I'd like to take a moment to discuss another member of the 'New
Breed' of JAM performers: Chris Neil. Chris' association with the program began in the late 90's when he
took over producing duties from Claire Jones and did awfully well I must
say. By 2002 he decided to throw his hat into the ring and became a
panelist alongside Paul Merton, Linda Smith and Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Chris had certain camp sensibilities, but he reminded me very much of
how Kenneth Williams was like during his first few forays into the
show. Kenneth hadn't found his stride or tried to dominate things
until the show entered the 70's. Much like Kenneth, in Chris' early
appearances, he had a tendency to admit to his own mistakes and thus lose
the subject even though people tell him time and again to just keep
going. I rather like Chris' contributions, as he has a great sense of humor,
but what separates him from the rest though has to be his politeness and
honesty, because unlike Kenneth, Chris isn't about to try and wriggle out
of his mistakes, because nine times out of ten he'll admit to every single
hesitation, repetition and devation that he makes while he is
talking. I had the feeling that Chris was gay, mostly because of how he
sounded, but didn't want to judge him simply because of his camp voice,
because for all I knew it could've been just an act of pretending to be a
campy homosexual. After all, if you listened to Stephen Fry, you
wouldn't think he was gay either. But I think what really nailed it
was during either his first or second appearance, and I think it was
during the subject of 'Comics'. Paul was talking about certain
periodicals that had adventure stories, but were mostly words and no
pictures. I think he was talking about 'The Rover', and Linda had
challenged Paul on the basis that if its only words then it can't be a
comic, it's just a book. Nicholas counter argues by mentioning 'The
Rover' and also 'The Modern Boy', which Chris immediately perked up as
though to insinuate that it was some kind of lurid piece of homosexual
pornography. It was a great moment. Another fine moment for Chris is around 2003 or 2004. He was on
the panel with Linda Smith, Tony Hawks and I think Tim Rice, and I
think he had developed a system by which he was able to garner bonus
points for his humorous comments, since he knew he wasn't going to get
anything legitimate for actually talking ON the subject. There was one occasion when he displayed outrage over having a
subject taken away from him, I think it was on the subject of 'All Day
Breakfast', and he was talking about having kidneys. It was Alun
Cochrane that challenged for deviation, because no one has kidneys for
breakfast, not even an all day breakfast. I remember reading a
comment which actually applauded Chris' outrage, in that he sounded a lot
like Kenneth Williams in his anger. In my opinion, Chris didn't
sound like Kenneth Williams at all, Chris sounded like a whiny
woman. Whenever Kenneth had a tantrum, you felt the passion, the fury, and
the anger, none of that was on display at all. What Chris did was
essentially a hissy fit. Something else that I thought was simply ridiculous was during one
show, Chris grabbed Nicholas and kissed him, similar to how Kenneth used
to kiss Clement Freud. when that happened, all I kept thinking to
myself was 'Kenneth was funnier'. These are small faults though. I'm still waiting for the day
when Chris is able to go for a full minute without stopping himself and
saying 'Oh bugger' after every 5 seconds. Anyone else care to add? |
I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans. --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@...> wrote: |
I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans. --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@ihug. co.nz> wrote: |
| I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since
comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him
being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The
Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good
in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur
Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely
recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans.
--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@ihug. co.nz> wrote:
|
| I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since
comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him
being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The
Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good
in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur
Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely
recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans.
--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@ihug. co.nz> wrote:
|
--- In just-a-minute@..., Don Judge <don@...> wrote:
>
> Yupp, agreed, that is a very poor page indeed.
> Miranda Hart's House Party is fairly recent (the most I think) in 2008 - but not bang up to date.
>
> Searching for Chris Neill on the Internet only produces pages about his stand-up.
> For someone who only does it as a sideline, it gets an awful lot of attention on t'Internet =o)
>
> Even his blog entry on myspace doesn't give much away and it's still in use - he last logged on last week
>
> "By day I produce comedy radio programmes for the BBC and then in the evening I tout myself about as a comedian, appearing at lovely places like Robin Ince's Book Club and the Brighton Comedy Festival which was gorgeous. Tiresomely, work sometimes takes me to less lovely places. I still feel hugely put out when a gig conflicts with Coronation Street."
> -- Cheers
>
> Don __o
> -\<,
> ..... O/ O
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Dean <dbedford@...>
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010 21:37:41
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
>
> yeah I did look at Wikipedia but as with a lot of its
> stuff the entry is poorly organised and I can't really tell which of this list
> is current and which isn't... (JAM obviously isn't) but thanks!
>
>
>
>
> From: Don Judge
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:41 PM
> To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
> As ever,
> Wikipedia is your friend...
>
> Between 1993
> and 2000 he worked as a producer for BBC Radio Entertainment and since then he
> has continued to make shows for BBC radio networks as a freelance. His
> productions include The Hudson And Pepperdine
> Show, Just A Minute, The News Huddlines, Weekending, Lee And Herring, Rainer Hersch's 20th Century Retrospective, Kit And The Widow -
> Sanitised For The Wireless, It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Quote... Unquote, Miranda Hart's
> House Party, Cambridge Footlights: A Retrospective, ... by Woody Allen, Clement Doesn't Live Here
> Anymore, Why The Big Pause? Talk Of New York and Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High.
>
> Chris also
> performs as a radio actor and as a voice-over artist. In 2006, he guest starred
> in the Doctor
> Who audio drama The Kingmaker.
> Currently he is planning and writing a new series for BBC Radio Scotland about
> his Scottish roots.
> --
> Cheers
> Don
> __o
>
> -\<,
> ..... O/
> O
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert Torres
> <bobbyshaddoe3004@ yahoo.com>
> To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010
> 0:28:25
> Subject: Re:
> [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
>
> I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans.
>
> --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@ihug. co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> >From: Dean
> > <dbedford@ihug. co.nz>
> >Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris
> > Neill
> >To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> >Date: Sunday, March 14,
> > 2010, 3:45 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >just looking at his blog he says his full-time
> > work is as a producer of BBC comedy shows and his comedy work is a
> > spare-time gig these days. Anyone know what shows he
> > produces?
> >
> >
> >From: Dean
> >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:30 PM
> >To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> >Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris
> > Neill
> >
> >
> >Although there are comparisons to be made
> > between Kenneth Williams and Chris Neill, to go on for paragraphs about
> > how Kenneth was better seems a bit like saying "the sun came up today".
> > Of course Chris isn't as funny as Kenneth. Hardly anyone on the planet
> > is.
> >
> >I think Chris is funny on the show and has
> > developed a unique schtick which works. I think a better comparison than
> > with Kenneth is with Alan Carr who seems to me have a far more
> > successful career. I'd be interested to know actually what Chris's major
> > work is at the moment. Perhaps someone else
> > knows?
>
He did also produce a comedy series for Radio 4 called "Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore" starring Steve Furst, about a lecherous ghost living in someone's attic... I appeared in one episode playing a drunken GP. Chris was lovely to work with, creating a happy company atmosphere, and as a stand-up comedian did a great audience warm-up before the show!!
--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Don Judge <don@...> wrote:
>
> Yupp, agreed, that is a very poor page indeed.
> Miranda Hart's House Party is fairly recent (the most I think) in 2008 - but not bang up to date.
>
> Searching for Chris Neill on the Internet only produces pages about his stand-up.
> For someone who only does it as a sideline, it gets an awful lot of attention on t'Internet =o)
>
> Even his blog entry on myspace doesn't give much away and it's still in use - he last logged on last week
>
> "By day I produce comedy radio programmes for the BBC and then in the evening I tout myself about as a comedian, appearing at lovely places like Robin Ince's Book Club and the Brighton Comedy Festival which was gorgeous. Tiresomely, work sometimes takes me to less lovely places. I still feel hugely put out when a gig conflicts with Coronation Street."
> -- Cheers
>
> Don __o
> -\<,
> ..... O/ O
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: Dean <dbedford@.. .>
> To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010 21:37:41
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
>
> yeah I did look at Wikipedia but as with a lot of its
> stuff the entry is poorly organised and I can't really tell which of this list
> is current and which isn't... (JAM obviously isn't) but thanks!
>
>
>
>
> From: Don Judge
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:41 PM
> To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
> As ever,
> Wikipedia is your friend...
>
> Between 1993
> and 2000 he worked as a producer for BBC Radio Entertainment and since then he
> has continued to make shows for BBC radio networks as a freelance. His
> productions include The Hudson And Pepperdine
> Show, Just A Minute, The News Huddlines, Weekending, Lee And Herring, Rainer Hersch's 20th Century Retrospective, Kit And The Widow -
> Sanitised For The Wireless, It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Quote... Unquote, Miranda Hart's
> House Party, Cambridge Footlights: A Retrospective, ... by Woody Allen, Clement Doesn't Live Here
> Anymore, Why The Big Pause? Talk Of New York and Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High.
>
> Chris also
> performs as a radio actor and as a voice-over artist. In 2006, he guest starred
> in the Doctor
> Who audio drama The Kingmaker.
> Currently he is planning and writing a new series for BBC Radio Scotland about
> his Scottish roots.
> --
> Cheers
> Don
> __o
>
> -\<,
> ..... O/
> O
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: Robert Torres
> <bobbyshaddoe3004@ yahoo.com>
> To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010
> 0:28:25
> Subject: Re:
> [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
>
> I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans.
>
> --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@ihug. co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> >From: Dean
> > <dbedford@ihug. co.nz>
> >Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris
> > Neill
> >To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> >Date: Sunday, March 14,
> > 2010, 3:45 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >just looking at his blog he says his full-time
> > work is as a producer of BBC comedy shows and his comedy work is a
> > spare-time gig these days. Anyone know what shows he
> > produces?
> >
> >
> >From: Dean
> >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:30 PM
> >To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> >Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris
> > Neill
> >
> >
> >Although there are comparisons to be made
> > between Kenneth Williams and Chris Neill, to go on for paragraphs about
> > how Kenneth was better seems a bit like saying "the sun came up today".
> > Of course Chris isn't as funny as Kenneth. Hardly anyone on the planet
> > is.
> >
> >I think Chris is funny on the show and has
> > developed a unique schtick which works. I think a better comparison than
> > with Kenneth is with Alan Carr who seems to me have a far more
> > successful career. I'd be interested to know actually what Chris's major
> > work is at the moment. Perhaps someone else
> > knows?
>
--- In just-a-minute@..., Don Judge <don@...> wrote:
>
> Hey - how cool is that, nice one Steven.
>
> Blimey, I didn't realise our group had such a revered membership, please keep up the great restoration work.
>
> --Cheers
>
> Don __o
> -\<,
> ..... O/ O
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Steven <stevenwickham@...>
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010 14:07:10
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
>
>
> He did also produce a comedy series for Radio 4 called "Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore" starring Steve Furst, about a lecherous ghost living in someone's attic... I appeared in one episode playing a drunken GP. Chris was lovely to work with, creating a happy company atmosphere, and as a stand-up comedian did a great audience warm-up before the show!!
>
> --- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Don Judge <don@> wrote:
> >
> > Yupp, agreed, that is a very poor page indeed.
> > Miranda Hart's House Party is fairly recent (the most I think) in 2008 - but not bang up to date.
> >
> > Searching for Chris Neill on the Internet only produces pages about his stand-up.
> > For someone who only does it as a sideline, it gets an awful lot of attention on t'Internet =o)
> >
> > Even his blog entry on myspace doesn't give much away and it's still in use - he last logged on last week
> >
> > "By day I produce comedy radio programmes for the BBC and then in the evening I tout myself about as a comedian, appearing at lovely places like Robin Ince's Book Club and the Brighton Comedy Festival which was gorgeous. Tiresomely, work sometimes takes me to less lovely places. I still feel hugely put out when a gig conflicts with Coronation Street."
> > -- Cheers
> >
> > Don __o
> > -\<,
> > ..... O/ O
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > From: Dean <dbedford@ .>
> > To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010 21:37:41
> > Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
> >
> >
> > yeah I did look at Wikipedia but as with a lot of its
> > stuff the entry is poorly organised and I can't really tell which of this list
> > is current and which isn't... (JAM obviously isn't) but thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Don Judge
> > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:41 PM
> > To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> > Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
> >
> > As ever,
> > Wikipedia is your friend...
> >
> > Between 1993
> > and 2000 he worked as a producer for BBC Radio Entertainment and since then he
> > has continued to make shows for BBC radio networks as a freelance. His
> > productions include The Hudson And Pepperdine
> > Show, Just A Minute, The News Huddlines, Weekending, Lee And Herring, Rainer Hersch's 20th Century Retrospective, Kit And The Widow -
> > Sanitised For The Wireless, It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Quote... Unquote, Miranda Hart's
> > House Party, Cambridge Footlights: A Retrospective, ... by Woody Allen, Clement Doesn't Live Here
> > Anymore, Why The Big Pause? Talk Of New York and Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High.
> >
> > Chris also
> > performs as a radio actor and as a voice-over artist. In 2006, he guest starred
> > in the Doctor
> > Who audio drama The Kingmaker.
> > Currently he is planning and writing a new series for BBC Radio Scotland about
> > his Scottish roots.
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Don
> > __o
> >
> > -\<,
> > ..... O/
> > O
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > From: Robert Torres
> > <bobbyshaddoe3004@ yahoo.com>
> > To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Sunday, 14 March, 2010
> > 0:28:25
> > Subject: Re:
> > [just-a-minute] Re: Chris Neill
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure what else Chris produces. But since comedic performing is more of a side gig, that would certainly explain him being cast in one of my favorite Dr. Who audio dramas 'The Kingmaker'. I forget which role he played, but he was awfully good in it. The cast also includes another Just a Minute alum, Arthur Smith as the Duke of Clarence I believe. I would definitely recommend this story to Dr. Who fans, and to Just a Minute fans.
> >
> > --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Dean <dbedford@ihug. co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >From: Dean
> > > <dbedford@ihug. co.nz>
> > >Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris
> > > Neill
> > >To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> > >Date: Sunday, March 14,
> > > 2010, 3:45 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >just looking at his blog he says his full-time
> > > work is as a producer of BBC comedy shows and his comedy work is a
> > > spare-time gig these days. Anyone know what shows he
> > > produces?
> > >
> > >
> > >From: Dean
> > >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:30 PM
> > >To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
> > >Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Chris
> > > Neill
> > >
> > >
> > >Although there are comparisons to be made
> > > between Kenneth Williams and Chris Neill, to go on for paragraphs about
> > > how Kenneth was better seems a bit like saying "the sun came up today".
> > > Of course Chris isn't as funny as Kenneth. Hardly anyone on the planet
> > > is.
> > >
> > >I think Chris is funny on the show and has
> > > developed a unique schtick which works. I think a better comparison than
> > > with Kenneth is with Alan Carr who seems to me have a far more
> > > successful career. I'd be interested to know actually what Chris's major
> > > work is at the moment. Perhaps someone else
> > > knows?
> >
>
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