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Sue Perkins

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Clitheroe KidNov 28, 2010
 

 
If Sue Perkins is going to hog the game, then it really behooves her to be
funny!

Kenneth Williams springs to mind as somebody who tried in the past to hog
the show. But he could talk endlessly without being boring. Not only was he
always funny, but also he never simply trotted out drivel, in the way that
Wendy Richard or Aimi MacDonald, for instance, did.

He always addressed the subject, rather than simply spouting bland and inane
rubbish on the pretext of talking about the subject.

I happen to think that a sexy girl like Sue Perkins (humorously known as
"Sue Perky"!) is completely wasted on a radio show. Everything from her cute
smile to her cute figure benefits from being in vision, on some tv show such
as 'Mock the Week'.

And I don't think she's funny enough to be a disembodied talking voice on a
radio show.

So I agree: there's a real problem when a panellist is too clever by half,
i.e. too clever to commit any of the offences of repetition, deviation or
hesitation (the cardinal sins within the rules of 'Just A Minute'), but
doesn't know how to be funny with it.

Sue is in danger of boring the pants off the audience, because it ain't
actually a panel game, it's an improvisational comedy. She doesn't seem to
have realised yet that being entertaining is more important than winning.

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Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 11:08 PM
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Today's ep (#749) is up at
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> Hi all,
>
> I think Sue Perkins's is very much a matter of opinion. Some like her and
her style; others seem, to be charitable, less keen.
>
> Personally I don't mind Sue Perkins. She is certainly one of the more
able talkers but I think a lot of the humour of JaM lies in the challenges.
There is a fine line to be drawn between people who are too easy to
challenge and people who are too hard to challenge. I think Sue usually
ends up in the latter category. So, for me, her ability to "just talk" is
also her greatest failing in JaM.
>
> Indeed one of the reasons I loved Peter Jones in JaM was precisely because
he wasn't actually very good at the game.
>
> Jenny is a better JaM contestant for me precisely because she isn't as
good at the game as Sue whilst still being competent. She makes for a
better show.
>
> It's all a matter of opinion, of course.
>
> Cheers
>
> kJ

 
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