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Old 10-05-2007, 05:59 AM
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Another gem.....

BRUSH STROKES… BBCTV… CARL HOWMAN…
I get a call from the production office to see if I would do one nights public liaison work on this episode. (Beggars can’t be choosers and I say yes)
I phone up Gypsy Dave and Bill Burns (Two big lads) and head off to Earls Court Station to look after the crew for the night.
The director wants to do the shot at 11pm with a cast of two and a watching crowd of 500. (Mainly tourists). To say it was hard work is putting it mildly.
The majority of the crowd were alright and watched the filming in silence as the actors went through their dialogue scenes. But there was one (there’s always one!) that wants to add words to the scene. I’m asked by the production manager if I would have a quiet word with him. (That’s what I’m there for)
I say to the man ‘’Excuse me sir, but you see my mate over there (six foot six of Gypsy Dave Cooper) he thinks you’re a poof and he would like to give you one.
I felt the wind rush past me as he disappeared into the night.
I took a bow as the onlookers clapped and the rest of the night was a piece of p*ss.
We got a nice letter from production a week later thanking us for the cool way we handled the night and promise of more work. (I DON’T THINK SO)

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Aitch, those Ph.Ds you've earned in your life are still understated testimonials to your genius.
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Hi Everyone, just got back from Las Vegas and a great vacation combined with a little work (I hope,....time will tell). Talking about Extras, or Background Artistes, I have a walk-on in the BBC series DOCTORS coming up shortly, called "Undying Love", due for broadcast mid May. I'm the Undertaker, the one with the glasses. Well, it helps pay the bills, and it doesn't make you a bad person.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...YOU MAY GET IT!
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