HOW DID ALL THIS HAPPEN EB
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HOW DID ALL THIS HAPPEN EB

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HOW DID ALL THIS HAPPEN EB

About this book

If you're a man of a certain age you'll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a really good idea.

With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop was no different when he turned the dreaded 4-0. But instead of spanking a load of cash on a car that would have made him look like a senior stylist at Vidal Sassoon, he stumbled onto a pathway that ultimately lead him to become one of the nation's best loved comedians. It was a gamble, but boy, did it pay off.

How Did All This Happen? is the story of how a boy who, growing up on a council estate dreaming of ousting Kenny Dalglish from Liverpool FC's starting line-up, suddenly found himself on stage in front of thousands of people nationwide, at an age when he should have known better.

In his own inimitable style, John guides us through his life from leaving the estate and travelling the globe on a shoe string, to marriage, kids and the split that led him to being on a stage complaining to strangers one night – the night that changed his life and started his journey to stardom.

Wonderfully entertaining and packed with colourful reminiscences and comical anecdotes, this is a heart-warming, life-affirming and ultimately very, very funny memoir from one of the nation's greatest comedians.

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Information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780007436156
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. 1. Hello World
  8. 2. My Dad and Cars
  9. 3. A Boy Learning Adult Lessons
  10. 4. School and a Friend Called Kieran
  11. 5. Teenage Kicks
  12. 6. All I Learnt in School
  13. 7. Newcastle
  14. 8. I Don’t Eat Meat, or Fight Paratroopers
  15. 9. Moving On
  16. 10. The Manchester Years
  17. 11. The Great U S of A
  18. 12. Football
  19. 13. Time to Grow Up
  20. 14. Learning to Ride
  21. 15. Road to Bangkok
  22. 16. Indian Days
  23. 17. A Day in Buxton Changed Everything
  24. 18. A Yank Called Joe
  25. 19. A Town That Didn’t Exist
  26. 20. Marriage, Fatherhood and Idiot Friends
  27. 21. Babies, a Surprise I Didn’t Want and the Snip
  28. 22. Bad Hair Day, Removal Vans and Broken Hearts
  29. 23. Frog and Bucket
  30. 24. Sometimes I Try to Be Funny
  31. 25. We All Have to Die on Our Arse Some Time
  32. 26. Life Saver
  33. 27. How a Wardrobe Can Change Your Life
  34. 28. ‘Mum, I’m on Telly!’
  35. 29. Festival of Broken Dreams
  36. 30. We Are the Champions!
  37. 31. On Tour
  38. 32. It’s Always Better When It’s Full
  39. 33. Opportunity Knocks
  40. 34. 2010 … No Going Back
  41. 35. Sport Relief
  42. 36. A Family Day at Wembley
  43. 37. Week of Hell
  44. Picture Section
  45. Postscript
  46. About the Publisher