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Re: New vs Old

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DaveFeb 26, 2007
 

 
It is a shame that there aren't more regulars, because I do
believe that a central kernel of regulars around which 'guests'
revolve enhances the quality of the show. Hence my earlier comment
in this thread expressing the hope that Paul Merton and Clement
Freud keep on going.

Excellent other regulars would be Stephen Fry, Ross Noble, Graham
Norton, Tony Hawks (How sad that I can no longer include Linda
Smith in this list). Perhaps one or two others.

Then around these regulars the introduction of ONE guest like
Jenny Eclair, Dara O'Brien, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Wendy Richard
(especially with Clement), Sheila Hancock, Marcus Brigstocke
(a possible new regular in the making), Gyles Brandreth, and,
yes, Sue Perkins.

This isn't possible these days, Ross Noble is forever touring
around the world, Graham Norton is one of the most-in-demand
front-men for BBC prime-time TV, Stephen Fry and Paul Merton
have numerous other TV commitments and I suspect Clement Freud
picks and chooses the recordings that are most comfortable for
him to get to or coincide with a juicy race meeting (and why not?)

I think Paul has a genuine love of the show and his only
absences of note in the past have been to do with exceptional
and tragic circumstances in his private life. Stephen Fry also,
I believe, has a genuine love of radio, yet he never seems to want
to record outside London; despite choosing not to live there.

I've been listening to a lot of the older shows recently replacing
some of my copies with the excellent quality ABC copies which have
so kindly been donated to this group. I can't think of one below
average show when the 'gang of four' are altogether, but time and
again the shows with two or more 'guests' suffer from a lack of
flow and rhythm.

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Saturday, February 24, 2007, at 05:22 AM, Dave wrote:
>
> > I will take the opportunity to point out further that in
> > the New Vs Old debate, I can't imagine someone appearing so many
> > times in the Old as Sue has done in the New having displayed
> > such ignorance.
>
> I don't comment on the "ignorance" bit - but it is interesting (to me
> anyway) that the average performers get more of a chance these days
than
> they used to, despite fewer shows these days. Of course there are
fewer
> regulars these days!
>

 
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