Roger Moore, Michael Winner, Michael Parkinson, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, that is. All in the name of the launch of Michael Winner's latest volume of memoirs, Tales I Never Told!
Oh yes.
I know I often talk of fame. And how rubbing shoulders with these sorts makes me/us, by association, famous. But this time I mean it. Basically, James Bond knows my name.*
*James Bond doesn't know my name. I didn't meet Roger Moore - but Grant did! See:
As you might expect, the whole team turned out for this event (groupies), including the Big Cheese. The thing is, some people can't handle being around famous people. They start to forget how to behave. Take for example this instance, when things got a bit... licky.
That's Jess up there. Later, she got a bit fraught when Iain told her to accost the stars for their signatures for a prize giveaway. The way she tells the story is a bit like this:
Big Cheese: "FEE FI FO FUM, get me this book signed, see? And I shan't eat your Mum!" (Or something like that).
Jess: "Squeak, OK, squeak."
Have I sufficiently conveyed who the innocent is here?
Anyway, Jess ran about the place asking Roger, Mike, Mike, Tim and Andy for their autographs. Twenty minutes later, with the prized book in hand, and her eyes filled with puppy-dog adoration, Jess offered the book to our lord and master the way a cat presents a beheaded vole to its owner.
This morning, I opened the book and eyed the signatures. Good work, I thought. Slight snag. Seems Tim Rice didn't get the memo that this was a prize for one of our lucky blog readers:
"Hello Jessica!
Tim Rice"
This prize is now a prize for one of our lucky blog readers called Jessica.
While all this was going on, Publicity Manager Emma Young was tense. Having been chief organiser on the Robson Press side of things at the star-studded event, if something were to go wrong, on her head be it. In case you missed her - this is what she looked like last night:
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