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Re: What is JAM?

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nylon netOct 28, 2011
 

 

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As with the peculiarly oblique and ineffable appeal of R.E.M., if one could ever reach a clear conclusion to the meaning of JAM, it will lose its powerful joy.

To me, it is the fact that it is so varied in its observation of rules, its catholic delivery styles, and its ever-shifting "purpose" that it continues to be fresh and curiously attractive over the decades.

Once the mystery goes, interest soon follows. Like children, we keep listening because the ground of JAM keeps shifting under our feet and it fascinates us. It defies definitive classification. While we *want* to finally categorise it and earmark it and say we grok it, the adult in us hopes we never will because after that point, it loses its flavour.

I once read that it's the faults in our partners that we love, not their perfections. It's the crooked teeth in our favourite actors that endear them to us, not their pearly Hollywood caps: and it's the eccentric oddities of JAM that keep me coming back, and analysing it too much starts to defeat my own enjoyment of it.

It reminds me of "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C Clarke: you never want to reach the end of your quest of knowing, for there is only empty, blasted heath lying beyond.

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But crikey: Old Nic is still a bit of a bumblepuppy.

-----Original Message-----
From: delmelza@...
Sent: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:02:17 -0000
To: just-a-minute@...
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: What is JAM?

 

Like many'games" it has changed over the yrs and it has been become more "comedy" in the last 20-25 yrs I think.
Whether that is 'good" or bad is according to one's taste.

I can enjoy a factual talk on a historical fiqure by Kenneth Wms just as much as a more surreal one as by Paul Merton.

In my opinion it comes down to the fact that the show is still going strong after 4 Decades!
And I still love listening to it both the new & the 'old".

As an american JAM has also introduced to me some good UK Comics and Personalities that I would have not known about if not for the show & I am grateful for that. Miriam

--- In just-a-minute@..., "David" <drling0@...> wrote:
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> Can I ask:
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> Do most people listen to JAM as a game show or a comedy (or maybe both)?
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> When I see posts about mistakes or errors in the show I wonder if others see JAM as a game show.
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> Personally I am of the ISIHAC perspective where the points, winners and errors don't really matter to me so much. I listen for the laughs and entertainment.
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> I just wondered how others felt.
>
> Love as always, David
>

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