Summary: I watched an interview with Jimmy Osmond which was really good...what a nice unassuming guy he is...it's always nice to see those who have been to the top being grateful as opposed to being a diva....back in the day I thought The Osmonds were brilliant...clean cut showman...and when I worked on local radio I met Donny Osmond who was a delight and had time for everyone...I got a photo of me and him and put it on my Christmas cards as The Two Donnys...great bloke. I watched the film of The Beatles rise to fame called "Eight Days A Week" produced by Ron Howard....it is pretty unbelievable watching the impact they had on the world....as I have said in the past I never got the reason for the mass hysteria ...I thought they were good and liked most of their songs but to have hundreds of thousands of screaming teenagers trying to storm the stage when you couldn't hear a note over the noise was fascinating...and I had to laugh when George said that Marshall built them bigger amplifiers for their stadium gigs....100 watt....nowadays 100 watt would be fine for a cafe....the film is well worth watching as it pulls you in to a very odd time in entertainment....still don't get it though. The feminist crisis is still boring us on the TV....what is funny is the glamour girls are now complaining about being removed from the motor racing and the darts championships announcing "no-one is going to tell ME what I can and can't do"....so now all the women are starting to argue with each other...TAKE COVER LADS!!...it's just a matter of time before they self destruct....with a bit of luck....I had to laugh at Naomi Campbell on morning TV...she was asked if she was a feminist...to which she replied with a firm YES...she was then asked what she thought of the models parading around at the formula 1 meetings....to which she said that it was a nice job for attractive girls to make some money...then she was told they had all been sacked...." I didn't know that!!" she exclaimed.....just about sums it all up. Back in the 80s they introduced American football on Channel 4 TV....they put on highlights of the games between 6 and 7 p.m. every Sunday....like a lot of viewers I started to watch it and became moderately hooked....I even got a book of the rules....it started to gain huge popularity then some genius member of Chanel 4 shifted it to 10.30 at night....which lost all the viewers and it was goodbye to American football.....there have been many attempts to get it off the ground in this country...even having major games at Wembley but it will never take off here...it's too long winded...highlights are fine....I tried too watch the recent Super Bowl but lost interest before falling asleep. Speaking of great blokes I'd like to drop another name...Bobby Vee....who I worked with on two concerts..one at the Floral Pavilion Theatre in New Brighton and the other at the North Wales Theatre in Llandudno in Wales....I opened the show on both occasions and we had some nice chats over coffee in between sets....I was a big fan of his wonderful songs in the early sixties and we discussed his rise to fame and of course the songs of Carole King...we hit it off straight away and I was sad to hear of his passing a few years ago....he was one of the nicest people I have ever met.....and as a small tribute to him I wrote the song I have sent you....it is from my DooWop album and is called "The Bobby Vee Song"....which takes a light hearted look at the days he stole our girlfriends hearts.
