Friday, 6 July 2012

No. 196.

Rhod Gilbert has a tattoo of a flaming battenberg on a cushion. He got it because his producers suggested he get one whilst he was working as a tattoo artist so he devised the most pointless he could think of. His girlfriend hates it on the grounds that she dislikes marzipan.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

Thursday, 5 July 2012

No. 195.

Danny DeVito once asked every passenger on a plane whether he could smoke a cigar because the pilot would only allow him if he had everyone's permission.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

No. 194.

Danny DeVito did his own German, Italian, Spanish and Russian dubs for The Lorax. He even did the Spanish one twice, so there was a version for Latin America.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

No. 198.

Rob Brydon once threw a frisbee at his eldest son, but had forgetten to tell him to catch it. Tragedy inevitably ensued.

(Source: Would I Lie To You.)

No. 193.

Helena Bonham Carter is related to Florence Nightingale.

(Source: Wikipedia. Verified by http://www.buriton.org.uk/bhb/infosheet05.htm.)

Monday, 2 July 2012

No. 192.

Helena Bonham Carter pays her psychotherapist mother to deliver her verdict on the psychological motivations of her characters in scripts.

(Source: Wikipedia.)

Sunday, 1 July 2012

No. 191.

Whilst filming Sleepless in Seattle, the crew discovered a neat little coffee shop called Starbucks. Director Nora Ephron liked it so much that she immediately bought stocks in it.

(Source: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/27/nora-ephron-a-life-of-voice-and-detail/)