Woebot
Well-known member
A few people know that I was, at the early stages of Teletubbies and on the strength of a handful of my early comics, employed by R**doll to write some scripts for the show. The idea was that if it all went well then i'd be able shoulder the burden of wring the 200 or so episodes which at that time Andrew Davenport was going to have to do himself.
Anyway I was invited up to the set in Stratford (this was before anyone knew WTF) and was courted by them, before submitting my two scripts which were roundly dismissed as vastely inappropriate (smoking a lot of marijuana at the time y'unnerstan)
I had to witness the show, which I didnt really like, going mega-stellar. I felt like Pete Best the Beatles early drummer. And to this day whenever I see the show, it really pains me of my missed opprtunity. The best I got out of it at the time was being interviewed by The Face magazine.
Anyway, throughout Lulu's upbringing I had to watch the show every morning (I get up early with the babies and look after them from 5.30am while the missus recovers) and now again with baby Sam. Though with time (ha ha) the pain has receded... a bit. In fact the other day I managed to see this which YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST DOWNLOAD in which Lala plays Derek Bailey-styled Free guitar and Dipsy performs an interpretative dance. Its just splendid.
Anyway I was invited up to the set in Stratford (this was before anyone knew WTF) and was courted by them, before submitting my two scripts which were roundly dismissed as vastely inappropriate (smoking a lot of marijuana at the time y'unnerstan)
I had to witness the show, which I didnt really like, going mega-stellar. I felt like Pete Best the Beatles early drummer. And to this day whenever I see the show, it really pains me of my missed opprtunity. The best I got out of it at the time was being interviewed by The Face magazine.
Anyway, throughout Lulu's upbringing I had to watch the show every morning (I get up early with the babies and look after them from 5.30am while the missus recovers) and now again with baby Sam. Though with time (ha ha) the pain has receded... a bit. In fact the other day I managed to see this which YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST DOWNLOAD in which Lala plays Derek Bailey-styled Free guitar and Dipsy performs an interpretative dance. Its just splendid.