 2010
 

 

As much as I love Gyles, I do wish he would get some new material.. 

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