Star Spotting Pt 1: Jarvis v Geoff
Not strictly a comedy blog today, but an observation that certainly made me smile. Spotted in the audience during Jarvis Cocker's performance at the Latitude Festival last night was Geoff Hoon, the former Secretary of State for Defence, recently appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Gordon's reshuffle. Nothing wrong with an MP getting out and about – in fact his taste in music certainly gets my vote. It was just funny and weirdly incongruous to see a member of Her Majesty's Government in the audience at a performance of someone who wrote a song call ***** Are Still Running The World (the first word is so rude I can't event print the first letter).
I also once saw Joan Collins at a stand-up gig in Ealing. Has anyone else seen unlikely people at unlikely events?
get one’s jaws tight
Posted by: johnny | 28/07/2007 at 03:38 PM
Not really an event, I suppose, but I once physically bumped into Rusell Harty on a street corner in Italy, which seemed very incongruous at the time.
Posted by: Jeremy | 17/08/2007 at 12:03 PM
Yes, I once spotted George W. Bush at the swearing-in ceremony for the US Presidency. Unlikely? Bizarre.
Posted by: Jeremy | 17/08/2007 at 12:06 PM