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Re: Rule Changes for JAM?

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deanbedfordMar 26, 2010
 

 
thanks very much - excellent rant. I hope you post again soon.

The show is very different now to in Kenneth's day - I still adore Kenneth, but I can understand how he might not appeal to everyone...

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Schnacken" <schnacken@...> wrote:
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> A change of the rules? WHY?
> Being one of the "million listeners abroad", I admire N. Parsons for making this show with this minimalistic set of rules. I think he got a little bit mellow over the last years, stressing the point that "all are winners" etc. But the show needs players willing to compete (think of Sir Clement!)
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> OTOH, the low points of the current series may have been the two recordings with Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence, Dave Gorman and Justin Moorhouse - here, the players were overly jealous.
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> But even the "low points" were very entertaining!
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> As for Sue Perkins: While I love JAM, my sister is not such big a fan - she thinks that the women at the show are discriminated against, especially when it comes to "the benefit of a doubt". Sue is a wonderful player, but sometimes, she seems to get a little bit frustrated.
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> That was my first rant on this forum. Therefore, I just want to add: Thank you all for your dedication, especially for uploading all the episodes. I know, it may be anathema, but I'm a post-Kenneth-Williams listener: I just like the "newer" episodes better.
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> Thanks again
> Schnacken
> --- In just-a-minute@..., "delmelza" <delmelza@> wrote:
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> > found this via the British comedy Twitters
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> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7505101/Rule-change-proposed-for-competitive-Radio-4s-Just-a-Minute.html
> >
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