Sadly denied fame and glory as a child
My hometown has been the set of numerous shameful and forgettable films and commercials, as well as also being the hometown of a certain sticky-fingered celebrity. My dad and I were approached by a talent scout in a bakery when I was eight and cast in a commercial (Pepto-Bismol or Tums, or something to do with painful gas and torrential diarrhea. You know). I was really excited but was not allowed to go because the commercial was being filmed on the same day as the first day of school (and a new school, at that). Poo. My dad was in it, though, had a line like "Hey, Gary, how's it going?" On a tragic note, the commercial never made it to TV.

My boyfriend has been much luckier than I in this department. He appeared on 'No Win No Fee', the gamshow hosted by Johnathan Ross' older and less famous brother Paul Ross. He won four thousand pounds, bitches. Paul Ross told him that his poker face looked like "Sam the Eagle out the bloody Muppets". Ironically, this too never aired, but he got to keep the money.

He also appeared in a Swedish techie show called Sajber (pronounced 'cyber') as a lad growing up in Hong Kong. It seems the Sajber crew wanted to do a feature on all the technology and pirated software in Hong Kong. The crew was connected with some Swedish expats in Hong Kong, who were friends with my BF, and now he's a big Swedish star. All he did was take the crew to various street markets and do a few talking head bits. The episode was repeated three or four times due to popular demand.

Finally, and most regrettably, I have actually seen 'The Heart of Me' (see question). In retrospect, I much rather would have opted to rub my face on a cheese grater for an hour and a half.
(Mabel DelTaco, Thu 18 Nov 2004, 9:03, Reply)