On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:20:14 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 27/03/2013 9:42 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:56:20 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>> That's a shame.  I feel kinda the same way about Jeremy Hardy, even
>> though his leanings are similar to mine (but a bit more to the left).
>> There are places where comedy and politics play well (and he uses this
>> to great effect on The News Quiz), but other places where it doesn't
>> belong.
>>
> It is not a problem, nowadays. ;-)
> True, some comedians have only one string to their bow. We had one, who
> died this month, whose act consisted of speaking as if his microphone
> was intermittent. He got thirty years of work out of it.

Can't fault him for continuing to do something that works. :)

>>> I thought that it was Graeme who did that.
>>
>> That could be.  It's usually late when we're listening. :)
>>
> I know, that late night interference on the shortwave radio can be
> dreadful. :-P

It's pretty awful, I will admit. :)

>> The variety is nice - it was fun to listen to a show from series
>> <mumble>
>> with Sandi Toksvig on it.  She made a joke about being proud to be one
>> of a long list of female guests they'd had on the show, and it went
>> over very well. :)
>>
> That must have been the series when H&D did Hogmanay at the Big Hoose.

H&D?

Jim

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