Florets Gump: Dave Spikey's previous lives

WTF: Weekly Trivia File

  • Joan Rivers has ditched a gag about Michelle Obama from her routine - because she feared she'd be accused of racism. She said: ‘I was going to compare her to Jackie O, but call her Blackie O.’

  • Before he wrote his new autobiography Under The Microscope, Dave Spikey says he went to a practitioner of ‘past-life regression’ to find out about his previous incarnations. Turns out he was a dervish, Noah’s son Ham, a daddy long-legs, a solder called Yannis at the siege of Troy – and a cauliflower.

  • Harry Hill may have made the front cover of the Dandy, but he is isn't the first comedian to appear as a comic strip. In 1954’s Star TV & Radio comic both Bob Monkhouse – ‘TV’s top tickler’ and Morecambe and Wise ‘from the Music Hall stage’ had their own strips:

  • Jim Davidson has admitted that his act is 'awful, bigoted stand-up'. In an interview to promote his upcoming panto performance in Glasgow, the comic admitted he was looking forward to ditching his usual approach for a family audience. 'This is more the way I am normally, without the swear words or the vodka,' he said. 'I don't have to be filthy - that awful, bigoted stand-up'

  • An eyelash technician turned comedian called Jimmy Dean gets a rough ride on America's Got Talent:

  • Sir Norman Wisdom's gravestone will be inscribed with the words Lucky Little Devil - if the church allows it.

  • Tweets of the week:
    Rob Delaney (@robdelaney): The best way to destroy an enemy is to turn him into a friend! The 2nd best way is to drop a stove on him from a helicopter.
    H Anthony Hildebrand (@hahildebrand): The penguin is mightier than the swordguin.
    Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison): Idea: Gameshow called 'NOW Who's Being Racist?' Just a title at the moment, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.


SOURCES:Independent , Under The Microscope, Star TV & Radio Comic, Daily Record, Daily Mirror, Twitter

Published: 29 Oct 2010

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