When I came home last night there were children running around in the square at twilight pretending to be dogs.
One of the dumbest things I have ever done is say to the attractive girl in a bookshop that I had been chatting to about The Starlight Barking, Dodie Smith's follow up to 101 Dalmatians where they have weird mental powers (I know! Cool!), when she offered to lend me a copy 'No thanks, I'd like to buy it for myself.'
Whatever happened to Tempestt Bledsoe?
The Blue Tigers are coming. Turkish Blue Tigers.
I fell into a nettle bush while attempting to impress other children at the Plas Goch caravan park in Llanfair PG, Angelsey. Many years ago...
I have had letters published in the comics Captain Atom and Power Pack.
The most I have ever laughed is at the end of It's a Wonderful Life. The man who shut off the Battersbys' electricity on Coronation Street claimed that James Stewart mouths 'fuck me' (as an exclamation of amazement, not an invitation! This is Jimmy Stewart we're talking about, after all...) when all his friends rally round with the missing money (oops, spoiler alert!). We both watched it, drunk, and exploded when George Bailey actually did mutter a profanity under his breath. Here, have a look at this at about 1.07 -
The blurry resolution helps - as would any booze you may care to have.
Incidentally, talking of James Stewart and drunkenness, as an audition for a drama degree I did a monologue from Harvey. In a Scottish accent.
In an interview on BBC GMR in 1995 I claimed that I had found a rhinoceros in Spotlight, the actors' directory.
The Eighth Best Thing I've ever done is go barefoot in the grass in Tavistock Square.
My (proper) Fourteenth Telly Recommendation (after forgetting that what I'd said is my Fourteenth was actually my Second) is Being Erica. Here's the opening titles to Season 1:
I once gave Anthony H Wilson 'the nod' in the bowels of the Hacienda. And Wayne Sleep 'the nod' at the Crewe Lyceum.
I always open packets of crisps at the bottom, holding them upside down as I eat.
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I too had to rewind George Riley's "Fuck me" comment several times. It's even funnier when you realize that he was saying the name of the woman in front of him; "Violet Bick".
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