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Re: Gyles Brandreth

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juliajellicoeFeb 16, 2007
 

 
Bringing this subject BACK to Gyles, I just heard an episode with him,
Derek, Kenneth and Sheila. You KNOW it's something different when
Kenneth is only the third most florid panelist.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Nathan Leonard"
<dreadedwoekitten@...> wrote:

>
> "His [Phill Jupitus's] Stephen impressions are some of the

highlights of the

> show [Qi]."
>
> Agreed. I love it when they all start to lay into Stephen. He takes it
> very well, I think.
>
>
> On 2/14/07, Dave <j_a_m_fan@...> wrote:
> >
> > My opinion og Phil Jupitus rose a great deal when I saw him on TV
> > doing his own stand up show a few years back now. It was really quite
> > good.
> >
> > --- In just-a-minute@...

<just-a-minute%40yahoogroups.com>,

> > "Sarah Falk" <minerva.moon@>
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > In JAM, it's true that the newcomers often finish last, but they are
> > > also often given points very generously by Nicholas and the other
> > > panellists, who do things like purposely buzzing in incorrectly
> > while
> > > the newcomer is speaking. The thing is that the regulars are still
> > so
> > > good that they end up winning anyway . . . but they aren't greedy
> > > about it.
> > >
> > > I think part of the reason why newcomers on QI win, as well, is that
> > > you can lose collosal amounts of points by forfeits, and the
> > regulars
> > > aren't afraid to shout out the "obvious" answers for the sake of
> > > comedy. The newcomers generally are trying to "do well".
> > >
> > > I haven't watched/listened to any Danny Baker past QI, so perhaps I
> > > haven't gotten the real measure of him. I do like him from what I've
> > > seen, but that cloud thing is worrysome. Someone should ask him what
> > > would happen if a ball was thrown in the air by someone inside a
> > > moving car--according to his logic, you wouldn't be able to catch it
> > > again!
> > >
> > > Phill Jupitus is pretty good, in my opinion; not really one of my
> > very
> > > favorites, but he's not a killjoy by any definition. His Stephen
> > > impressions are some of the highlights of the show.
> > >
> > > --- In just-a-minute@...

<just-a-minute%40yahoogroups.com>,

> > "Nathan Leonard"
> > > <dreadedwoekitten@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Okay, I admit that I didn't actually take note of their scores.
> > Anyway,
> > > > since the total number of points scored in each episode varies so
> > > greatly, I
> > > > think it's probably fair to say that Stephen (or whoever keeps the
> > > score)
> > > > has generous days and harsh days.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think it's the same in Just a Minute at all, though. Most
> > > of the
> > > > people who I've heard on it for the first time (at least in the
> > last
> > > couple
> > > > of series) have finished in "a triumphant fourth place", as
> > Nicholas
> > > puts
> > > > it. That's because Just a Minute is different to most panel games
> > > in that
> > > > there is actually a game involved, and a game that's quite
> > difficult, at
> > > > that.
> > > >
> > > > As for Danny Baker, I don't know why I dislike him so much, he
> > just
> > > really
> > > > gets on my tits for no apparent reason. At least it was for no
> > apparent
> > > > reason, then I downloaded some of his Xfm shows off UKNova, and I
> > > realised
> > > > how collossally arrogant he was, and that he wasn't as clever as
> > he
> > > seemed
> > > > to be. For example, at one point he ridicules a caller while on
> > the
> > > line
> > > > and then repeatedly through the rest of the show because the
> > caller
> > > made the
> > > > (correct) statement that clouds are moved by the wind. Baker
> > > believed (and
> > > > would not be corrected in this) that the clouds always stayed in
> > the
> > > same
> > > > place and the Earth just rotated beneath them. I mean, come on.
> > If
> > > that
> > > > was the case, then the weather forecast would be the same every
> > day.
> > > > Furthermore, the reason the caller called up to mention this was
> > > that Baker
> > > > had suggested that people should travel by flying straight up and
> > > then just
> > > > waiting for the Earth to rotate beneath them before landing
> > again - the
> > > > caller was just phoning up to point out the existence of air and
> > the
> > > fact
> > > > that it rotates along with the Earth, but Baker would not be
> > told.
> > > And that
> > > > was not an isolated incident. In the end I couldn't get through
> > all the
> > > > shows I'd downloaded because of his collossally misguided
> > arrogance, and
> > > > just had to delete them.
> > > >
> > > > I take heart from this because originally, I just didn't like him
> > > because of
> > > > gut feeling, but I was later vindicated. This is the converse of
> > Phill
> > > > Jupitus, to whom I also took an instant dislike, but whom I am now
> > > getting
> > > > into.
> > > >
> > > > On 2/13/07, Sarah Falk <minerva.moon@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > (I was typing a reply to you and Firefox "quit unexpectedly".
> > No
> > > > > kidding it was unexpected. Ugh. Take two . . .)
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't have anything against Rory, really, but his displays of
> > > > > knowledge were less entertaining and more tiresome than Gyles's
> > were.
> > > > > Danny Baker I like, because you can tell that he's genuinely
> > > > > interested in things. I would cite you examples (and I did in
> > my first
> > > > > draft), but you probably have to watch it to understand what I'm
> > > > > talking about. I find it endearing.
> > > > >
> > > > > In QI, as in "Just a Minute", people generally seem to do well
> > if
> > > > > they're new panellists, mostly because everyone--Stephen, the
> > > > > regulars, the scorers--are easy on them so that they feel
> > relaxed. But
> > > > > I mean that in the sense that newcomers usually win against the
> > > > > regulars, not that they do continually worse. I wouldn't say
> > that they
> > > > > run out of interesting things to say; not at all. I know that
> > Jeremy
> > > > > Clarkson won two games: his first and his last, out of three.
> > And
> > > > > Danny Baker won both of his, and scored higher on the second
> > than on
> > > > > the first!
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

 
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