Humphrey Lyttelton @86, Hosted BBC Radio Game Show, "Sorry, I Haven't A Clue"
...he was best known as the host of “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue,” a role he had filled since 1972. The program built up a passionate following with its mix of silliness, wordplay and innuendo.
Mr. Lyttelton was a master of ribald double-entendres — usually involving the show’s fictitious scorekeeper, “the lovely Samantha” — delivered in his deadpan, upper-class voice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/arts/music/28lyttelton.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
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Maybe this is the sort of programming that's needed these days. The closest one to this I can think of is Public Radio's "Wait-Wait: Don't Tell Me."
...he was best known as the host of “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue,” a role he had filled since 1972. The program built up a passionate following with its mix of silliness, wordplay and innuendo.
Mr. Lyttelton was a master of ribald double-entendres — usually involving the show’s fictitious scorekeeper, “the lovely Samantha” — delivered in his deadpan, upper-class voice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/arts/music/28lyttelton.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
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Maybe this is the sort of programming that's needed these days. The closest one to this I can think of is Public Radio's "Wait-Wait: Don't Tell Me."