littlefishy
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when he has commented on having quite an athletic physique at school?
For instance, on the song 'All you need is me' he says
"I was a small, fat child in a council house
There was only one thing I ever dreamed about
And Fate has just
Handed it to me - whoopee"
When Kirsty Young asks if this is true on Desert Island Discs, he confirms.
And on a 2005 interview speaking about Alan Bennett:
"I was the dull, fat kid in spectacles sitting in a Manchester council house who caught the first transmission of his plays in 1978-1979 and I was thunderstruck because it was the first time I'd seen what I pitifully considered to be my sense of humour on screen... He's so terribly funny that when he writes a line full of biting sadness it cuts through all the more. I also like the fact that he doesn't seem to envy or even much care for other writers."
I'm just really confused as to why he says he was a fat kid when he wasn't. If you look at pictures of him when he was younger, he was obviously in shape. Maybe he just means he had the 'fat kid mentality' of feeling alienated and apart from everyone else. I know this isn't terribly important but I'm just curious as to why he says this.
For instance, on the song 'All you need is me' he says
"I was a small, fat child in a council house
There was only one thing I ever dreamed about
And Fate has just
Handed it to me - whoopee"
When Kirsty Young asks if this is true on Desert Island Discs, he confirms.
And on a 2005 interview speaking about Alan Bennett:
"I was the dull, fat kid in spectacles sitting in a Manchester council house who caught the first transmission of his plays in 1978-1979 and I was thunderstruck because it was the first time I'd seen what I pitifully considered to be my sense of humour on screen... He's so terribly funny that when he writes a line full of biting sadness it cuts through all the more. I also like the fact that he doesn't seem to envy or even much care for other writers."
I'm just really confused as to why he says he was a fat kid when he wasn't. If you look at pictures of him when he was younger, he was obviously in shape. Maybe he just means he had the 'fat kid mentality' of feeling alienated and apart from everyone else. I know this isn't terribly important but I'm just curious as to why he says this.
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