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To think there was a blond, curly haired comedian/presenter with a beard...

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RubberTreePlant · 06/04/2019 23:59

...who used to present a quiz show in the late eighties or early nineties?

I think one of the characters in Upstart Crow rips him off.

Anybody know who I mean?

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RubberTreePlant · 07/04/2019 00:00

British comedian on British Telly, BTW.

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Mapril · 07/04/2019 00:02

Justin Lee Knobhead?

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 07/04/2019 00:04

Noel Edmonds?

Threeminis · 07/04/2019 00:04

Pat Sharp?
Although I don't think he was a comedian and possibly didn't have a beard

Not that helpful I know..

HarryTheSteppenwolf · 07/04/2019 00:04

Justin Lee Collins. Presented the Friday Night Project with Alan Carr.

KC225 · 07/04/2019 00:05

Rory Mcgrath

To think there was a blond, curly haired comedian/presenter with a beard...
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RubberTreePlant · 07/04/2019 00:05

Earlier than Justin Lee Knobhead ( Grin) , posher than Noel Edmonds. Curlier than either of them, but you're in the right ballpark of slightly leonine looking men.

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HarryTheSteppenwolf · 07/04/2019 00:06

I think the character of Will Kemp in Upstart Crow is ripping off Ricky Gervais.

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RubberTreePlant · 07/04/2019 00:06

Rory! That's him.

Thank you. The brain itch was driving me mad! Smile

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RubberTreePlant · 07/04/2019 00:07

I think the character of Will Kemp in Upstart Crow is ripping off Ricky Gervais.

Yes! Wholesale.

And I'm thinking the one played by Steve Spiers is a send up of Rory (?)

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