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Topic: Re: Making_An_Entrance, 1968

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TallguyJun 28, 2011
 

 

This is one of the episodes I have never heard before.  I know there was talk that the panelists have each taken turns as chairman, and this is the first one I've heard where Clement Freud takes the role.  Yes, quite a difference is style. I was surprised to hear there was someone on the panel by the name of Nicholas Parsons, but it was not his voice at all.  I had a really hard time trying to get my head around that.  It just did not match the Nicholas I know. I also found only three panelists.  I kept listening for the fourth, thinking whoever it was hadn't yet had a chance to speak.  But then re-listened to the opening, and only three names are mentioned besides the chairman.  I remembered hearing one other episode, possibly from this time period, with only three panelists.  When did they change?  I am not sure I like only three -- but perhaps that is because I only know it with the four. One other thing that bothered me at first, until I realized that the rules have changed over the years, was that the speaker had repeated the subject once, and was challenged for repetition!  Of course, we always have understood (at least from the latter years) that you are allowed to repeat the words on the card.  Clement does initiate a rule part way through his chairmanship that you are allowed to repeat the subject only once.  Apparently, they must have changed that some time later, as now they are allowed to repeat the subject -- within reason, of course. Another interesting feature of this episode was the restriction in each segment of one word -- the indefinite article "a", "the", and the personal pronoun "I".  This did prove to be a stumbling block for many of the panelists, as you can imagine.  I don't think they had tried that many times more -- it was just too restrictive. All in all, a good show.  I have heard many of the episodes from the early years, but hadn't realized how much the show has changed since it was first broadcast. Tallguy By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. -- Charles Wadsworth ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Jam-1968-10-07@018=Making_An_Entrance-v2.mp3     Posted by: "nylon net" nylon@... nylonchoo     Date: Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:33 am ((PDT)) Fresh from the ABC http://nylon.net/up/Jam-1968-10-07@018=Making_An_Entrance-v2.mp3 Mark

 
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Topic: Re: Making_An_Entrance, 1968

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mathewJun 29, 2011
 

 
I havent got to series 2 yet. Having listened to most of the availbe series 1 i dont like the restrictions of words like 'the' and 'and'. Glad it was gotten rid of as it didnt add anything to the episodes.
One thing very noticable in the very early episodes was there was a lot of repetition of words not on the card that were allowed even by Nicolas. Listening to it nowadays its hard not to get annoyed when someone says bus 5 times.
Im looking forward to hearing how the show develops, and the introduction of Kenneth Williams, ive only heard 3 or 4 of his shows. The 3 panelists is intriguing having only ever heard the standard 4.

--- In just-a-minute@..., Tallguy <tallguy403@...> wrote:
>
> This is one of the episodes I have never heard before.  I know there was talk that the panelists have each taken turns as chairman, and this is the first one I've heard where Clement Freud takes the role.  Yes, quite a difference is style.
>
> I was surprised to hear there was someone on the panel by the name of Nicholas Parsons, but it was not his voice at all.  I had a really hard time trying to get my head around that.  It just did not match the Nicholas I know.
>
> I also found only three panelists.  I kept listening for the fourth, thinking whoever it was hadn't yet had a chance to speak.  But then re-listened to the opening, and only three names are mentioned besides the chairman.  I remembered hearing one other episode, possibly from this time period, with only three panelists.  When did they change?  I am not sure I like only three -- but perhaps that is because I only know it with the four.
>
> One other thing that bothered me at first, until I realized that the rules have changed over the years, was that the speaker had repeated the subject once, and was challenged for repetition!  Of course, we always have understood (at least from the latter years) that you are allowed to repeat the words on the card.  Clement does initiate a rule part way through his chairmanship that you are allowed to repeat the subject only once.  Apparently, they must have changed that some time later, as now they are allowed to repeat the subject -- within reason, of course.
>
> Another interesting feature of this episode was the restriction in each segment of one word -- the indefinite article "a", "the", and the personal pronoun "I".  This did prove to be a stumbling block for many of the panelists, as you can imagine.  I don't think they had tried that many times more -- it was just too restrictive.
>
> All in all, a good show.  I have heard many of the episodes from the early years, but hadn't realized how much the show has changed since it was first broadcast.
>
> Tallguy
>
> By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. -- Charles Wadsworth
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 4. Jam-1968-10-07@018=Making_An_Entrance-v2.mp3
>     Posted by: "nylon net" nylon@... nylonchoo
>     Date: Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:33 am ((PDT))
>
> Fresh from the ABC
>
> http://nylon.net/up/Jam-1968-10-07@018=Making_An_Entrance-v2.mp3
>
> Mark
>