Vic Reeves isn't actually Vic Reeves!

[Crankley]

I've just started watching an old Celebrity Masterchef on Netflix which I hadn't seen and Vic Reeves was one of the celebs except they kept calling him Jim which made me very confused. Apparently his real name is Jim Moir. Am I alone in not knowing this?

How old are you to not know who Payo Banton is and never have seen shooting stars but still know who vic reeves is? Odd concoction.

I didn't know this tho so you gave educated me. Why on earth would you change your name to vic reeves???

@notsodimwit

Liam Gallagher is called William John Paul gallagher

Which means that I have made it to my late 40s and have only now realised that Liam is short for William.

I was about to say that Liam is short for William but it seems to get ignored

I never knew the Liam Gallagher one

What's more (or should that be Moir?!), the father and grandfather of James Moir (known professionally as Vic Reeves) were both also named James Moir.

I read a long time ago that he (the son/grandson - the famous one) apparently took his stage name from singer Jim Reeves. Well, his stage surname, at least - he already shared the same first name.

Going back a few decades, singers Peter Sarstedt (Where Do You Go To, My Lovely) and Robin Sarstedt (My Resistance Is Low) had another singing brother called Richard Sarstedt, but he put on a snazzy white suit and changed his name to the rather snappier Eden Kane, before having hits such as Boys Cry.

Old celebrity masterchef is on Netflux? Thanks @Crankley

Now anyone know where I can watch the old series of GB Sewing Bee?

PeterPomegranate

ChazsBrilliantAttitude
Royston Vasey (League of Gentleman) is named after a real person.
It’s Roy Chubby Brown isn’t it?

I don’t know how to quote 🙈 but yes that’s chubby brown

And David Walliams changed his name for Equity. As a David Williams was already registered

How old are you to not know who Payo Banton is and never have seen shooting stars but still know who vic reeves is? Odd concoction.

I'm in my 70s, stopped listening to music three or four decades ago due to hearing problems, never fancied Shooting Stars so never watched, have probably seen Vic Reeves on other programmes such as celebrity quiz shows etc, and now on Celeb MC. Not odd to me.

I am really fucking glad Keith Lemon isn't real.

@Kleptronic
I am really fucking glad Keith Lemon isn't real

Can you imagine?! He'd get seriously annoying seriously quickly
Apparently lovely, shy and a normal family man in RL

Do you know @Quaagars I don't see much telly (I get sucked in) but caught him in passing and thought he was real for a good while and it gave me even more of an existential dread.

He might very well be a quiet shy family man but he has the Lemon on the inside . Mind you on that logic Alan Carr must be simply delightful in real life.

Damn not Alan Carr. He does seem nice. The other one with the black hair and horrible laugh.

Jimmy Carr. Jimmy fucking Carr. Tell me he's not real.

[quote Quaagars]@Kleptronic
I am really fucking glad Keith Lemon isn't real

Can you imagine?! He'd get seriously annoying seriously quickly
Apparently lovely, shy and a normal family man in RL[/quote]
Oh how I wish he stayed that way

Keith lemon was a right twat to Craig David and basically ruined his career didn’t he? Or at least made him a laughing stock.

Keith lemon was a right twat to Craig David and basically ruined his career didn’t he? Or at least made him a laughing stock

Yeah he was
To be fair he did apologise recently to him, which made a load of twats on Twitter go bonkers, PC gawn mad type crap, but I thought fair play to him for apologising and being sorry

After reading this thread I googled celebs who have changed their name. A large proportion of them have Jewish last names by birth. Are they changed because they are Jewish sounding or just a coincidence I wonder?

Ooh, I've got one...

What is Midge Ure's real name?

It's Jim (or James) Ure. One of the early bands he was in also featured another Jim, so he was renamed Mij. The spelling was changed later.

@Crankley I thought you were a whippersnapper who was too young for Pato banton and shooting stars but somehow still saw vic reeves. 😂 I didn't know he was on MC.

@ElizabethMainwaring sorry missed the q.
It was a longhaul and there was an upset toddler. Slight delay in departure.
Jim started 'performance' complaining to the stewards ramping up the pressure on the parents and staff. He really picked on one female steward, rude and nasty.
Not my cup of tea.

Thank you.
That's a shame.

@Titsywoo that's true of Serge Gainsbourg but this was back in the day, and in France.

@Titsywoo
I think for the older Hollywood stars I think was to hide their origins and make them more “acceptable” to the audience.
I doubt Kirk Douglas or Tony Curtis would have been as famous with their birth names.

I'm not really called I'd blow Jon snow!
I didnt know his real name, the only stage name I ever remember is cilla black = Priscilla white. Not exciting.