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Dec 4 1998
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Big Breakfast - Johnny Vaughan |
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Bright and early one Friday morning, the unstoppable Johnny Vaughan paid us a second visit live from the Big Breakfast house. Here's what he had to say...
Johnny Vaughan : Hello everyone!
ummm : Johnny- When Denise leaves, do you think that you'll be able to 'click' with another presenter like you 'click' with Denise?
Johnny Vaughan : right... clicking... it's a bit like saying, you know, with any friend - all relationships you have with anyone differ, they're never the same, so it won't be the same, but hopefully I'll click, but in a different way. I know what you mean though :) Denise and I are sometimes practically psychic when we work together!
Paranoia : Do you have a Big Breakfast or just steal a spoonful of someone elses cornflakes in the morning?
Johnny Vaughan : I generally have two bananas, two pieces of toast and a cuppa tea, then after the show they try and serve us breakfast again, but we have new caterers, so brekkie today is really flash but basically I try to get out of here as soon as possible after finishing.
strawberry : Jonny, what would you really like for christmas?
Johnny Vaughan : Ooh. I'd like the SouthPark two video collection sets, I'd like some more things to test with my geiger counter that I got for my birthday so something radioactive... I haven't really thought about it actually :)
ummm : Johnny- who comes up with the words 'vital statistics ------------' and the Friday song. Also, who chooses the puns?
Johnny Vaughan : Erm, stats are done by a special Vital Statistics department! Each day on the Big Breakfast is a different show, and it has a different team looking after it, and responsible for the content then overall weekly producers... and one UberProducer who's there forever, that's the structure. The writers come up with the trails, songs, puns, gags, etc., I think the song is the thing they enjoy doing the most - it's also Richard (from Richard and Judy)'s favourite bit of the show!
traverse : where you pushed into the biz by your mom?
Johnny Vaughan : No, I was pushed in by circumstance, actually, I have the most unpushy parents on earth! I think it's perhaps because they were pushed into things as kids, so they're totally the opposite. I'm certainly going to push my kids, make sure they don't go off the rails like I did!
Johnny Vaughan grins
strawberry : if you were an animal, what would you be?
Johnny Vaughan : Err... A dog!... An untidy one.
BigBadBri : We all know your opinions on Europe - would you like to be an MP someday ?
Johnny Vaughan : No, but I'd like to be Mayor of London! It just annoys me, it's all bureaucrats creating more jobs for themselves, take take take... the mayor will take more tax, they don't create jobs, there aren't people who are uncreative bast... sorry... people. Jobs for the Boys, to give themselves job security, when no-one in Britain really has that anymore. There's no power in parliament any more, and so no great men any more - great men follow power.
apricoter : Were you the class clown in school?
Johnny Vaughan : uh, I guess so yeah :) But there was a few of us, I was one of the class clowning team. :)
strawberry : what film would you like to have played the leading man in?
Johnny Vaughan : Ooh, Bad Day at Black Rock (Spencer Tracy), Ray Liotta in GoodFellas - Tony Montana! James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life, and praps David Niven's bit in A Matter of Life and Death or any of the John Wayne roles in any of the John Ford westerns. I think I coulda done that :)
Sianie : Johnny...if you could go to any time. any place and be anybody who would you be? and why?
Johnny Vaughan : Germany - 1933 - an assassin. It'd save the world a lot of trouble, one man with one bullet, I coulda changed a lot of things. I'd have certainly done a hit on Hitler.
Johnny Vaughan thinks
I wouldn't mind going back to last saturday morning, knowing the winning lottery numbers. No-one ever does that in films, do they, go back and bet!
whitty270576 : what has been the worst moment of both your life, and on the big brekkie
Johnny Vaughan : Worst moments... on the BB was when Den kicked me in the nuts live on air she really caught em, it REALLY hurt... that was a tricky moment. In life - well, whenever you look back at any bad moment, it seems better coz you're looking back, you know? I'm having a great time now, so everything that has gone before has added up to that.
Kriskros : Johnny, how do you think Chelsea will do against Everton on Saturday. Your prediction please?
Johnny Vaughan : Erm, I thnk it's going to be a tight one, 1 - 1.
Iwannette : Are you working on Christmas Day?
Johnny Vaughan : Course! Yeah! We're live! 8 - 10.
whitty270576 : SO JV, where do you think the song will go?, any ideas of becomeing a fully fledged memeber of jamiroquai
Johnny Vaughan : Jamiroquai, no, but I think the song is going to do very well!
Sianie : Johnny... if you were really down on your luck would you ever consider Escorting??
Johnny Vaughan (laughs): No! Is that how you see me? The morning gigolo??
No, I'd be a ... dog-walker.
Sab : SOMETHING i REALLY NEED TO HAVE IS A VITAL STATISTICS BOOK FROM THE SHOW...is there one and where can I get it?
Johnny Vaughan : There is a Vital Stats book OUT NOW, priced 5.99, published by C4 books, and it has 23 pages, hardback and contains some very good statistics - Did you know Americans spend $107 BILLION dollars a year on dogfood, but only $7 BILLION on babyfood! Cashpoints in Britain dispense 2500 quid a second. I could go on :)
alee81 : so Johnny are you considering an image change now you know you look good as a blonde
Johnny Vaughan : Blonde? No! I always keep it real :)
Sianie : What was the last CD you bought?
Johnny Vaughan : Last Cd... er... you wouldn't have heard of it, it was some salsa.
ummm : Johnny - what's your favourite curry?
Johnny Vaughan : Either - generally I have a Rogan Ghosh...(if I'm with one other person)... pilau rice and then sag aloo as well mmm... to share :) Or in a group I go Lamb mad, my superhot curry days are over.
Sianie : Who makes you laugh?
Johnny Vaughan : Sianie - hmm, dogs make me laugh just going about their business, I find them very funny. John Thompson, Sean Locke, he's a comedian, Sean, and I would say he's the funnier man in Britain, in fact, you couldn't get a funnier human! Paul Calf makes me laugh and generally Friends, too... that's the best, some of the crew here really make me laugh. I hate jokes, they kill the conversation, I hate that.
Esther : What items do you have at your bed side?
Johnny Vaughan : Right, bed side - my watch, my alarm clock, my Settlers Tums... err in case I get indigestion in the night, that's it... oh, and a roll of loo paper! Just for some tissues.
BigBadBri : Do you find it hard to deal with fame - lack of privacy, etc?
Johnny Vaughan : Fame, hmm, yes I do, increasingly more so these days, I don't get much time to go out, and so when i do I go out with old mates to regular places, that's fine, coz I'm in familiar surrounding with familiar people, but if I go to the West End, I mean, I don't realise sometimes how much more well-known I've become. I probably know what it's like now to be a gorgeous woman with huge breasts - I mean I go in somewhere, and everyone starts nudging each other and looking.
oceanxs : what do you prefer, bath or shower? (& why?)
Johnny Vaughan : I love baths, never have time but I do *love* to just lie there and stare, stare... I love it! Girls are really *busy* in showers! But men - armpit one, armpit two, bum, privates, face... Sta-a-a-a-a-a-re. I just stand there, looking.
Hix : Johnny - who's the greatest film star you've ever interviewed?
Johnny Vaughan : Film star? AL PACINO.
Iwannette : What are your plans for the future?
Johnny Vaughan : Keep doing the BB until I no longer enjoy it and then find something else I enjoy. The only thing that'll wear me down about the BB is the hours same as Denise. I mean, she'd *love* to carry on, but the hours are a killer. I'd always like to do a daily reactive show and I'd always like to work with my producer here - Ed - we're thinking of a show called the Big Lounge or something but in the evening, going thru the stories from the day... whole day to prepare gags... live... with guests... keep it small, intimate, and above all, keep it real. Also - I'm writing a sitcom, and a film going into production - it's just time. :)
C4 Chat Ed : Thanks everyone for coming in...Johnny, you're tops! There'll be another chat soon... Bye!
Johnny Vaughan : Thanks very much for coming by, keep loving the show, and incidentally I read ALL your emails! I do get them - we're pretty busy at the mo, but I will answer them so thanks for writing in :)
Johnny Vaughan waves
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