Yoo Speekah In Engaleesh??

[The Crackednut]

uhm... we are a bunch of 9-10 friends who meet occasionally at a friend's place and start JAMming. We'd be probably meeting over this weekend. So does hyd have any serious JAMmers(what a pun!!!! )? Do you smell any trigger-happy folks nearby? Any previous winners or sore losers? Lemme know the numbers so we could organise a good JAM session.



PS:: For once, this JAM ain't about bread, nor is it about music. :P



Also PS doubling up as dirty disclaimer::
I'm no proffesional JAMmer nor do i claim my friends to be so but if u think u've got a mouth for it... then hop on!

[The Crackednut]

Here's a small article about what JAM actually is and how it all started on the BBC. To play the game amongst ourselves, one of my friends has made the software for the timers/scoring and has also created the buzzers himself. To those who know not what JAMming is... read on. And those enlightened know exactly kind of FUN what i am talking about !



Just a Minute was devised by the late Ian Messiter, who came up with the idea on the top of a number 13 bus, where he suddenly remembered the horrible task of speaking for one minute without hesitation or deviation being meted out by one of his school masters to his class. Producer David Hatch put the pilot show before a BBC development board, who were sceptical that the series would run for more than six programmes. Thirty-five years later, Chairman Nicholas Parsons continues to attempt - and mostly succeed - in keeping control over a roll-call of celebrity contenders attempting to talk on a subject for sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
The concept of the game is ridiculously simple, until you try it when you find that it is simply ridiculous, as Nicholas Parsons has said on more than one occasion. It doesn't sound too hard to speak on a subject for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation... until you try it! As originally produced Just A Minute had two regulars Clement Freud and Derek Nimmo who would be joined by female guests. Nimmo was the better known of the two, a comic actor and wit. He was to remain part of the show until his death in 1999. On the other side, Clement Freud was a well known chef and raconteur. He became a popular speaker and guest on chat shows in part because of his insulting remarks which were witty and delivered in a marvelously flat voice.
Nimmo and Freud had in common a competitive instinct. Many of the other panellists did not take the competitive element as seriously. But Freud and Nimmo would usually win for many years with Freud in particular developing various methods of getting points: leaving challenges until the last second, lists, and slowing down to a slow mumble.
After the first series, it was decided to trial a different format with three people in the panel. It seems the shows were intended as trials, although they were broadcast. Parsons and Freud returned (Nimmo was unavailable) and they were joined as regulars by Kenneth Williams and Geraldine Jones. In the six shows all four took a turn as chairman, although it quickly became clear Parsons was best at that job. At the time Williams was one of the best known names in British comedy, star of the successful Carry On movie series, and many radio and TV shows.Geraldine Jones was an actress with a ready wit. The brief series of trials saw Williams stand out.
When the show returned later in the year it was in the format that we now know, with four contestants. For a time, Nimmo, Freud and Williams appeared in every show with a woman guest. But when Nimmo was overseas on tour during the recording of one season he was replaced by Peter Jones, a comic actor, witty writer, now loved for his lugubrious humour and his ability to pull the leg of everyone including himself. Jones was a pioneer in radio improvisation being the first comedian to be allowed to take to the air waves without a BBC approved script, back in the 1950s.For all of the 70s and 80s, Williams, Freud, Nimmo and Jones alternated with one or two guests. But Williams became the star, loved for his tantrums, his putdowns of the others, and especially his voice.

See :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/justaminute.shtml
and also
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/534931.stm

[Jaszalcatraz]

It's awesome fun people, hope to see lots of people there. Reply here or send a PM to the Nut.

[Stingrae]

: someday i'll be there!! :-p



oh yeah...n wat d jasz man said...its hazaaaar funn!!

[The Crackednut]

Bump to the top!

[Habitual Perfectionist]

Saturday you said....sounds good....and JAMming sounds interesting. Count me in. Lemme know the details. Jasz has my number.



and that reminds me.....whatever happened to Scrabble?

[LP]

I never heard of JAMing.Wonder why.....ummm.Anyway sounds fun but how hard can it be?(I am acting like an ass of course,never played it though,hope to play it soon.

[CtrlAltDel]

boooohooooohooooooo....

i got an office party saturday nite....







and HP is right. what abt the Scrabble meet at HP's?

[The Crackednut]

Saturday you said....sounds good....and JAMming sounds interesting. Count me in. Lemme know the details. Jasz has my number.

COOL... one JAM fan here! ok HP, Saturday seems a bit tentative. How about Sunday evening? Would the weekdays be too tough for u? Jasz isn't in town right now, so jus PM ur contact number. Will get back to u asap.

I never heard of JAMing.Wonder why.....ummm.Anyway sounds fun but how hard can it be?(I am acting like an ass of course,never played it though,hope to play it soon.

How hard can it be? Well LP... believe me, its darn simple **snigger, snigger** send me ur contact number/address and i'll let u know when we're gonna JAM.

[The Crackednut]

boooohooooohooooooo....
i got an office party saturday nite....

well, how about Sunday Evening?

[The Crackednut]

OK Ladies and Gentlemen... The JAM-man is here again bumping this thread to the top!



First off, let me thank HP and MLS for making it for the JAM last time. I hope you had a great session of laughter and fruedian slips . Believe me, there is more in store!



The JAM fever has started to show some rather terminal symptoms on your truly. For starters, The Crackednut thinks he can rule the world! Well, if not the world, he'd scale down to settle for Hyderabad.



So junta, lend me that monitor-space for this message. We (loosely defined as a bunch of engineers and graduate students) are planning in holding a series of JAM sessions almost every weekend for the next month or two. We are eager to know of other jammers in this city, and if they do exist, we'd love to JAM and learn from them. We meet up every saturday or sunday and have an evening of unbridled humour. So to all the students, corporates, celebrities, radio-jockeys, teachers, servicemen, singers, dabba-waalas, dopeheads, girls and any other non-entities that i might have forgotten, consider this as an open invitation!



Hyderabad doesn't hve a thriving JAM scene. Not any that i can think of. The other metro cities on the other hand do have a handful of colleges that never fail to entertain. Further on, JAM has always been restricted to a predominant college audience. So we'd like to break these moulds. Since there were never any JAM competitions, we thought we'd make our own. So in a way, we're kick-starting this whole mini-awareness campaign amongst all those who can form simple English sentences. It is our attempt in bringing together all such like-minded ppl under the same roof. If you think you could blow the words right out of the opponents' sorry arse, then feel free to drop in a PM at this ID. i cd get in touch via mail/SMS.



Anyways, this saturday - 5th may - from 1600 hr, there shall be a bunch of guys and gals playing Just A Minute. Those interested ... you know what to do ! **pants and flops right on the sofa**

[The Crackednut]

dumb errata::



Silly type... it is 5th June and not 5th May. anyways, its this saturday

[Habitual Perfectionist]

Till what time would you people be JAMming?



I don't think I'll be free at 4...but can surely make it by 6ish...and I'll call for the venue.

[Stingrae]

Till what time would you people be JAMming?

I don't think I'll be free at 4...but can surely make it by 6ish...and I'll call for the venue.

dude....no probs at all m8....everythin kiks-off at 5-ish....n anyway,u can always join in at any time cuz its different rounds of JAM....



come ppl come to JAM!!!

[The Crackednut]

Till what time would you people be JAMming?

I don't think I'll be free at 4...but can surely make it by 6ish...and I'll call for the venue.

6ish won't be a problem HP... i'll inform u about the venue as soon my friend gets a "go-ahead" from his folks at home!

[Kishore Kadiyala]

Hey Nutty and others,



I'd love to be there! And in case you are looking for a moderator, I have 3 years' experience . Cheers!

[Habitual Perfectionist]

Sorry nutty...but just realised that SAturday happens to be May 5th....the day to commemorate my imprisonment for life....next time

[Habitual Perfectionist]

June 5th I'm sorry

[The Crackednut]

Sorry nutty...but just realised that SAturday happens to be May 5th....the day to commemorate my imprisonment for life....next time

followed by a correction:

June 5th I'm sorry

Hehehe... its a good thing your "chief-warden" ain't around to see you forget such important dates like that!!

Hey Nutty and others,

I'd love to be there! And in case you are looking for a moderator, I have 3 years' experience . Cheers!

great kishore, looking forward to seeing you there!

[Stingrae :O]

Hey Nutty and others,

I'd love to be there! And in case you are looking for a moderator, I have 3 years' experience . Cheers!

its like....its like...its like seein Santa Claus!! its THE man himself!!



Nutboi...u oughta be proud of d fact that ur topic has brought KKK down to the slimy dungeons,creepin wit degenerates like moi, that are these forums...

[Habitual Perfectionist]

its like....its like...its like seein Santa Claus!! its THE man himself!!

Nutboi...u oughta be proud of d fact that ur topic has brought KKK down to the slimy dungeons,creepin wit degenerates like moi, that are these forums...

That's low self esteem.....never knew Raj could do that to you too.

[Kishore Kadiyala]

Hey Nutty and others,

I'd love to be there! And in case you are looking for a moderator, I have 3 years' experience . Cheers!

Nutboi...u oughta be proud of d fact that ur topic has brought KKK down to the slimy dungeons

Awww, you'd be surprised - I hang around here much more than you'd know! I just post under different aliases. Some of the aliases are Azazel, ZC, CtrlAltDel, AkhilIs2Cool, Mayavi Morpheus, Arch, BM, Johnny, Gods_Gift2_Mankind, Happy Hyderabadi, VivekOfTheMavericks, Jaszalcatraz, Habitual Perfectionist, Asli Badmash, Peeping Tom, Black Wizard, JustALittleUnwell, Shaikh, Mona Lisa Smile, Bimbette, Satish, PopeSmokesDope, Agonys_Requiem, The CrackedNut, Five7Jaan, Portuguese Man-Of-War, Vinita Manohar, Xiaowind, Khatta, Spiff, Alexis, Adonis, LuBiN_yOo, Cowboy, RabbitHole, Prince, 4MyLove, Aditi, CoolNut, Raj, Imran Khan, Red Combat, Xantippe, Question, La, Cafe and SimarikSmokin. And these are just some that I used over the last fortnight - there are a million more. At fullhyd.com, we believe in creating a great experience for all our users - comprising you, Stingrae . You ought to be proud - it takes this much to make you use these forums ! Please don't leave!

[azazel]

That's low self esteem.....never knew Raj could do that to you too.

ahem.. aap kab mile the Raj se???

[CtrlAltDel]

Awww, you'd be surprised - I hang around here much more than you'd know! I just post under different aliases. Some of the aliases are .....,CtrlAltDel, ....

wow! i never knew i was Kishore Kadiyala...! now i gonna get ma scisssors and 'moderate' the posts to bare bones.....

[Mayavi Morpheus]

... Aditi, CoolNut, Raj, Imran Khan...

Kishore kadiyala = Raj ?