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Re: thoughts on the TV recordings

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kj.naughtonNov 26, 2011
 

 
Hi folks,

I can't say whether the thought is cynical but I don't think it's unwarranted. In fact, it's probably at least partially true. But I don't see that as a bad thing.

There are two parts to a good JaM panellist, even on the radio. You want people who are good at the game (or can pick it up quickly) and you want people who are good on radio and understand the nuances of the medium. I see nothing wrong at all on picking people who are good on TV (or are telegenic) for a TV panel show - just as long as they can pick the game up quickly and play it "in the JaM spirit".

I have to say that I'm not at all despondent about the shows at the bottom of Dean's list either.

Shappi does know how to play the game and, although she isn't the best at it on the radio, she has been very good on TV shows, such as Have I Got News For You and Live At The Apollo. She has potential to be a good TV JaMmer.

Jason Manford is also a good TV performer. Don't forget he was chosen as the co-host of The One Show before getting booted off for an indiscretion not related to his performance. As Dean says, he's got a load of TV panel game experience. Incidentally, he's been on "And The Winner Is" on Radio 2 - not sure if you would call that a panel show and he was only on it once. He was, though, very good on it - it's one of my favourite episodes - with Lee Mack and Kevin Bridges.

I'm really looking forward to these TV shows. They may be great, they may be dreadful - most likely they'll be somewhere in between - but I can't wait to find out.

Cheers

kJ

--- In just-a-minute@..., "dagi_uk" <dgnews@...> wrote:
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> Jam Fans,
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> This thought is cynical and probably unwarranted, but I wonder if the TV panelists who've not appeared on the radio version (Hugh Bonneville, Ruth Jones, Jason Manford, Stephen Mangan and Russell Tovey) are only appearing on the show because it's on television?
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> I'm not aware that they've appeared on other radio panel comedy shows, but doubtless someone will correct me.
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> It will be interesting to see how many of these first-timers transfer to the radio game.
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> dagi

 
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