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Re: Will JAM continue

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kj.naughtonJun 17, 2013
 

 
Hi folks,

I don't think that's entirely fair. There are some established players who appeared recently who aren't comedians, for example Pam Ayres (poet), Sheila (actress) and Charles (actor), Kit (musician), plus Gyles and Liza aren't really comedians either.

It's also the case that the BBC has tried to get non-comedians involved but many of the recent ones have been eminently forgettable. I give you Terry Wogan, John Sergeant and Hugh Bonneville. The recent non-comedians who I've enjoyed include Rick Wakeman (who was excellent at the show) and Fi Glover.

I do agree, though, that the emphasis of the show has changed to be played mostly for laughs. I'm one of those who vastly prefers this to the older fact-based format. Indeed it's probably true to say that I dislike the old shows with Peter being the only spark of life in what, to me, is a half-hour of preachiness (if there's such a word) interspersed with Kennethisms - which I also dislike.

It may be that the format now makes it much more likely that comedians will be good players so those are the people the BBC book. As others have pointed out, the current format actually works against people like John Sergeant, which is sad. However it's better to have a good show of comedians than a dull show of others.

IMHO, of course.

Cheers

kJ

--- In just-a-minute@..., Tony Baechler <tony.baechler@...> wrote:
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> I've noticed that the BBC doesn't even ask non-comedians on
> the show as guests anymore.

 
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