Many, many years ago, Hitchin and I sat in his flat in London, playing the following Alexei Sayle sketch over and over again on his VCR. It was from Alexei’s TV series Stuff—which was rather appropriate, as that was exactly what kept coming out of our noses.
[Unfortunately, the video which used to go here has since been removed from YouTube.]
There’s a great Alexi Sayle clip on youtube, where he ‘sings’ Wild Man Fischer’s Merry-go-round
You had to be there, I suppose.
Apparently.