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I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue!

Here’s a show we haven’t featured for a while on Quintessential Comedy, and frankly you can’t have to much of this legendary game, hosted by Humphrey Lyttleton and starring Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHImzb9vu2g

ISIHAC Host Hot List

It has been rumoured that long-running radio antidote to panel games I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue is set to continue following the sad loss of Humphrey Lyttleton in April.
Who on earth could replace him though? Several names have been mentioned, but here is Quintessential Comedy’s list of suggestions:
Michael Palin - would prevent him [...]

Liquor in the front, Poker in the rear

[singlepic=17,320,240,,right]The loss of Humphrey Lyttleton recently has prompted the BBC website Magazine to splash out on a quick appreciation on the art of innuendo.
And it’s not before time, either - I’ve been literally begging for something fruity to get my hands on, with the majority of the content here being about as much use as [...]

Life and Death

Nice to see Kris Marshall is recovering from his recent accident - following the sad loss of Humphrey Lyttleton last week I was a little reluctant to wish him well in case this very blog had some sort of curse attached to it.
Of course, it is life and death. We can quite easily wish [...]

Farewell, Humph

[singlepic=17,320,240,,right]It’s with a sad heart that I relate the news of Humphrey Lyttleton’s passing.  The jazz musician extraordinaire and host of the long running “antidote to panel games” I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue passed away yesterday at the age of 86, following surgery for an aortic aneurysm.
Lyttleton was born into the landed gentry, but [...]

Get Well Soon Humph

[singlepic=17,320,240,,right]Just heard that the host of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, Humphrey Littleton, has been admitted to hospital.
From Digital Spy:

The spring series of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue has been cancelled while Humphrey Lyttelton awaits an operation.
The veteran host’s official website informed fans that the 86-year-old needed surgery because of an [...]

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