> >Strange may soon be appearing on a popular Channel 4 television programme > > i think the operative word here is "may" ..... > > and the only popular c4 prog i can think of is frasier
Nah, my money's on Countdown.
Richard Whitely: OK, that's "antidisestablishmentarianism" for 28, what about you Nick? Nick Stocker: Er, I've got "hop", and STRANGEly enough, [his excitement mounts to a quasi-religious fervour], a band called STRANGE are playing the _Hop_ and Grape in Chorlton-cum-Hardy a week next Tuesday! Possibly. Carol Vordermann (looking peculiarly like Chris Simpson in a dress): Wow, really Nick?! I'll be sure to pop along to that! NS: Thanks Carol. [nervously] You look even cleverer in real life than you do on the telly. RW: Nick? NS: Yes? RW: Fuck off.
[ A rope suddenly falls from the ceiling and a clearly inebriated individual in a fetching balaclava 'n' vomit ensemble abseils down into the studio, mumbling incoherently about David Devant and girls with big hair. He punches Chris in the face before collapsing on top of the Girl From The OED. ]
NS: Does anyone want a flyer?
[ The audience of OAP's begins to riot, aided and abetted by this week's Star Guest, Richard Stilgoe. Nick is hit from behind by a petrol bomb and his ponytail catches file. SPG arrive. Set collapses. Exeunt. ]