Making farting noises to kids to make them laugh for money, from what I saw of it. Sinister...
He pays the kids to laugh at his noises? Sick.
I was in the West Country last summer and one of the theatres, either in Barnstaple or Ilfracombe, promised a variety night with "Your Compere - TV's David Copperfield". Honestly.
And we all laughed when on came the star of BBC1's adaptation of Dickens' masterpiece, who, acting in character, said: [English grads: fill in here. I've never bothered to read any Dickens. What's the point? You see it all on the telly anyway].
People I'd Like To See On After They Were Famous:
- Toni Basil
- Grant Bovey
- The bloke who played Jacko in Brush Strokes
- The bloke who played Elmo in Brush Strokes
- Oh fuck it, let's have a cast reunion for Brush Strokes
Predictions for After They Were Famous 2005:
- Jamie Theakston. Currently in a coffin at an undisclosed location after he was beaten to death by a gang of pyschopaths known only as "The TV Forum". We ask Jamie to introduce us to his favourite worms.
- The cast of Big Brother. All in panto.
- Jeremy Spake. Running a fat farm for former infotainment/lifestyle presenters in North Wales.
David Copperfield appeared (geddit) at the club I used to work in (same place I saw the Krankies and Manning, god help me). I didn't see his show but apparently it was largely pure filth (hmm, I see a pattern emerging). And according to the other bar staff, he was knocking on their doors at 3am, pissed out of his mind, begging for booze. This would've been about 94-95 - according to last night's show, he's on the wagon now.
People I'd Like To See On After They Were Famous:
Wei Wei Wong of the Young Generation
Michael Barrett and Dilys from Nationwide
The Drummer from Flintlock
Andrew Ridgley. Apperently, he lives in Cornwall, surfing with his wife Karen, you know, from Bananarama. ("You know, from Bananarama" was her maiden name)
People I'd like to see on After They Were Famous:
Jim Yoakum
When was he famous?
"After they were infamous"
Featuring TV's Iain Lee - now working 'behind the scenes' the popular gameshow Wankety Wank on Channel 761
The weird thing is that if the BBC was more opportunistic at the time of Three Of A Kind (1981-83), Copperfield would have been awarded a 13-part spin-off series of Medallion Man.
Three Of A Kind was pretty good, though.
He did a pilot for The David Copperfield Show in 1984 but nothing followed except some shit kids shows.
Coppers and Co.
TO Bean is a Carrot:
>- The bloke who played Jacko in Brush Strokes
Currently doing crap adverts for a brand of household cleaning products. He is still alive.
Are you sure? He was in 'Babes in the Wood' after all
Biologically alive, not career-wise alive.
Last Year Karl Howman directed Babes in the Wood panto at Woking ....
Hearing that makes me quite glad I'd left Woking the year before.
Huh. In a couple of years we'll be having an After they were Famous (or after they were in employment) on the entire staff of Tyne Tees Television, makers of this rather sorry little programme. Fucking Granada.
In ten years time I predict we'll see a show called 'Stuart Maconie, Where Is He Now?'
Where is he now?
Sorry, did I say 'years', I meant 'minutes'.