Claim to fame
Claim to fame
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I wrote in to TV show Jim'll Fix It when I was 12 in 1974 and
was 14 when they eventually invited me on the show. I knew
when I first applied to the BBC that the only way I would ever
stand a chance of appearing on the show would be if I asked
Jim to Fix It for me to do something really easy, hence my
request to attack Rod Hull's 'Emu'.
The episode was broadcast Christmas Day 1976 - and to add
extra spookiness, my now wife who was 11 then remembers
seeing me on it and thinking at the time that I was "a bit old"
to be on the show, cheers love!
The Jim'll Fix It badge I was awarded was later auctioned for charity after the Savile scandal broke and now resides in a
Black Museum in a glass case especially dedicated to the show.- another side story - my dad paid me £5 to wear a T-Shirt on the show advertising his 2nd hand shop 'Sellit & Soon'Gardener
- that's quite a claim to fame there, on TV with two of the creepiest celebs of that generation!!dee-dubs
- So did you witness any of the inappropriate Savile behaviour whilst there?dee-dubs
- alas no, though even at that age I could tell he was well creepyGardener
- That's crazy! I used to always want to write in to Jim'll Fix It. Thank god I didn'tBaskerviIle
- https://www.youtube.…SlashPeckham
- haha, yeah thanks!Gardener
- Luckily you were "a bit old" to be on the show.garbage
- I'm thinking you're "a bit old" to be on QBN! hahaah. jk. I thought I was one of the oldest people here and I was 3 in '74.fooler