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Miranda Hart, Tom Kerridge and the Pierces

Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family and is joined by Miranda Hart, Tom Kerridge and the Pierces.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Sep 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • James Blunt

    Heart to Heart

    • Moon Landing.
    • Atlantic.
    • 004.
  • The Clash

    London Calling

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    Talk To The Animals

    • Sammy Davis Greatest Hits.
    • Curb.
    • 1.
  • Deacon Blue

    A New House

    • (CD Single).
    • Medium Wave.
    • 1.
  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Shaun Escoffery

    Nature's Call

    • Nature's Call.
    • Dome Records.
    • 001.
  • Estelle

    American Boy (feat. Kanye West)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 3.
  • Chrissie Hynde

    Down The Wrong Way

    • Stockholm.
    • Caroline.
  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.
  • Madness

    My Girl

    • Madness - Complete Madness.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.
  • Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters

    Rainbow

    • Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 001.
  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
  • Rose Royce

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The Script

    Superheroes

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Sonny & Cher

    I Got You Babe

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • Dusty Springfield

    I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.
  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Take That

    Relight My Fire (feat. Lulu)

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..
  • Toto

    Hold The Line

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Yes

    Owner Of A Lonely Heart

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Pause for Thought

From Rabbi Pete Tobias of the Liberal Synagogue, Elstree:

 

Being surrounded by this comic talent reminds me of my brief and rather humiliating venture into TV comedy. More than 20 years ago I was invited to take part in a TV programme called Joker in the Pack hosted by the lovely Marti Caine. She was the real joker-always smiling and ready to laugh with anyone.


The programme she was hosting involved two teams of four from different professions competing to see whose jokes were funnier. I was part of a team of University Chaplains, along with a Catholic priest, a Methodist vicar and a Baptist minister, which sounds a bit like a joke in itself…



Each team took it in turns to tell a joke. If your joke was deemed funny, you got a second chance. If not, you were out. As I recall, my first joke went like this:


‘Two old Jewish men were sitting on a train. Haimi says: ‘Moishe! Close the window! It’s cold outside!’ Moishe replies: ‘And if I close the window it’ll be warm outside?’ This was though to be funny so I won another go for myself and my team.


My second joke was Moishe again - this time he was taking a letter to the post office. The post office worker said ‘This letter is too heavy. You need to put more stamps on it.’ Moishe replied ‘And if I put more stamps on it, it will be lighter?’



I think I got thrown off for that one. And my team of University Chaplains went on to be eliminated by the Estate Agents. Estate agents! The shame! The humiliation!


After the show it was pointed out to me that all my jokes were the same. They ended with a question and a shrug. And it occurred to me that perhaps this is a feature not just of Jewish humour but perhaps of the Jewish attitude to the world.



Jews have always questioned and challenged God. Maybe a lot of the time we don’t really like the answers we’re given. But we ask the question anyway, turn it into a joke and then shrug when we hear the answer. And, as a philosophy of life, what’s wrong with that?

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