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Michael Barrymore
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Just watched the 'When Awards Shows Go Wrong' and Barrymore was on - marching someone out of the auditorium, and trashing Jonathan Ross's autocue machine.
I remember seeing him in a theatre way before he was famous, marching out someone off the front row who was clearly seriously embarrassed and upset. I thought then that he was an idiot, and destined for obscurity because he was so unfunny, and nasty.
Seeing him on this clips show, it reminded me what an utterly talentless nasty buffoon of a man he was - and the endless mystery to me of why anyone ever found him remotely amusing, or talented.
He ripped off a seriously poor Basil Fawlty impression as his main 'routine', and in the Awards show, he clearly thought people were having a pop at him for his recent 'coming out' as gay, by having his award presented by Dale Winton, an out-and-proud gay man.
That level of self-absorption just beggars belief, and although I was horrified by the circumstances, I was delighted when his career came to an abrupt end.
Anyone else share my extreme bafflement as to what anyone ever saw in him as an 'entertainer'?
I remember seeing him in a theatre way before he was famous, marching out someone off the front row who was clearly seriously embarrassed and upset. I thought then that he was an idiot, and destined for obscurity because he was so unfunny, and nasty.
Seeing him on this clips show, it reminded me what an utterly talentless nasty buffoon of a man he was - and the endless mystery to me of why anyone ever found him remotely amusing, or talented.
He ripped off a seriously poor Basil Fawlty impression as his main 'routine', and in the Awards show, he clearly thought people were having a pop at him for his recent 'coming out' as gay, by having his award presented by Dale Winton, an out-and-proud gay man.
That level of self-absorption just beggars belief, and although I was horrified by the circumstances, I was delighted when his career came to an abrupt end.
Anyone else share my extreme bafflement as to what anyone ever saw in him as an 'entertainer'?
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As Ummmm said, his career was finished when the 'Body in the pool' story broke.
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Especially when it was disclosed that the dead man had been homosexually raped before death.
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Especially when it was disclosed that the dead man had been homosexually raped before death.
Garaman - // ‘I remember hearing these they were famous, and I thought then that they were destined for obscurity, but if you insist on dancing to them here are…’ //
One of the most important lessons I have learned from over forty years as a DJ is that you play what your audience like, not what you would like them to like.
Another lesson is, never ever be disparaging about anyone's taste in music, however dreadful it may be.
One of the most important lessons I have learned from over forty years as a DJ is that you play what your audience like, not what you would like them to like.
Another lesson is, never ever be disparaging about anyone's taste in music, however dreadful it may be.
You didn't have an early morning gig by any chance, Andy?
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I particularly like the 'cool dude' in black who looks like he's off The Fast Show.
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I particularly like the 'cool dude' in black who looks like he's off The Fast Show.
AOG - // You are always going on about others derailing threads, try to practice what you preach. //
There is a vast difference between a thread following a course of conversation - as almost all threads do, and that wilful consistent personal attacks of mindless trolls.
That's the difference between thread progress and de-railing, which is why I accept and enjoy the first, and complain about and attack the second.
There is a vast difference between a thread following a course of conversation - as almost all threads do, and that wilful consistent personal attacks of mindless trolls.
That's the difference between thread progress and de-railing, which is why I accept and enjoy the first, and complain about and attack the second.
