Comments on: Cartoonist meet up in D.C. (UPDATED)

By: Mike Rhode

Mike Rhode — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:38:36 +0000

No, no, that’s the Richard Thompson who came to dinner. He refused to draw on the napkins though.

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:00:23 +0000

That is HILARIOUS!!!

By: Malc McGookin

Malc McGookin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:56:18 +0000

Nice story, Steve, and true, er…sort of. There is always a story behind the story.

Kevin Rowland, Dexy’s front man explains:
“When we did a song called Jackie Wilson Said in the early 80s, there was a big beer-swilling darts player around called Jocky Wilson. For a laugh, we told the producer to put a picture of Jocky Wilson up behind us. He said, “But Kevin, people will think we made a mistake.” I told him only an idiot would think that. The morning after, the DJ Mike Read said: “Bloody Top of the Pops. How could they mix up one of the great soul singers with a Scottish darts player?”

By: Lefitte

Lefitte — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:08:05 +0000

LOL! that is a great story

By: Steve McGarry

Steve McGarry — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:49:14 +0000

Stranger things have happened. Many years ago, Dexy’s Midnight Runners had a UK hit with the track “Jackie Wilson Said,” a tribute to the late, great “Reet Petite” singer. To promote the single, they appeared on the TV show “Top of the Pops.” TOTP was a weekly run down of the charts, and a BBC institution for four decades. But it had the cheesiest production values, with inane DJ presenters, artists miming “live,” and a troupe of girl dancers who did literal interpretations of hit songs (eg: “Send In The Clowns: would see them in Pierrot outfits and sad clown make-up …) So when Dexys took the stage for the live show, they performed in front of a giant backdrop photo of the song’s subject. Except that the producers evidently didn’t have a clue who Jackie Wilson was, and had mistakenly featured professional darts player Jocky Wilson instead. Cue a bemused Dexy’s playing in front of a giant photo of a short, fat, pasty white Scotsman with no front teeth, squinting in concentration, dart in hand.

By: Norm Feuti

Norm Feuti — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:57:15 +0000

He knows. It’s an intentional joke in response to this:

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2007/12/dinner-with-alan-gardner.html

By: Craig Boldman

Craig Boldman — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:51:36 +0000

Alan, that photo is of the other Richard Thompson, the amazing guitarist/singer/songwriter as seen at http://www.richardthompson-music.com . (I’m a fan of both Thompsons.)