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MICHAEL Barrymore had a message for viewers at the end of Kids Say The Funniest Things (ITV)."They say there is a child in everyone of us. If that's so, I'm very pleased about ITV," he said.
Yuk! My message for Barrymore is: Stick to grown-ups. There is no one funnier when it comes to larking about with contestants on shows such as Strike It Lucky.
But it is embarrassing to watch when he is reduced to working with toddlers. Getting laughs out of four to six-year-olds in the half-hour special was like pulling teeth. He was lucky the studio audience was packed with proud mums and dads who were happy to fall about at anything the little darlings said or did.
They applauded as if their lives depended on it when a lad called Daniel told a joke about fish fingers.
It surprised even Barrymore. "I'm not so sure what you are clapping out there. I got lost halfway," he admitted.
Elizabeth, aged five, was asked who was the most beautiful woman in the world. "Mummy," said Elizabeth. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh," said the audience. "Pass the sick bag," said I.
Barrymore posed for a portrait and told four budding young artists: "I hope none of you are taking the Picasso."
Somebody is, Michael, somebody is.
REALITY went out of the window when Pc Mike Bradley (Jason Durr) married his solicitor sweetheart in Heartbeat (ITV). The village copper was kidnapped at gunpoint by a train robber on the morning of the wedding and still managed to get to the register office on time.
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| Title Annotation: | Features |
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| Author: | Purnell, Tony |
| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
| Date: | Nov 1, 1999 |
| Words: | 261 |
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