I disagree. Sue Perkins isn't the worst offender in making pointless challenges and interruptions. Clement Freud was the only person I could think of at the moment, largely because during the latter years of his life, he did seem to make a lot of pointless challenges namely because he hadn't 'said anything yet'. And I don't think Sue is trying to be 'one of the lads', she is trying to be 'part of the game'. I rather like Sue's contributions, because they are entertaining and clever. perhaps she's a bit trigger happy, but she's just keen to get in a say something, as are a lot of people. At least Sue doesn't use a cheap tactic like stringing out endless lists of things that have no connection to the subject whatsoever the way Sir Clement used to do. I mean honestly, 'Hartfordshire, Herodfordshire, Lancanshire, Manchester...' that's not funny or clever. --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Steve Kenrick <steve.kenrick@...> wrote:
From: Steve Kenrick <steve.kenrick@...>
Subject: RE: [just-a-minute] Re: Rule Changes for JAM?
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:21 AM
> why single Sue Perkins out for that, Steven is right to single her out, because she is among the worst, if not THE worst offender. Robert, you lose all credibility if you try and compare the antics of La Perkins with those of Clement Freud’s. The added value provided by Sir Clement’s other contributions made his “pointless” interruptions pale into insignificance. Unfortunately for La Perkins, she doesn’t have much added value, so her “pointless” interruptions are more obvious. To sum up, she isn’t in the same league as Freud. The other thing about La Perkins that I find deeply irritating is that she is always trying to be “one of the lads”. Lower her voice by an octave or so and you could believe she was a man. As she calls herself an actress amongst other things, you would think that occasionally she could get in touch with her feminine side.
From: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com ] On Behalf Of Robert Torres
Sent: 27 March 2010 02:48
To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Rule Changes for JAM? why single Sue Perkins out for that, the same could be said about practically anyone on the show, including the late Sir Clement Freud. During his later years leading up to his death, he seemed to make pointless interruptions all the time, many of which weren't all that clever and seemed always to be for a cheap point.
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From: Steven <stevenwickham@ hotmail.co. uk>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Rule Changes for JAM?
To: just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 5:41 PM
There are some players whose constant stupid interruptions for a cheap point when nothing has happened do spoil some shows... stand forward Miss Perkins.
--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Robert Torres <bobbyshaddoe3004@ ...> wrote:
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> I should think that they should reinstate the position that no challenges should be allowed for small words like 'we' 'he' she' 'in' 'on', etc. but even back then it was something of a slippery slope where sometimes they would allow it, sometimes they wouldn't. One thing I think they should definitely do is bar the challenge on repetition of 'I'.
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> All they have to do is give a bonus point if someone finishes 60 seconds without a valid challenge.
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> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:37 AM, delmelza <delmelza@yahoo. com> wrote:
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> found this via the British comedy Twitters
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