Young Once A Life Less Heavy - Nigel Planer

beautifully Written, Deliciously Evocative, Funny And Touching'stephen Fry 'a Thermometer Up The Khyber Pass Of Comedy, Expertly Administered'richard E Grantaged Twenty-five, Dressed As Che Guevara, Nigel Planer Answers An Ad For A Room And His Life Changes For Ever.both A Memoir And A Love Story, Young Once Follows His Journey, From Bell-ringer To Gravedigger, From University Dropout To Long-term Patient Of The Hospital For Tropical Diseases And All The Other Bizarre Events That Shape Him, Until The Day He Meets Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall And Adrian Edmondson In A Former Strip Club And The 1980s Comedy Revolution Is Born. Often Mistaken (even By His Mother) For Neil, The Hippy Character He Creates, By 1986 Nigel Has Become So Well-known He Often Has To Leave The House Via The Kitchen Window. It's Lucky That He Has Always Had A Talent For Seeing The Funny Side Of Things: Whether It's Dealing With 20-foot-clair-related Injuries Or Being Cajoled Into Band Aid By Bob Geldof; Gatecrashing A Rave With Robin Williams Or Crashing Into The Set On Top Of The Pops; Becoming A Grandfather At Twenty-nine Or Being Rescued From Disaster By Musical Theatre.against A Backdrop Of Squats, Glastonbury And Roller Discos, With A Supporting Cast That Includes Lemmy, A Stony-faced Robert De Niro And French And Saunders, Young Once Is A Wildly Entertaining And Gloriously Sideways Glimpse Into A Remarkable Life And Career.