BAM O'Shanter; Gest: Bard is the best.DAVID Gest  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . yesterday revealed he is a Rabbie Burns "fanatic". The reality TV oddball says he slept in the Bard's bed, visited Burns Snr's grave and danced a jig on the Tamo' Shanter bridge, on a visit to Ayr. Gest went on his eight-hour Bard-o-thon before he arrived in Glasgow to launch his book yesterday. He poured out his passion for the poet after fan Michael Lemetti, 48, from Falkirk, handed him a book of Burns' work, plus a tartan Tartan, in the Bible Tartan (tär`tăn), in the Bible, official title of two Assyrians sent to Hezekiah by Sennacherib and Sargon. tartan, pattern tartan: see plaid. scarf and tie. Gest said: "I love Robert Burns. I'm fanatical about his life because he had such a great imagination." The "I'm A Celebrity..." star also unveiled plans to revive a musical about the Ploughman Poet, which he originally worked on with Gene Kelly Noun 1. Gene Kelly - United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly, Kelly . He said: "I really got motivated when I went to Ayr and met the people there. It was a real thrill." CAPTION(S): PLOUGHMAN'S HUNCH: Gest pulls faces in Glasgow after his Burns pilgrimage; HERO: Burns |
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