Rolph Harris
I met Rolph Harris when I was about 10. He was drawing pictures for kids on the second floor of Specsavers Optitions in Kingston. At this time he was probably at the peak of his career, or it was slowly declining, hence the puplicity stunt. Anyway, I asked for "A rhinoceros stuck in a tree" and thats what he drew me. He personalised to me and signed it aswell. I was well chuffed. My brother on the other hand wasnt so lucky and didnt get his suggestion of a lion drawn and was in tears (he was only 7). So at the end good old Rolphy drew him his lion on a piece of paper 10 times smaller than all the others but at least it shut him up.

I always seem to tell this story when i'm drunk and everyone seems rather impressed... or not, depends how much they've had to drink. I don't have the picture anymore, I think my dad threw it out i could have got a few quid for that on ebay. Oh well.

Another thing that comes to mind is there was a PS2 mag that gave £20 to anyone who sent in a short review and got it puplished. Now, as I can't write well I turned to my trusty friend - The Internet. A month later I had 2 of my reviews puplished in the same issue. I was well pleased, i'd earnt £40 from other peoples work. HA!
(Willis86, Thu 24 Feb 2005, 15:30, Reply)