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Photo

Does anyone have a better photo? In know this one's from his daughter's wedding, but it looks as if he's just come out of court. And it's not very clear either. garik 23:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Funny, I honestly thought that picture looks like he's attending a funeral. 70.238.216.236 (talk) 04:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki

It's been claimed [1] that JC used the word wiki before it was coined for a computer application - anyone know?--Shtove 11:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aah... wiki wiki! (in other words yes). In 24 Carrott Gold, a stand up routine recorded in 1990, Jasper told us about his trip to Japan (I think) where he was told the only word he'd need to get by was 'Wiki'. Allegedly he succeded in conversing with the local population and even ordered food using that one word. ~~ Peteb16 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC) wiki![reply]

The song "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" by Newcleus had the lyric "wiki wiki wiki" in 1984

Comparison with contemporaries

There is an omission, but I haven't formed an idea of how to fit this within Wikipedia yet. There were several similar contemporary comedians working the same format: Jasper Carrott, Mike Harding, Max Boyce, and Billy Connolly who all worked a similar format of anecdotal stand-up with a hint of a guitar, generally surreal, but normally fairly clean stories. They all ended up with TV shows and made records (the commercial outlet before the days of videos and DVDs). A closer family than British stand-up comedians. Spenny 16:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aston Villa Skinhead Supporters Song

In 1976 James Stannage on Piccadilly Radio repeatedly played a Jasper Carrott piece called the Aston Villa Skinhead Supporters Song - was that on the rare Jasper Carrot - In the Club album, or was it a private recording? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.41.5.234 (talk) 00:25, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update: 'The Aston Villa Skinhead Supporters Song' was recorded live at The Roebuck club for Jasper's first DJM Album 'Jasper Carrott Rabbitts on and on and on..' in 1975, never appeared on the album, but Ed Doolan of BRMB Radio at the time, holds the master tapes, so presumably Stannage would have obtained a copy of this recording for his radio show in 1976, Later re-recorded for DJM records as 'Bickenhill Skin'ead Supporters Song' in 1976, when performing the song live Jasper changed the football team to suit what ever town or city he was in. 81.111.127.132 (talk) 03:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to Bev Bevan - Jasper was married in 1972 not 73

Jasper was Married to Hazel in 1972 according to Bev Bevan, his best man, so he should know - from his blogsite don't know if this an accepted site see here [2] 81.111.127.132 (talk) 01:04, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Magic Roundabout

"The B-side of this single was a risqué monologue parodying the animated children's TV series The Magic Roundabout. This was banned by the BBC, which is widely believed to have aided its commercial success" - why would the BBC feel the need to ban the B-side of a single........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:46, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Probably to avoid the words "Piss Off" being broadcasts when little kiddywinks could hear it, what do you think genius? But seriously is it even true that the B-side was officially banned from BBC Radio airplay? anyone know for sure???81.111.126.82 (talk) 17:49, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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'The Independent' April Fool's story

Maybe this isn't noteworthy, but it always sticks in my mind - a very well-crafted April Fool's story that appeared in the Independent back in 2006 [source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-odd-couples-6104969.html#comments-area]. I wonder if it could be mentioned in the article.

"CONDOLEEZZA RICE AND JASPER CARROTT

An odd pairing, perhaps, between the bug-eyed British satirist whose first job was compere of the Boggery Folk Club, Solihull, and the coolly super-competent Secretary of State in the Bush administration, but their liaison was, by all accounts, fiery and mutually enriching. They met in 1975 in Rice's birthplace, Birmingham, Alabama, during a "twinning weekend" in which citizens from other Birminghams were welcomed and invited to set up cultural exchanges. Midlands-born Carrott, 30, had just released his first single Funky Moped and was touring the southern states. Rice was 21, and recently graduated in political science from the University of Denver. At their first meeting, Rice introduced herself with the words, "I'm Condoleezza," to which Carrott reportedly replied "My condolences." Their friendship grew through music (he played guitar, she the piano) and a shared interest in politics. They renewed their acquaintance in 1976 when Rice travelled to Carrott's Birmingham. Together they appeared together in a production of The Mikado in Wolverhampton. The response was mixed, and racist ill-feeling was held to blame for some poor reviews. Carrott defused the situation by commenting: "This isn't a race issue, folks. It's just a Rice issue!" In his autobiography, 24 Carrott Gold, he paid tribute to his former girlfriend: "I'd never met anybody like her - so fiery, ambitious and gung-ho, but with a sweet, sensitive, artistic nature underneath it all. And believe me, she was a ferocious kisser."" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adambisset (talk • contribs) 22:55, 8 April 2022 (UTC) [reply]

Filmography

Unlike most other entries, the filmography is in reverse chronological order i.e. most recent first. Should it be reordered to start with the oldest entry? 92.17.245.17 (talk) 06:36, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]