Sorry, I should have been more specific - it was another line of Nicholas' from that episode that I found to be good:
NP: Have you never said good-bye to a lift?
PM: No, have you?
NP: Oh yes, sometimes I say good night to the cooker at night, before I go up and switch it off, good night cooker.
PM: And does the cooker talk back to you?
NP: No, unfortunately, no.
PM: Because that would be a sign of mental illness, wouldn't it!
NP: My cooker is entirely sane!
"My cooker is entirely sane" was an unusually quick comeback, and it made me laugh. He does get good lines in on occasion... but I think JaM has been much better off through the years for having a chairman who, most of the time, is content to sit back and let the others get the laughs. When the host of a panel show thinks they're also a contestant, it doesn't go well (see Toksvig, Sandy).
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just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Robert Torres <bobbyshaddoe3004@ ...> wrote:
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> I wouldn't necessarily say it's one of Nicholas' wittiest lines, to be witty you need to have a certain amount of wit. Peter Jones had that in spades. We all know that Nicholas himself is not a wit, he's not even a half-wit, he's more of a nitwit. Besides, what's so witty about Nicholas awarding a bonus point to Clement's bollocks? It was Clement that made the comment and got the laugh, Nicholas was merely doing what he's been doing all his professional life... ride someone else's comedic coattails.
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> Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: The "bollocks" episode
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just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 4:14 PM
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> Thank you! Enjoying it now. And what an excellent episode it was, with one of Nicholas' wittiest lines in the series.
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> --- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, "Anthony" <antster1983@ ...> wrote:
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> > It was this episode - Dave Gorman's debut -
http://just- a-minute. info/jam706. html
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> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] The "bollocks" episode
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> > On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 05:44 PM, expiration.date wrote:
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> > Does anyone happen to know which episode had that wonderful exchange between Paul and Clement, where Paul said something to the effect of "I think public schools are just as good as state schools", Clement buzzed and said "bollocks," to which Nicholas responded "We'll give Clement a point for his bollocks..."
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> > I distinctly remember this, and would love to hear the episode again, but I'm also open to the idea that I've gone mad and it didn't actually happen... anyway. Any help much appreciated.
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> > I have a recollection of this happening - my recollection is that Paul
claimed to have been educated at a public school and Clement challenged that with "bollocks".
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> > I haven't been able to find the transcript of the show though - I have a feeling my new site is not completely archived by Google as yet. Maybe someone else has heard this recently.
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