Friday, 15 April 2011

True Facts from the world of 'Showbiz'

1: ITV dating show 'Take Me Out' was devised by Andrea Dworkin but 'evolved' in development.

2: Woody Allen has never seen his recent films and is always surpised when a new one comes out.

3: Mike Leigh's favourite film is 'that Clint Eastwood one with the monkey'.

4: The NOTW wiretap on Alan Bennett's phone was abandoned for being 'too bleak yet whimsical' for publication.

5: The upcoming Pingu re-boot promises to 'take the character back to his roots'.

3 comments:

Bob said...

6. I was the original choice for Potsie in "Happy Days."
7. Mick McManus is now Dean of All Souls' College, Oxford.

Bob said...

7. McManus's catphrase is still "Not the ears, not the ears," but now it's in Latin.

Bob said...

That should have read "catch phrase." I was typing with Eliot on my lap.