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Re: Who would be a good player?

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mathewNov 18, 2012
 

 
Tony Hancock did ad lib during some Hancock episodes so might have been good when freed from a script and given license to roam. He certainly had the intelligence and vocabulary.

Elaine Strict is memorable for not getting the game and causing chaos. Its a fabulously hilarious episode. Kind of like when Terry Wogan had a stint, it was good the first time but quickly got tiring.

A Few Others

Nick Hewer - very droll sense of humour, smart and quick and wouldnt make NP feel so old.
Mel Gedroyc - occasionally copresents with Sue Perkins tho maybe not on the same panel as it could come across as a gimmick.
Billy Connolly
Gene Wilder - No idea if he would have been any good but would have loved to heard him do just one show.

--- In just-a-minute@..., Wayne Styles <wayne.styles@...> wrote:
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> Hi Don and all :) (sounds like an introduction)
> It was late "HUDD" and in the Just a minute mode, its how it sounds thats important :)
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> Some interesting names here
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> What about 
> Steve Martin,
> Richard Prior
> and one I would pay to see Mel Brooks
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> Women
> Elaine Stritch did do an episode I listened last week "She said it was a stupid game" or am i imagining this!
> Bea Arthur good one liners
> Lucile Ball very very clever woman despite her on screen image
> James Stewart, would have been like Derek :) 
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> From: Don Judge <don@...>
> To: "just-a-minute@..." <just-a-minute@...>
> Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2012, 8:21
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Who would be a good player?
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> Do you mean Roy Hudd?
> I do indeed remember John Junkin.
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> Some more to consider:
> The cast of ISIHAC - they have to be quick-thinking to do that.
> Tony Hancock would have been useless, he needed a script and even had to read them on TV at the end!
> Eric Sykes, a script writer so may have been good at it.
> My all-time hero - Spike Milligan, again a script writer and used to a lot of ad-libbing on The Goons. Maybe that would have been a good skill to have for this.
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> Don __o
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> On 18 Nov 2012, at 01:48, "Wayne" <wayne.styles@...> wrote:
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> > Hi all
> > Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
> > I thought
> > Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
> > Harry Worth (worth a punt)
> > Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
> > John Junkin (Some may remember him)
> > David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
> > Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)
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> > Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.
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> > Wayne
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