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Re: Musings From A New Member

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InnerRevolution7Jan 18, 2013
 

 
I agree about Paul and Graham. They are the two obvious mainstays, and rightly so. After that, I maybe love Sue Perkins the most, but just in a biased way because I'm a big fan of The 99P Challenge. (I still relisten to those now and then just because the humor is so good.) But I don't know if Sue would make the Gang of Four in my eyes.

They seem to have cleverly resisted having a solid Gang of Four. It's more of a pseudo Gang of Two, with several excellent regular panelists hopping in and out in a very deliberate rotation.

Off topic, but by the way, don't you love in I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, when Jack Dee does his Nicholas Parsons impression? ("Because the audience loved your response SOOOO much...") Their recurring JAM parody (in the newer episodes since Jack took the chair) is one of my favorite things ever :D

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Espen Krømke" wrote:
>
> On 17. jan. 2013 20:28, Troubleshooter wrote:
> >
> > Hi All -
> >
>
> Welcome!
>
>
> > I am curious as to what fellow JAM enthusiasts believe would be best
> > modern day Gang of Four? I've been giving it some thought and I
> > believe for me it would be Paul, Sue, Graham and Tony...that
> > combination is one which I'm actually watching from last year's TV
> > broadcast.
> >
>
> It's a classic topic but one that deserves to be frequently revisited -
> at least I will NEVER be tired of discussing this :)
>
> And my fav 4 changes somewhat each time. Well, two have always been
> there: Paul and Graham. Those two are bankers. I love everything they
> do. Pauls travel series, Grahams talkshows... Love it all.
>
> But then it's harder. I think in the past I've always had Ross Noble on
> that list too, but now I'm not so sure anymore:
>
> I think Julian Clary is only better and better for each passing season.
> He's got his own very distinct, wonderfully flamboyant style, excellent
> humour and personality, AND being good at the game. So I'd argue he's a
> complete panellist and definitely belongs to the JAM elite. This is a
> guy I'd love to meet at a nachspiel and just trashtalk with. I am sure
> I'd roll over laughing. :D
>
> I'd also love to hear much more from Stephen Fry.
> In addition to his excellent vocabulary he has something not many others
> do: He actually knows a lot about a lot of stuff, and contributes with
> interesting (as opposed to funny) content to the mix.
> If there are only comedians in the panel it often ends up being a bit
> too much bullshit and flights of fantasy, at the expense of content that
> actually makes sense and is interesting to listen to. And noone is
> better at this than Stephen Fry. Noone.
>
>
> > I also have to say that it is hard for me to be receptive to some of
> > the new players or players whom have played the game very
> > infrequently; it seems to cause a 'watered down' effect on those
> > episodes, and when there are two such players on an episode I don't
> > have nearly the same interest
> >
>
> This I agree with, but everyone has to start somewhere and I see it as a
> healthy sign that the producers still adds new names to the list, cause
> that must mean they have long term intentions for the show, doesn't it?
> Cause if they only intended to keep going until Nic is done as a
> chairman then they could just as well just used the established players
> and go off with a bang?
>
> So each time I see a new name on the lineup a sigh of relief is released
> inside of me!
>
>
> >
> > These are just musings from someone still in his JAM infancy, but I
> > would like to hear the comments or thoughts of other members? Forgive
> > the lengthy post, but I am literally the only person in my actual
> > world who has any idea that JAM even exists!
> >
>
> Can I ask how old you are and where you are from? I'm 43 myself, and
> from Norway. I work as a programmer and am responsible for keeping the
> communitys JAM shoutcast stream ("the JAMmer") up and running.
>

 
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