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Re: 90s shows in poor sound

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InnerRevolution7Jan 22, 2013
 

 
Ha, interesting thought :)

--- In just-a-minute@..., "David" wrote:
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> If I believed in JAM reincarnation and was asked to give three word reasons why this is what I would say:
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> 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)
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> 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 just-a-minute@..., "Dean" wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > * 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Dean
> >
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