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delmelzaApr 13, 2010
 

 
Very good post. I have heard before about how Paul 'looked after" Clement and there was a nice picture of the two of them online that reflected their relationship and of course that Tribute radio special Paul did for Clement. Miriam

Photo link for those who have not seen it

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/04/27/mertonfreud460.jpg

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> Firstly hello to the group. I've read all the posts for years, but don't
> think I've ever posted (sorry Dean).
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> Forgive me responding to an old post as well (just catching up on a month's
> worth!), but this was such an interesting one, I felt the urge to add my
> thoughts.
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> I see Nick has taken a bit of a knock over some of the posts, and I think a
> little unfairly. It is true that he is getting on in years, and certainly
> in the last 5-10 years his responses seemed to have slowed. However I think
> that for someone of his age, it's only reasonable. That he manages to
> control the show as well as he does is amazing. I wonder how many of us will
> still have our faculties at that age!
> I've been fortunate to attend a fair number of recordings and my view on it
> is that the editing of some shows seem to make Nick seem worse than he is.
> In addition, he does have his stock "pieces" such as the opening of the
> show, the rules of the game, the end of the game.
> Sometimes he gets thrown because of something that happens at the time, and
> then he often loses his place, which can make him appear a bit doddery.
> Certainly in recent years I noticed there were very few pick ups at the end
> of the recordings. This leads me think there is less care in the editing
> of the show these days. Or vice-versa, there was more attention to editing
> the shows in the earlier years.
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> As for his relationship with Paul - I think there is nothing but great
> respect for each other. As Dean says, if you listen to the introductions they
> do on the Classic CD's then I think you can feel and hear it.
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> What some people seem to forget is that Paula has now been a panelist on
> the show, for longer than Kenneth was. Now for me Kenneth was Just A Minute,
> and I only started listening to it properly the year he died. Since then
> I've listened to nearly all the old episodes and you can see why he was such
> a lynch pin of the show. I think Paul has slowly taken on this role over
> the years.
> He understands the show so well, and also cares so much for it, that I
> think (perhaps with Nick's passing years, and he not being so quick as he used
> to) he often does half the chairman's job himself, in a very covert way.
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> Very often you hear him refer to the old team of Nimmo, Williams, Freud and
> Jones. His occasional comments of "Very good chairman" always bring a
> smile to my face, because you know he is echoing Williams in a very loving and
> affectionate way.
> Even at recording of the shows, when Clement was alive, you'd see him
> putting himself out to make sure Clem was okay. Even to the lengths of helping
> him on and off the stage.
> I don't think anyone can deny the love of the show that Paul has and I
> think this is what (slowly) has changed his way of performing. With Clem now
> gone, he is the last of the "old" clan. No longer the new kid on the block.
> Perhaps that is why he has slowly changed (as well as obviously maturing
> over the years - are any of us like we were twenty years ago?) and now adopts
> a slightly different way of playing the game.
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> Whatever the reason I think without Paul or Nick the show would be lost,
> and quite honestly, I'm unsure whether it would continue, and even if it did,
> whether it would be the show I am used to hearing.
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> Anyway, nuff said I think.
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