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On thursday 25th September Johnny will be a guest on Loose Women, ITV @ 12:30. He will also be making a guest appearance on Celebrity Juice on ITV2 @ 10pm.
After a few days of man flu though, I’ve changed my mind. I fear it [death] greatly. Thanks for the life lesson #manflu
Johnny Vegas: ‘I had no fear of death’. Channelling an 18-stone drunken loudmouth made him a national icon – but endangered his health, his reputation and his family. Michael Pennington tells Emine Saner how he escaped Johnny Vegas. via the Guardian
Becoming Johnny Vegas is now available to pre-order on Amazon!
‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’
From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain’s best-loved comic actors.
But before he’d ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.
How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered by this eye-poppingly frank memoir.
Becoming Johnny Vegas establishes its author as the poet laureate of the Pimblett’s pie.
Once you’ve finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you’ll never look at a copy of the Catholic men’s society newsletter the same way again.
Posted in: News on August 15th, 2013
Ahead of the release of his Autobiography in September, Johnny Vegas makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fringe in conversation with Novelist and Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce to discuss his upcoming eye-poppingly frank memoir.
From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain’s best-loved comic actors.
But before he’d ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.
So, how did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions that Frank will be asking Johnny.
The show takes place on Sunday 11th August 2013 at The Famous Spiegeltent.
Tickets are priced at £10 and can be purchased here.
