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Re: the next season

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bobbyshaddoe3004Jun 22, 2007
 

 
well, more often than not the people on the show are the ones that
trip themselves up when they're speaking, and the interruptions
themselves are often just as funny as whatever it is that someone is
saying on the show or in their speaking time.



--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sunday, June 3, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Dave wrote:
>
> > Some interesting insight on Radio 4's Feedback programme this
> > week explaining how the station's audience is mainly over 40 and
> > the way they use comedy to cross over to the younger and future
> > audience. They target the 6-30pm slot which is, of course, where

JAM

> > resides. Two women aged 34 and 56 (I think it was) were selected
> > to talk about two shows currently in that slot. They didn't really
> > like either but in passing they both expressed a great dislike for
> > JAM "God! It seems like its been going on forever!" etc.
> >
> > Lets hope the BBC look to a more representative cross-section
> > about what should stay as they experiement with this slot.
>
> Well in broadcast terms of course, 40 years is a hell of a long

time. I

> think the show has changed a lot in style over the years, but as

the

> format has stayed much the same I guess it could seem very

repetitive

>
> If you wander round the BBC website forums you do find people who

seem

> to really dislike the show. There was one a couple of months back

who

> said she couldn't understand the thinking behind the show and she

put it

> something like this. "Who was it who thought up the idea of

bringing

> together some of Britain's funniest people, people like Paul

Merton,

> Ross Noble, Stephen Fry and Graham Norton, you start them talking

and

> then have Clement Freud interrupt them when he picks up that

they've

> repeated AND".
>
> You think about it like that and I suppose it is hard to explain

the

> appeal of the show to some people.
>
> Just wondering how you'd (this is everyone not just Dave!) would

defend

> the show to this person. Let's not focus on whether there are many
> challenges on "and" - I'm more interested in hearing what you think
> about great comedians being stopped mid-flow, which is the basis of

the

> show after all...
>
> Dean
>

 
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