h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Mick Jagger!

And who in their right mind would suggest some "athlete" or sport type person to be shown on currency? I guess we don't necessarily have exclusive rights to trashy morons over here.

Apparently success in some sporting event or another which will reside in public consciousness for six months or so is what makes our country great.

I'd like to see Jimmy Saville on a banknote, though. I'm not sure I can explain Jimmy Saville to a foreigner. A scary man. A deeply scary man.

Ozzy Osbourne on meeting the queen:
"It was like talking to a giant ten quid note."

Jimmy Savile sounds... "interesting". I looked him up on Wiki, and he sounded like an amusing eccentric, until I read the bit about his mother's things.

Good old Ozzy. I've never met anyone who appears on our currency (and ain't likely to ).

Certainly not the kind of person you'd necessarily want near your children. Which is ironic.

(This is bound to get modded. See 'The Nine Billion Names of Edward', No's 102 and 103)

Where would I find that?

Here: U803114. Scroll down a smidgeon and look for the moving target.

Duh. It didn't occur to me that it was your tagline compendium.

Is "Top of the Pops" not around any longer? I've never actually gotten to see it.

I did get to see some Jools Holland thing on New Year's Eve a few years ago, as well as some weird Top 100 music countdown thing with a lot of euro-trashy bands and some dopes called The Darkness. But never "Top of the Pops".

PS- I don't want to ruin a perfectly nice tagline! Hadn't noticed it till just now.

When I metioned in my Half Man Half Biscuit entry The Darkness as an example of a joke band, someone in peer review objected. But where are they now? I mean - you could from the start they were one joke wonders.

That tagline will have to stay for now. I'm having difficulty thinking up new ones and the previous one had been around too long.

ToTP...once it was required viewing - but to be honest it was never cutting edge. It had its moments though - like when Roxy Music performed and freaked everyone out...and even more so Marc Almond.

Oh...and John Peel.

(of The Mighty Wah)
"If that doesn't make it to No. 1, I'll come round and fart in your kitchens."

(of The Thompson Twins)
"That was 'Love On Your Side' - technically difficult but rather rewarding I'd have thought."

When he and Janice Long were taking turns to name alternate odd and even acts.
"Number seven - the multi-talented Ottawan"
"Number six - Ultravox"
"Number five - The multi-tanted Junior"
"Number four - Stevie Wonder"
"Number three....David Bowie."

I've never managed to see any John Peel either, though I've heard a fair bit. We've got a fair number of Peel Sessions albums at home, too. But alas, I've never actually seen him.

Here he is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/sonar/peel_diaries.shtml

For more bits and bobs - use the BBC search box and click on the Audio and Video tab.

I'll definitely add that to the list of things to check out at the weekend. I miss streaming audio at work, but I don't miss the server crashes.

I met Jimmy Savile when i was 14. He showed me his round, leopardskin covered bed in the back of his black truck.

He was the first person to call me Terri rather than my birth name; i had an autograph to prove it, but i've lost it years back.

Interesting to read this.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,178381,00.html

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Louis Theroux's documentary revealed Jimmy liked this bit of B3ta photoshoppery so much he had it framed...

http://patty.zedge.net/content/wallpapers/12/3/5/1/616271-35156-t.jpg

I'm custodian of John Peel's medical notes

And to think, 24 hours ago I might not have gotten that.