The Tube of joy strikes again! I’ve found an upload of Chris Tarrant’s “This Is Your Life” from 1997 on YouTube, this takes me right back
Before I transitioned into cyber security in 2009 I spent many years working with Chris Tarrant of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” fame at his management company. I remember the lead up to this so well and having to keep it extremely quiet from Chris and the panic that ensued when it looked like “the hit” (which is when Michael Aspel appears and the red book is presented to the subject) wouldn’t happen. For weeks before “the hit” took place talking to Chris in code was normal so as to not give away to him that “the hit” was coming!
Chris wanted to go fishing on the day of “the hit” instead of presenting a new mini bus to a special needs school on behalf of the Lord Taverners. I was horrified and like “No you can’t go fishing Chris, you have to present that bus tomorrow!” Chris replies, “Why can’t I present the mini bus to them another day?”, I said emphatically “No it has to be tomorrow!” All was well that ended well, “the hit” took place and it went without a hitch in the end.
I was in the front row of the audience when this was recorded at Teddington Film Studios and remember the hilarity when Jasper Carrott got everyone up doing the dying fly act from TISWAS…including Chris’s very serious parents! I have the RX version of the recording on VHS tape somewhere, this is the TX version that was broadcast.
Finding this has made me SO happy today and I am so proud to have played a small part in this. What things in your career are you most proud of?