On Friday, March 23, 2007, at 02:32 AM, bolmuld wrote:
> My favourite line when Aimi Macdonald is counting up
> > "one, two, three...:" on the subject roulette, and after a wrangle
> over
> > a challenge, Peter Jones says "can we get on, I'm very anxious to get
> > into the 30s!" That is an excellent example of ironic humour.
> >
>
> Oh god, I loved that! Peter is so great. Do you remember which episode
> that was, by any chance?
http://deanbedford.tripod.com/jam7.html 2 March 1976
The whole segment....
NICHOLAS PARSONS: And Aimi, it is your turn to begin. The subject:
roulette. Will you tell us something about that in Just A Minute
starting now.
AIMI MACDONALD: Oh, this is a very exciting gambling game. You have a
little board and lots of numbers. They go from one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16...
BUZZ
AM: ...17...
NP: Clement Freud has challenged.
AM: ... 18...
CLEMENT FREUD: Repetition of six!
AM: ... 19! What?
NP: Six? 16 is one word.
AM: Oh thank you, yes.
CF: Repetition of teen.
AM: Quite wrong!
NP: No but she, there isn’t...
AM: Teen! I never even said the word teen.
NP: There isn’t a single word, teen.
PETER JONES: I’d like to make a small future investment in 21!
CF: It’s one word! It’s one word!
PJ: What?
CF: It’s one word!
PJ: No! 21 isn’t one word, is it?
NP: 21...
AM: I meant, I meant...
NP: No, 21 is meant to be one word!
CF: Why don’t we just add up to 99 every time?
NP: Aimi, teen and 6 are not acceptable...
CF: And the rest of the audience can go home!
KENNETH WILLIAMS: Why not just employ the speaking clock!
NP: Because Aimi Macdonald is more attractive than the speaking clock.
KW: You reckon?
NP: Well, I wouldn’t reckon your dial anyway!
KW: Dear oh dear! Who does write his material? Terrible!
AM: Look, can I get on with it now please?
NP: Yes, yes...
PJ: You can, yes, I’m terribly anxious to get into the 30s!
NP: Aimi, an incorrect challenge, you have roulette still, and you have
40 seconds starting now.
AM: Eighteen, 19...
BUZZ
NP: Ah, Peter Jones has challenged.
PJ: Repetition of 18!
AM: No! No, no, no I only got to 17!
NP: She only got to 16 before!
CF: She missed, she missed out 17!
PJ: I thought she got to 18!
AM: No, no, no, quite wrong darling.
NP: No, she missed out 17 and only got to 16!
PJ: Really?
NP: She was challenged on 6 and teen, and didn’t have it.
PJ: Do you think it’s risky to go on, Aimi?
NP: Aimi, another incorrect challenge, and there are 37 seconds on
roulette starting now.
AM: Nineteen, 20, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third....
BUZZ
NP: Ah, Clement Freud has challenged.
CF: The numbers are not marked twenty-first. They are 21.
NP: Not on a roulette board.
CF: That’s deviation.
NP: They’re not marked twenty-first on a roulette board.
CF: It isn’t the twenty-first number.
AM: No, but it means the same thing darling, I’m just being awfully
clever not saying 21!
PJ: I think it’s splitting hairs to claim to be clever for not saying 21
when you’ve counted from one to 20!