Just A Minute

If I believed in JAM reincarnation and was asked to give three word reasons why this is what I would say:

Kenneth Williams - Graham Norton (naughty, camp, unpredictable)
Derek Nimmo - Paul Merton (steady, normalizer, fantasist)
Peter Jones - Tony Hawks (everyman, calming, friendly-ish)
Clement Freud - Gyles Brandreth (grumpy, knowledgeable, authoritative)

I will now prepare for others to tell me how WRONG I am and accept my mantle of "nerd of the year"

Love as always, David

--- In mailto:just-a-minute%40..., "Dean" wrote:
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> I think I was listening to the Manchester one via an internet audio stream just yesterday â€" can’t think whose it was â€" and thought it was a great show.
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> On a serious note, heaps of thanks to you Espen for the audio stream. I’m always careful to tell anyone who links it to me to acknowledge that it isn’t my work. I find myself listening to it at different times most days, often hearing shows I hadn’t heard for a while. It’s a wonderful service and it always provokes some thought on my part about how the show has changed so much â€" yet in all eras has been so funny.
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> Commenting on the thread about a new gang of four... just to note that in the three and a half years since Clement’s death, the top 10 performers in terms of appearances are (includes 80 radio shows, 10 TV shows, and 4 radio shows recorded but not yet broadcast)-
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> Paul Merton 82
> Gyles Brandreth 31
> Sue Perkins 28
> Tony Hawks 24
> Graham Norton 22
> Julian Clary 16
> Jenny Eclair 15
> Liza Tarbuck 12
> Josie Lawrence 11
> Alun Cochrane 9
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> We all will have our own preferences of course, but trying to be objective â€" if you were trying to reduce that list to four...
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> * Paul obviously
> * given Graham Norton’s huge fame and the warmth with which he is regarded throughout the UK, you’d want him â€" he is simply far more well-known and popular than anyone else on that list.
> * you’d want a woman â€" Sue Perkins is the obvious choice.
> * the last person should be someone who provides a contrast in styles â€" both in content and how they sound â€" I think that’s Gyles Brandreth.
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> that’s a bit unfair on Tony Hawks who’s been on the show more often than anyone else except Paul â€" but there we are.
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> But again, trying to be realistic â€" it may be that Graham wouldn’t commit to appearing more often than he does with his other commitments. Do you then bring in Tony â€" or again look for a contrast in styles with either Julian Clary or Jenny Eclair?
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> cheers
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> Dean
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