Sarah Alexander ad-libs!
Posted Sun Oct 22 19:43:25 BST 2000 by 'Anon'
From chat.channel4.com:
Sarah Alexander one of the new faces of 'The 11 O'Clock Show' joined us for a live chat about how she is finding it, being on the show...
Chat Ed : Welcome, Sarah
Sarah Alexander : Here I am! Waiting for your questions.
Derek and Clive : WHEY HeY!!!!! SARAH!!!! hic.....
Jeremy Green : How do you like your new nightime job?
Sarah Alexander : I like it a lot. As you may know I'm involved in comedy and this is still comedy with the added extra of current affairs which is fun - the studio audience is fun too. Also Jon Holmes is great, he's an audience in himself! Also really enjoying doing my characters which makes me feels as though I'm keeping in with my sketch show past.
danmushman : Did Iain Lee pull out at the last minute?
Shelf : What happened to Iain Lee (I'm sure I saw a trailer for this series that referred to him as co-host)?
Sarah Alexander : He left quite late in the day. He decided that four series was enough for him and he has gone onto pastures new. I understand he's talking about various projects with Channel4.
Andy Guyett : Does anything you deal with on the show ever get you in any trouble?
Sarah Alexander laughs
Sarah Alexander : Not YET!!! I have no doubt that I will be in trouble at some point. And my conscience is playing an ever increasing part in my life!
steverA : Was Waugh on sport your idea?
Sarah Alexander : Yes it was my idea.
Voodoo : When you interview people in Waugh On Sport, do you leave them thinking it was for real or do youlet them in on the joke?
Sarah Alexander : No we never let them in on the joke. So far every victim has left with a look on their face that says, 'What a stupid twat'!
Sarah Alexander chuckles
Sarah Alexander : Which is entirely true.
Chat Ed : Bizarrely, at least 50 people want to know the answer to this:
YSL : Sarah - are you naturally blonde?
Sarah Alexander laughs
Sarah Alexander : Yes! Blondish! That's the answer.
Squeek : do you still work with armstrong and miller?
Sarah Alexander : Oh yes very happily, I do. We've just, before I started on the 11 o clock show, completed the most recent series of Armstrong and Miller which is even better and even funnier and will be going out in January in the prime slot of 9:30pm on a Friday on C4. P.S. Lots more nude practice! So watch this space...
Dave : Grrrreeeaattttt!!!
Les Dawson : How tall are you Sarah? Cos I met Miller and he's tiny. And you're smaller than him.
Sarah Alexander : Do you mean Jon Holmes because he's a little man???
Dust Brother : Is it true that you can speak fluent Bulgarian?
Sarah Alexander squeaks with laughter
Sarah Alexander : NO. I can speak French and Spanish! My world is becoming very surreal!
Dust Brother : Were you worried about following in the footsteps of Daisy Donovan and Iain Lee?
Sarah Alexander : No, not really. It's the fifth series of the 11 o clock show and I feel it was time for change. The whole team is new on this series. So, the fact that there were two new presenters as well, added to a new flavour for the show. And we're making it our own, which is as it should be.
Dust Brother : Is there another series of Smack the pony in the pipeline?
Al : Will you be doing another series of Coupling?
Sarah Alexander : There is another series of Smack the Pony due to start next Spring, and another series of Coupling also due to start filming in the Spring. Look forward to nine episodes of Coupling.
whef : Are we going to see you in Celebrity Late Night Poker?
Sarah Alexander : I don't think so, no.
Voodoo : Have you ever seen the fan website www.sarahalexander.co.uk? What do you think of this unnofficial worship?
Sarah Alexander : Oh god I haven't seen it! I will look it up though!
Chat Ed : it's quite sweet.
Sarah Alexander : I've seen some rather unusual photos of me on the net though...
rhys : do you go out drinking with ricky gervais????
Sarah Alexander : I haven't met him yet he was on the last series though. But bound to meet him soon at a C4 party, and I can't wait cos he seems like fun. I'm watching his new series and I like it very much, particularly when he throws peas at his mother!!
Sarah Alexander laughs
MrBungle : is jon holmes named after that porn star?
Sarah Alexander : hahaha yes is the answer to that!!
Sarah Alexander laughs
Sarah Alexander : You're not the only one to have noticed it either Bungle!
Phil Stephens : Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan were a tough act to follow - Have you had any negative comparisons?
Sarah Alexander : No, in all honesty we haven't, well we haven't had any comparisons. Nearly everyone on the show in front and behind the cameras, is new to the series. So nobody worked with Daisy and Iain, therefore no one is comparing us, it's a new job for all of us. And we are making it our own.
isike1 : where did you get that top you were wearing on tonight's show?
Sarah Alexander : Ooh god where did I get that... aahh yes, Selfridges. I think, yes.
Shelton
Subject: Re: Sarah Alexander ad-libs!
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Posted By 'Anonymous' on Sun Oct 22 19:46:03 BST 2000:
Sorry, there's more:
Shelton : Who came up with the idea of Bulla? Where did the idea come from?
Sarah Alexander : It's Ricky Grover's creation the man who plays Bulla. His brilliant idea and brilliant writing.
dave allen : You mean Bulla isn't real???
Sarah Alexander : Ha ha ha, well funnily enough there's much more truth to that character than people would first imagine! I think their backgrounds are similar!
Mike : If you had to take three things with you to a desert island what would they be?
Sarah Alexander : Ok... 1. Spaghetti Bolognese 2. Stevie Wonder CD 3. Louis Theroux.
Julian Belfrage : Louis is god!
Rich : Is there anyone in particular you would like to have on the show, Sarah?
Sarah Alexander : Errrm... I'd like to have Ruby Wax on the show and Robin Cook. I think we all know why.
Mack : Would you have Ali G back i it was down to you?
Sarah Alexander : Yes please!
sibod : What is Sarah's no1 pet hate?
Sarah Alexander : That's a difficult one... erm... leave that one with me and I'll have a think...
Jackus : Did you have any idols when you were younger and who were your major comic influences?
Sarah Alexander : I love French and Saunders, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters - they are all women I hugely admire. When I was little I was in love with Frank Spencer!
Sarah Alexander chuckles
Sarah Alexander : I'm not in love with Michael Crawford!
BLAISE : Did you always want to present television?
Sarah Alexander : Not at all, no. First and foremost I'm an actress. But, I love a challenge, and this one came my way and I grabbed it. I've always admired the show - I think it's very funny. And I think it's even funnier now!
Sarah Alexander giggles
BLAISE : did you go to stage school?
psilver106 : what regular jobs did u have before going into television?
Sarah Alexander : I didn't go to stage school - my choice. I had a flower stall, sold flowers erm... I weirdly did a very brief stint at the MoD. I had a spectacular 24 hour career as a waitress.
Peter2000 : Whats your favourite: 1. Biscuit 2. Day time cop show 3. TV medical drama?
Sarah Alexander chuckles
Sarah Alexander : Biscuit! I hope biscuit means biscuit where you come from Peter2000!
BobbyBrown : After acting in The Strangerers, do you believe in aliens?
spanna : do you believe in space aliens?
Sarah Alexander : Hee hee errr... only when they are little green men.
stavros : What's the most boring job you've ever had, and what did you do in it?
Sarah Alexander : I think that's my MoD job... I did boring computer stuff.
Chat Ed : Last couple now folks, we've done our half hour....
Ian Bushall : Have any of your jokes gone down like a lead balloon?
Sarah Alexander : Hehe, none of mine but a couple of Jon Holmes' have!!! Yeah sometimes a joke goes down very badly, but you won't see that because it's always cut out - THANK GOD!
Paul90210 : What do you do for excitement?
Sarah Alexander laughs
Sarah Alexander : I like going white water rafting, Scuba diving and planning on a horse riding trip through America.
David_P : What's the worst chat up line you've heard?
Sarah Alexander : You and me babe - it's chemistry!
Chat Ed : Last question now:
danket : Where to next for Sarah Alexander?
Sarah Alexander : Well definitely onto another series of Coupling for the BBC. And I'd like to do a bit of drama after my stint on the 11 o clock show. Keep watching!
Chat Ed : That's it folks! Thanks for coming Sarah - and thanks for joining in everyone.
warwick studmuffin : nice one!!
guestWAGGA : byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
jimi hendrix : get your coat love you've pulled
James Axford : byeeeeeeeee!
Derek and Clive : Cheers! M'Dear! :-D
GayBoy : Come back soon... like real soon
Scott Strachan : see you later gorgeous!
Mr Chipz : See you again in FHM soon! ;-)
Sarah Alexander : Can I go to sleep now????
BLAISE : YES
d_barns : yes...let the poor girl leave
sihodgkinson : my beds warm
Sarah Alexander : see you tomorrow : )
Doom : I cant believe I chatted to Sarah Alexander!!!!!!!!
Sarah Alexander : Thank you
Jackus : thats amazing!
Sarah Alexander : Goodnight
Sarah Alexander leaves the room
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