Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: bluehillside Retd. on January 28, 2020, 11:17:39 AM
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Sad news:
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nicholas-parsons-death-bbc-age-cause-just-a-minute-radio-tributes-a9305551.html
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Oh, hell, no.
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Definitely very sad. Marvellous the way he maintained a sharp mind and managed the show.
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This is very sad news. It's like the fabric of my life is being unravelled bit by bit.
Nevertheless, 96 'after a short illness' is a consummation devoutly to be wished.
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The first encounter with 'Just a minute was actually listing to it on the World Service, as radio 4 was not supposed to be 'cool' in the early seventies. That was the golden era - Parsons, Williams, Nimmo, Jones and Freud Now that was a combination of incredible serendippity or divine genious , if ever there was one.
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Nicholas Parsons and I have a home town in common. His father was a GP and it was claimed (without any confirmation) that he delivered Margaret Hilda Roberts into the world. The room in which it is supposed she was born is now a massage parlour - in an alternative health clinic.
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The first encounter with 'Just a minute was actually listing to it on the World Service, as radio 4 was not supposed to be 'cool' in the early seventies. That was the golden era - Parsons, Williams, Nimmo, Jones and Freud Now that was a combination of incredible serendippity or divine genious , if ever there was one.
I remember this line up very well. A golden era indeed! I used to listen to it in my bedroom while my parents and the rest of the family were downstairs watching telly.
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Just commented on this in TFGOT, before I noticed this thread. Is this the end for 'Just a minute'?
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Just commented on this in TFGOT, before I noticed this thread. Is this the end for 'Just a minute'?
I hope not.
However, I don't know who could be a permanent host brilli
ant enough to fill his shoes.
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Christine:- This is very sad news. It's like the fabric of my life is being unravelled bit by bit.
Nevertheless, 96 'after a short illness' is a consummation devoutly to be wished.
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This.
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I hope not.
However, I don't know who could be a permanent host brilli
ant enough to fill his shoes.
Whoever it is, I hope it's not Paul Merton or Giles Brandreth. They've both stood in before but neither really was up to the mark.
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Whoever it is, I hope it's not Paul Merton or Giles Brandreth. They've both stood in before but neither really was up to the mark.
Agreed.
The next chairman needs to be a straight man/woman, as a foil for the panel.
Merton and Brandreth are great panellists ; don't rock the boat.
I've seen suggestions that Richard Osman have a go as chair.
Look, don't shoot the messenger; I didn't make the suggestion.
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Agreed.
The next chairman needs to be a straight man/woman, as a foil for the panel.
Merton and Brandreth are great panellists ; don't rock the boat.
I've seen suggestions that Richard Osman have a go as chair.
Look, don't shoot the messenger; I didn't make the suggestion.
Stephen Fry would be good, except that he's too unreliable: he took over ISIHAC for a season or two after Humph handed in his dinner-pail, but then dropped out, to be replaced by Jack Dee. It needs someone who'll commit themself to it long-term.
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Stephen Fry would be good, except that he's too unreliable: he took over ISIHAC for a season or two after Humoh handed in his dinner-pail, but then dropped out, to be replaced by Jack Dee. It needs someone who'll commit themself to it long-term.
He actually only did two shows. They did one series with three hosts presumably as an audition and then settled on Jack Dee.
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He actually only did two shows. They did one series with three hosts presumably as an audition and then settled on Jack Dee.
I stand corrected.