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Becoming Johnny Vegas

English

By (author): Johnny Vegas

My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. Im often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.

From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain's best-loved comic actors.

But before he'd ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.

How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of Englands answer to Lenny Bruce? Thats just one of the many questions answered by this eye-poppingly frank memoir.

Becoming Johnny Vegas establishes its author as the poet laureate of the Pimblett's pie.

Once you've finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you'll never look at a copy of the Catholic men's society newsletter the same way again.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 270g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 22 May 2014
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780007382712

About Johnny Vegas

Comedian and TV star Johnny Vegas started life by the name of Michael Pennington and lived in St Helen's Lancashire. Growing up he entered (and dropped out of) seminary school trained as a potter and worked as a barman. In 1996 Pennington made his TV debut as a contestant on Win Lose or Draw. On air he stated that he wanted to be a comedian with the stage name Johnny Vegas. A year later in 1997 he was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals prestigious Perrier Award and the rest is history. Johnny has appeared on panel shows one-off movies the hugely popular TV sitcoms Benidorm and Ideal and crowned these achievements with several non-comedic acting roles to great critical acclaim.

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