I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue2008

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is a BBC radio comedy panel game. Introduced as "the antidote to panel games", it consists of two teams of two comedians "given silly things to do" by a chairman. The show launched in April 1972 as a parody of radio and TV… more »



Humphrey Lyttelton:
The teams are going to sing for us now, in the round called "One Song to the Tune of Another". This is a well-established concept, requiring explanation only to anyone who's slept through every show for the last thirty-five years. So I'll be interested to read this. The construction and flow of a song is very much akin to a clothing store mannequin. The clothes represent the words, while the model represents the tune, supporting the words and showing them to their best advantage. Songs can, of course, be given different arrangements, just as mannequins can have limbs swapped around, striking different poses to suit different types of apparel. But, I hear you thinking... "I hear you thinking"? I thought it was tinnitus. But I hear you thinking, teams, isn't there a danger of putting the wrong arm in the wrong socket? And what possible use would there be for a dummy with two left hands? At the piano, Colin Sell!

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