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Brighter side of web - Peter Kay
Living the dream at the top of the Blackpool Tower
I've always fancied being a stand up comedian, but I've always had a few drawbacks:
- Can't remember jokes
- don't like speaking in public
- not very funny
apart from that I think I'm a natural
My feeble attempts at comedy: top reasons not to write another blog post
Peter Kay being interviewed with Michael Parkinson. Lots of new material I hadn't heard before
Peter Kay
I wrote a short biography of Peter Kay based on his own autobiography.
“With the laughter ringing in my ears. I jumped off the stage and danced out into the audience. I had no idea why, or where I was going, I just knew that I was on to something good. I headed towards my family. “hello mum.” I shouted and gave her a wave. By this time the place was rocking and the audience were in hysterics. They knew this wasn’t in the script.”
(p46 “Sound of Laughter)
Peter Kay Autobiography at Amazon.co.uk
"The Sound of Laughter" is Peter Kay's new autobiography.
I have just finished reading "The sound of laughter". It is an account mainly of his early life and first part time jobs. The amazing things is how much of his comedy is based on true life experiences. I am going to be adding selected excerpts from his book.
The first character is "Roy" of Rank Bingo hall fame
“I’m full of ideas. For example, I organised a Christmas part a couple of years back and it was so successful that we’ve started to have it annually.”
- Roy
I've recently posted on Peter Kay. Including some videos. I hope my reader(s) won't mind if I post some more catchphrases.
Peter Kay Catchphrases
- "Garlic bread, it's the future, I've tasted it" (phoenix nights)
- 'T'internet', 'Th'ambulance' and 'T'Egypt' (referring to a holiday in Egypt).
- "Garlic...Bread?" (An impersonation of Kay's father who, on holiday in Spain, was bamboozled by garlic bread, wondering how the two ingredients could be combined)
- "It's spittin'!" (Dinner lady cry heralding a shower of rain before herding kids into school)
- "It's that fine rain that soaks you through", or "It's that fine rain that gets you wet" (At top of tower)
- "We're not playing games now" (Used in live shows after telling a sequence of one liners).
- "How dare you." (Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere) (not to be confused with the "How very dare you?! from Catherine Tate)
- "Put t' big light on" (Mum Wants a Bungalow tour)
- "'Ave it!" (John Smith's Bitter advert)
- "I've not lost it" (After flicking the microphone in the air, and then catching it by the handle.)
Peter Kay - Quavers
Peter Kay is probably my favourite comedian. He does stand up and has featured in tv comedy series like Phoenix Nights. Peter Kay is from Bolton and has a great capacity for northern observational humour. Often when doing stand ups his mother seems to be in the audience. Generally fairly clean, it means when he does swear it can be funny especially if his mother is in audience. Peter Kay.co.ukofficial site of Peter Kay
