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Re: When did the Classic Challenges Start?

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DeanApr 30, 2011

Nicholas’s claims that such-and-such are a first are almost always wrong. At the JAM I saw in 2007, Nicholas claimed Clement and Gyles appearing together was the first time that the show had had two former MPs. Clement buzzed and grumbled “Gyles and I have appeared together on this programme before at least a dozen times.”

And he was precisely right – that programme was their 13th appearance together. (Although four were before Gyles was in Parliament.)

As to your claim, I’m afraid this is the sort of stat that is going to be just too timely for me to find s definitive answer to. But I do seem to recall at least one early show where Nicholas ruled that BBC wasn’t repetition.

cheers, Dean

From: George

Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 8:49 AM

To: just-a-minute@...

Subject: [just-a-minute] When did the Classic Challenges Start?

I was listening to one of the many episodes on my mp3 player last night, and something caught me as I was listening. A small statement that made me just stop and think. I even had to rewind it twice.

The "small statement" was just after Clement Freud made a challenge of repetition when Peter Jones said "BBC". Nicholas said that it was the first time, so they wouldn't make it count.

So ... when was the first time BBC was challenged for repetition?
Which episode?

And what other great lines / challenges are there, and when did the start?

Surely we all know when Kenneth first proposed to the world he was one of the biggest cults around! ;)

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