Viz documentary
Posted Wed Oct 18 19:24:36 BST 2000 by Mr Griffiths
A question that's been raised before but not answered. Who was the presenter of that fantastic "behind-the-scenes expose" documentary about Viz shown about 10 years ago? All I remember is that whoever it was, was very, very funny.
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Posted By 'The Bean' on Wed Oct 18 23:09:28 BST 2000:
Ask Viz - they must know (www.viz.co.uk).
I couldn't stop laughing when they mentioned 'you've pissed on your chips', as it was the first time I'd heard that expression.
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Posted By 'paul twist' on Thu Oct 19 02:31:38 BST 2000:
As I am of the young-but-not-as-young-as-the-whippersnappers-who-frequnet-my-local-alternative-club-who-know-barely-any-songs-pre-1997 category (and I am, if you cannot tell, drunk) I would like to say:
Ooh, I could crush a grape!
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Posted By 'paul twist' on Thu Oct 19 02:42:15 BST 2000:
I would also like to say it in a different thread.
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Posted By 'Anonymous' on Thu Oct 19 14:50:25 BST 2000:
It was Phillip Branston.
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Posted By Mr Griffiths on Thu Oct 19 16:29:24 BST 2000:
>It was Phillip Branston.
Could you enlighten me a little further as to who he is? His name doesn't yield any info from search engines.
Or is it pseudonym?
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Posted By 'RB' on Fri Oct 20 10:51:47 BST 2000:
Wasn't Keith Chegwin involved?
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Posted By 'Sam D' on Fri Oct 20 10:54:28 BST 2000:
>Wasn't Keith Chegwin involved?
Yeah, first with Maggie Philbin, then with the au pair, but... oh.
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Posted By 'Jon' on Fri Oct 20 11:04:06 BST 2000:
Chegwin appeared as himself, claiming Viz destroyed his career through ridicule, and describing his pitiful new life of unemployment. The thing is, he did have a bit of trouble finding work around the late 80s, though that was his own fault.
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Posted By 'Sam D' on Fri Oct 20 11:05:08 BST 2000:
I had me photo taken with Cheggers when I was 7.
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Posted By 'Jon' on Fri Oct 20 11:17:10 BST 2000:
I knew someone who said they'd seen Cheggers performing at Butlins in their youth. Apparently his act consisted of throwing sweets into the audience and nothing else. Wholesome fun, no swearing or nothing.
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Posted By 'Emmanuelle' on Sat Oct 21 17:23:01 BST 2000:
He was an alcoholic as well, so I don't know why he didn't have work thrown at him. Seems to work for lots of other entertainers.
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