The Guardian Goes Long On Sandi Toksvig

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Joe Hass

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May 25, 2020, 7:17:58 PM5/25/20
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If I could write a single OkCupid question that would immediately identify people I would want to spend time with, it would be "Do you like Sandi Toksvig? Yes, no, or I don't know who that is." Disqualify the nos and give me immediate notifications on yeses.

Kevin M.

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May 25, 2020, 7:20:10 PM5/25/20
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The News Quiz has yet to find a suitable host since she moved on. 

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 4:17 PM Joe Hass <hassg...@gmail.com> wrote:
If I could write a single OkCupid question that would immediately identify people I would want to spend time with, it would be "Do you like Sandi Toksvig? Yes, no, or I don't know who that is." Disqualify the nos and give me immediate notifications on yeses.


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Dave Sikula

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May 26, 2020, 5:49:25 AM5/26/20
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I would fall into that third designation, but then I have a strong prejudice against BBC "presenters." There's actual famous and there's "British famous," which this person seems to be.

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Jim Ellwanger

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May 26, 2020, 11:39:16 AM5/26/20
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I know her because she occasionally appeared on the original version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway" back in the '90s.

BBC America picked up one season of "QI" a few years ago, when Stephen Fry was still the host -- I enjoyed it, but not enough to seek out where other episodes can legally be viewed in the U.S.


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David Bruggeman

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May 26, 2020, 8:39:17 PM5/26/20
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I recently watched my first Vox Toks, having seen none of her other work, and

PGage

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May 26, 2020, 9:15:41 PM5/26/20
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She looks like one of what I still think of as “new” hosts on the Great British Bake-Off. The fact that I’m not sure, and don’t know her name, suggests I would be in your category 2, so I guess we won’t be dating. My lukewarm affect is not based on her sexual orientation of course (about which I had no idea or interest), and to be fair not really much to do with anything about her, except that she is not Mel or Sue. Also, she kind of seems to be trying too hard. But, my 22 yo son likes her.



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Joe Hass

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May 26, 2020, 9:23:46 PM5/26/20
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For the record, "Not knowing who she is" isn't disqualifying.

Adam Bowie

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May 27, 2020, 6:33:13 AM5/27/20
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On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:15 AM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote:
She looks like one of what I still think of as “new” hosts on the Great British Bake-Off. 


For what it's worth, she's now quit that show. Another British comic, Matt Lucas has taken over.

I can take her in small doses. But then as the Guardian article shows, she's been around along time. There was a golden era of  British kids TV shows on Saturday mornings in the 80s and 90s which were live magazine shows with pop stars playing and the odd cartoon breaking them up. She presented an especially anarchic show called No. 73 and she was memorably witty - even for a young me.  (If you could present one of those shows, which were fairly chaotic, you could, it turns out, pretty much present anything).


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