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Re: Favorite Just a Minute Subjects

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bazmcstayMar 25, 2010
 

 
Firstly, thanks so much for this group - especially Dean, whose site I've been a big admirer of for a couple of years. As a "youngie" (only 24!), I'm nevertheless a devoted fan of JAM, download the episodes religiously and think it is one of the most brilliantly conceived programmes on radio OR television.
For my first post, I thought I'd just suggest a couple of MY favourite rounds. The famous "Green Fingers" one has already been mentioned, I think. Others which stand out for me include one from March 8th 1999 when Peter Jones was given "My First Night" and began describing the moment of his birth. I loved hearing Peter on the show, always willed him to speak more because he could be simply hysterically funny and this was a brilliant interpretation of the subject.
Another round I remember listening to again involved Peter from February 1996. The final round of the episode was "Big Ears" and I remember collapsing with laughter as Clement, Kit and Paul teamed up to donate as many points to Peter as possible in the last 15 seconds or so of the round, thus elevating him to victory!
In 1994, around when I began listening to the show, a round from Edinburgh with Paul, Derek, Clement and Eddie Izzard was especially brilliant. The subject of "Arthur's Seat" saw all four contribute excellently, with Paul and Eddie swapping point, some Nick-bashing and a wordplay by Clement on the car manufacturer "Séat" which the audience took about 10 seconds to get!
I remember Nicholas remarking after a round from the last series, "Mother Nature", which involved a lively exchange between Pam Ayres and Tony about her "fat arms" (Mother Nature's, not Pam's!), was one of the best rounds he'd ever heard and again I would agree. Another stand-out moment came at the turn of the century when Graham took over the subject of "Socks" and remarked that "Socks was the only pussy in the White House that Hillary didn't mind Bill stroking".
And finally, another recent round from February last year, Clement, in one of his last appearances, interrupted David Mitchell on his first appearance within a second and said in his inimitable deadpan way "You know, people think, because someone hasn't played the game before, that you should be kind to them. But he hesitated!" So unexpected, it made me burst out laughing in my kitchen.
There are a few of the many happy memories the show has given me. I thought, I've been enjoying it so long I should contribute to this wonderful group. Long may JAM reign.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "delmelza" <delmelza@...> wrote:
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> Dean is correct- I meant the subjects like the 'The chairman's darkest secrets" or "10 things you didn't know about Nicholas parsons"
> Sometimes they are funny and sometimes not- there was one that even Paul Merton resisted taking the mickey out of nicoholas and went a different way ( if memory serves me right paul did get a dig in at nicholas later in the subject though)
> Miriam
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> --- In just-a-minute@..., Robert Torres <bobbyshaddoe3004@> wrote:
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> > 'I have heard some of the Set up subjects such as something to do with Nicholas not working out as good as hoped for.'
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> > huh?  do you mean whenever Nick was on the panel they would think of something especially for him to talk on? 
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> > --- On Sun, 3/21/10, delmelza <delmelza@> wrote:
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> > From: delmelza <delmelza@>
> > Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Favorite Just a Minute Subjects
> > To: just-a-minute@...
> > Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 4:41 PM
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> > I have been thinking about this on and off for a couple days and what I noticed is that the rounds that often are the funniest/wiitist are based on Simple/mundane subjects- like the infamous "Green Fingers"
> > or "positions" or "Briefs"
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> > Now someone like Kenneth Wms or Stephen fry can do the historial ones well or Clement on some food/cooking subjects
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> > I have heard some of the Set up subjects such as something to do with Nicholas not working out as good as hoped for.
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> > Miriam
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> > --- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, "Bobby" <bobbyshaddoe3004@ ...> wrote:
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> > > I thought I'd take one step further and try to gauge what people consider to their their favorite subjects discussed on Just a Minute. Since the show has been running since 1967, with over four decades worth of programming, and a vast multitude of subjects that have been thought up for the panel to discuss, I'm sure people who have listened to the program will not only have their favorite panelists, but also have favorite subjects.
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> > > As for myself? Well, its hard to say. Cuz I'm not sure from which period of time to pluck a subject from. The first one that comes to my mind is from the 1970's, and I believe the subject was 'Heinreich Schwartzburg' , which was a subject devised apparently by both Ian Messiter and Nicholas Parsons especially for Kenneth Williams. it was one of my favorites because of what Kenneth managed to make up about a nonexistent individual, and I loved how Clement attempted to get Kenneth on deviation, only to then get him on repetition or hesitation and takes the subject over for the final few seconds.
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> > > Great stuff.
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> > > Another one of my favorite subjects is one that frequently crops up on the program and its... are you ready for it cuz its one of the longest words in the Welsh language.
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> > > llanfairpwllgwyngyl lgogerychwyrndro bwllllantysiliog ogogoch
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> > > this subject cropped up i believe three or four times over the course of the show's 40 year history, once in the 70's, once in the 80's, once i believe in the 90's or in the early 2000's. and i love how essentially only Nicholas is able to say the whole word, while the other panelists don't even make an attempt to say it or pronounce it, even though doing so would be helpful in using up some of their time.
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> > > I'll now open the floor to others.
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