Occasionally, I hear something on television or radio and wonder to myself "Did that person really say what I think they just said?". So it is with a clip from GMTV the morning after the 2005 general election. Like the proper anorak that I am, I recorded both the BBC1 and ITV coverage - 2 VCRs, 2 long play E240s, job done. While transferring all 16 hours of actuality to DVD the other day, I chanced upon John Stapleton calling Tony Blair "Mr Blower" and then tripping over the name of a gay Labour MP who had lost his seat (please, no, stop it). After 5 replays, I'm convinced that Stapleton really does say what I think he says. Watch the clip, wait until 1:40 and see what you think. Must have been a long night chez Stapleton.
5 comments:
Ha ha, glorious, glorious stuff.
'Blower' is easily explained away by his casting forward ready to say 'bloody' nose. But the second is a copper-bottomed Freudian slit (when you mean to say long thing but you say a mother).
You're not really apologising for recording that, are you? How I wish I'd recorded ITN's lunchtime news on the day of Nelson Mandela's first visit to Britain as President of a free South Africa. A joyful crowd had gathered outside South Africa House and the host - John Suchet, I think - was entering into the spirit of the day, handing over to the OB with, "It looks like the party's already started down there".
"Yes, John, in spades".
Do I seem apologetic? God no, I'm proud of it. And Jesus, that Suchet moment sounds fab. Of course, without a tape, everyone thinks you're making it up.
"I'm so sorry, of course I mean Stephen Greatfatmincingchutneyferret"...
how delicious!
That's lovely! And is it me, or has his accent gone a few notches up the 'regional' ladder since his The Time, The Place heyday?
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