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My car was in the Specsavers advert with the old lady and the loud stereo. Not me. My stupid blue Nissan Micra. Tell us about your brushes with fame.

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(, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 15:49)
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A minor list
I've got a few shit claims to fame.

1 - Kim Wildes father Marti Wilde called me a little shit when I accidentally knocked his pint over in the backstage area of Skegness Butlins when my stepfather was playing in his backing band one summer season in 1992.

2 - I used to work in H&M in Nottingham and once served the guy who played Eric Pollard in Emmerdale. He bought womens underwear, he had no women with him so make of that what you will.

3 - I once spent half an hour talking to Steve Matlock the original bassist of the sex pistols and had no idea who he was.

4 - Once accidentally offended Gerry Anderson. He was at a book signing at the Forbidden Planet in London about 2005/2006 and I honestly thought he'd been dead for a while and said to my mate "bugger me, I thought Anderson was dead!" to which he said quite forcefully while glaring at me "I'll have you know that I am QUITE ALIVE thank you very much young man"

5 - Similar to the above incident but the celeb earned my total respect for their response and took it in much better humour. I once saw Simon Callow on the Jubilee Line and I was with the same friend and as before I uttered the words "Christ I thought Callow had died", he looked over smiled and said "Perish the thought dear boy, only in that four weddings film" at this point he becomes rather somber and looks off into the distance finishing the sentence with ".....and once or twice on stage.....fucking Shakespeare!".

6 - Not me but my mother actually went out with Steve Curry(Currie?) of T-Rex before he was in T-Rex.

7 - Once got served by Carla Lane of Bread fame in a charity shop. I thought it was a bit weird until I realised that she was actually the owner and all funds raised went to an animal shelter that she was the patron of.
(, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 1:11, 4 replies)
Wasn't the original bassist in the Sex Pistols called Glen Matlock?

(, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 1:18, closed)

you're right, he was/is but I did say I didnt know who he was hehe.
To be fair I do feel a bit guilty as he was actually a really nice guy.
Weirdly last year I was at a friends birthday do and was talking to a drummer who turned out to be Paul Cook the drummer of the Pistols. He made it clear who he was.
(, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 1:43, closed)
The bloke who played Eric Pollard in Emmerdale
used to be a pornstar.

TRUFAX

Win for pissing off Gerry Anderson. But then, who hasn't. Grumpy old bastard that the legend is
(, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 9:19, closed)

Did he? I'll take your word for it as there's no way I'm sticking Eric Pollard porn into google, I don't think the worlds ready for that yet.

Just remembered another one, I was made late back to work from my dinner break by the blonde one from Birds of A Feather when she couldnt find her purse in Marks and Spencers
(, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 21:33, closed)

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