"Non Brit opinions on Just a minute and "Clue"" Topic
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| Last Hussar | 22 Jan 2024 12:39 p.m. PST |
Hi all, Any non-Brits ever heard Just a minute or Sorry I haven't a Clue? How did you find them? Would that format work in your country? |
 ColCampbell  | 23 Jan 2024 7:14 a.m. PST |
Nope, never heard of either. I don't watch game shows of any type. Jim |
 Parzival | 23 Jan 2024 10:19 a.m. PST |
I gather they're actually radio shows. NPR has "Wait, Wait— Don't Tell Me," which takes a similar approach with a celebrity panel quizzed in humorous ways about the week's news. I've occasionally listened to that. It's been running on NPR a long time, but then it's National Public Radio, so whether that's a sign of a viable commercial success or not is anybody's guess. |
| Grattan54 | 23 Jan 2024 10:48 a.m. PST |
No. Can't say I have heard of them. |
| Last Hussar | 25 Jan 2024 3:22 p.m. PST |
OK. I think it is… different… to what Americans are used too… Here is a you tube link to one series. link |
 20thmaine | 27 Jan 2024 6:30 a.m. PST |
Just A Minute is huge in India apparently. They have a College/University team version of the game (called JAM) In 2012 the BBC took the show to India for a series: link |
| 20thmaine | 27 Jan 2024 6:32 a.m. PST |
I can't see why I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue shouldn't work elsewhere either – a mixture of bad puns, whimsy, self-humiliation in the singing rounds and smut. Mostly smut. And the lovely Samantha (and the equally lovely Sven). |
| 20thmaine | 27 Jan 2024 6:36 a.m. PST |
They aren't really game shows – there are no prizes, and no-one (since the passing of Kenneth Williams) really cares who wins. Just A Minute has been running since 1967. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue since 1972. So they must be doing something right…. |
| Last Hussar | 27 Jan 2024 2:19 p.m. PST |
And who can forget Stephen Fry's classic line (and remember this is broadcast at 6:30 in the evening) Countryside- to kill Piers Morgan. |
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