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Re: In search of an episode

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BlackadderFeb 11, 2007
 

 
This actually sounds like something we should try to do as a group and
put the results in the FAQ. I'm sure which episodes to use in
introducing newcomers will rank high on a list of FAQs.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:06:01 +1300, "Dean Bedford" <dbedford@...>
said:

>
> On Monday, February 12, 2007, at 02:11 AM, Dave wrote:
>
> > Oh my god! Talk about a Herculean task! I'd be making lists, crossing
> > them out again, waking up next day and tearing the paper up and
> > starting again .... so much to take into account. I recently passed
> > an episode on to a novice JAM listener (an American) and made the
> > mistakes that a) she didn't get some of the cultural references and
> > b) some of the jokes just aren't as funny if you don't know the
> > characters involved and/or have a grounding in previous JAM episodes.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm glad to agree with many of your choices and - WOW - THERE
> > at last is what I always knew, there MUST be a second episode with
> > Eddie Izzard as a guest..... now to get hold of it!
> >
> > I certainly would have included #605, #424, #275 (I think I mentioned
> > before as well as one of the Tommy trinder episodes)and #622 .... but
> > so much depends on the intended audience..... but surely there must
> > be #590 "Ballroom Dancing"? And the episode with Clement and Graham
> > where Graham talks about achieving a point of ecstacy reading the
> > childrens book authored by Clement when he was a boy ...... oh,
> > sorry, I fell into the inevitable trap. I'd better shut up here I
> > think.
>
> Don't regard my list as the final word on the subject - plenty of room
> for other suggestions
>
> I didn't spend a long time over it and I probably went about it the
> wrong way - so we can probably get a better list if we work at it! :)

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