Claudia, my parents and I saw two recordings of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue last night. It all started when John Naismith, the producer, came on to tell us about it. He said they needed to check the levels of the microphones recording the audience. He said 'So, it's very simple. I say 'hello everyone' and you say 'Don't patronise us with pointless audience participation exercises'. Hello everyone!'. And the audience replied in perfect synchronisation.
Rob Brydon's version of Spank Me to the tune of Fly Me To The Moon was a definite highlight, and his definition of 'Control' as a list of people he didn't like was pretty good too. Humph had a little difficulty with a couple of the lines, but was his usual dry self. In notes and clarifications he told us 'Last week's assertion that Tooting Carmen is the next stop from Tooting Broadway on the District line was, of course wrong. They're both on the Northern Line'. Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden managed to turn the repetition of the word 'Monkeys' into the funniest thing ever, and Tim Brooke-Taylor managed to get a couple of references to the Goodies in there for good measure.
The current series of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is playing on Radio 4 at 6.30pm on a Monday evening. The last Monday in November and the first in December will be the shows we saw. There are repeats on a Sunday afternoon too.
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