Don't believe the hype: growing up in the small northern town of Goole during the eighties isn't quite the celebrity rollercoaster ride that the glossy magazines would have you believe, and as a result Paul Lyalls had plenty of time to mull over the titular proposition.

This unique performer presents comedy, stories and verse as he explores the roots of his own creative impulses in youth more short changed than misspent, among gay punk bands and anarchic geography field trips.