The Corporate Circuit Posted Mon Jul 17 17:04:12 BST 2000 by Jon

According to the last Private Eye, Graham Norton compered some event run by Microsoft. I heard a while back that Steve Punt also now does corporate events. Who else does? How much do they get for it? What do we think of them for it? Are there any people who are asked but turn it down?

Anyway, let's just have something new to write about other than old shows or J.Savill's alleged proclivities.

Me, I think fair enough, it's their living, etc.

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Posted By Jon on Mon Jul 17 17:04:57 BST 2000:

I meant that last bit about the corporate circuiteers, not about J.Savill (allegedly).

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Posted By Jon on Mon Jul 17 17:06:22 BST 2000:

I meant the last 'allegedly' to mean... oh, forget it...

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Posted By zaber on Mon Jul 17 17:13:16 BST 2000:

Given that you haven't spelt his name right, I doubt spelling "allegedly" wrong would matter.

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Posted By Slightly_outrageous on Mon Jul 17 18:19:51 BST 2000:

bloody hell jon...you took all of three postings & still failed to make your point accurately...here have some coffee mate..

*offers coffee*

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Posted By Jon on Tue Jul 18 07:22:58 BST 2000:

No, the 'allegedly' was spelt correctly, but I now accept that the name of the presenter of "Jim'll Fix It" is spelt 'Saville'. I thought it was originally, then I had the idea I'd been spelling it incorrectly, now I'm back to the right spelling.

Anyone still bothered about this strand? I feel pretty jaded about it.

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Posted By dr_hackenbush on Tue Jul 18 15:27:00 BST 2000:

So, Jon, you're saying that it's allegedly OK for minors to make their living from Jimmy Savill?

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Posted By Jon on Tue Jul 18 15:38:16 BST 2000:

Savill but not Saville. Allegedly.

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Posted By Nunuf Urbuznuz on Wed Jul 19 12:30:13 BST 2000:

Steve Punt DOES do a lot of corporate stuff, and I think it must pay extremely well, because he was recommending it to me last year as a good career move.

Even Jesus Cleese did those videos a while back, didn't he? Nice little earner.

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Posted By Anonymous on Wed Jul 19 12:37:25 BST 2000:

Cleese made a fortune with Video Arts, through which he appeared in and wrote various motivational/training videos... eventually employing the likes of Fry & Laurie, Ronnie Corbett, all sorts of comedians...

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Posted By dr_hackenbush on Thu Jul 20 20:20:30 BST 2000:

I saw Mark Thomas doing a set at a training day for Nestle a couple of months ago. He was great.














Kidding.

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Posted By Jon on Fri Jul 21 11:08:20 BST 2000:

Garry Bushell was once complaining that 'traditional' comics were forced to do the corporate circuit these days because the C4 lot had taken over the telly.

They must regret it...

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Posted By Mogwai on Sat Jul 22 23:49:31 BST 2000:

Anyone else catch Coogan whoring himself for Walkers Crisps on 'Before They Were Famous'? "Comic creation" my arse - the man IS Alan Partridge.

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