HW: HW reference on 'Buzzcocks'

[Ian Abrahams]

As noted before, the amusing thing about this story (which he also told in
an interview with The Times a while back) is that Hawkwind List member Bill
Bailey has often been mistaken electronically for the comedian himself....

Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Shilladay" <neil.shilladay at MICROLISE.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:27 AM
Subject: HW: HW reference on 'Buzzcocks'


> For my sins, I was watching 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' on BBC2 last night.
> (For those who haven't seen this show, it is a comedy pop quiz. One of the
> team captains is comedian Bill Bailey, who looks like a Klingon, complete
> with beard & shoulder length hair).
>
> About half way through last night's show, Bill said :-
> "Bloke came up to me last night, said 'ere - you were in Hawkwind'. He
> chased me all round Covent Garden going 'you were in Hawkwind'. "
>
> <pause>
>
> "Turns out I *was* in Hawkwind, after all."
>
> Apologies if the wording isn't 100% accurate, but you get the gist of it.
> (And no, it wasn't all that funny on the show either).
>
> Cheers
> Neil.
>
>
>
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