In case people didn't get my reference to Frank Sinatra. I recently read the book by Kitty Kelley (not the best source I know). But Frank Sinatra was renowned for either doing the kicking, or getting his goons to do it, of people who he took a dislike to.

He smoothed things over by simply having his people throw money around to make the issue go away. He had massive and clear links with mob figures and was involved in political campaigns of Presidents.

He was under a morality contract. Like everyone else he just ignored it and slept with any woman he wanted.

Yet how many of the people on here will be saying goodbye to the world to My Way?

And yet Radio 4's The News Quiz (basically what spawned HIGNFY) still manages to remain topical (what else), witty and entertaining. I reckon a lot is down to the anchor. Sandy Toksvig does an excellent job keeping TNQ moving and is ably supported by Susan Calman and Jeremy Hardy with a limited number of "guests". Whereas HIGNFY seemed to go downhill once the Beeb sacked Angus Deayton and went down the "guest presenter" route

The popularity of Twitter killed HIGNFY. By the time Friday night comes around, the week's news has already been parodied, memed, Vined, dissected, chewed up and spat out. There isn't much left for the panel to say that hasn't already been said in the Twittersphere during the week. Add to that the fact that it can either be made or broken by the ever changing host and you've got a bit of a lame duck.

Yet the same doesn't happen to TNQ

He's pulled out www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32244405

He's pulled out www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32244405

There will be a fair few people wishing his dad would have with the amount of JC related crap filling the headlines at the moment.