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-What did we see -but the whole front lawn. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
-I knew she wasn't wearing knickers. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
-But the most bizarre of all -was phoning Marilyn. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
-"Mam, you'll never guess. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
-"I've seen -Tom Jones's thingamadooda... | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
-"..and Shirley Bassey's -tu-whit tu-who." | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
-And what did Mam say? | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
-"Oh, you're having a lovely time!" | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
-It's the start -of something exciting. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
-There are oodles -of totally unconnected elements... | 0:00:45 | 0:00:50 | |
-..which have been -a part of my life... | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
-..that have brought me to this idea. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
-I know, I'll amalgamate everything -into a show. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
-When Stifyn told me -he was doing a one-man show... | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
-..I remember thinking, -of course you should. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
-Stifyn's life is like a show. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
-My first reaction was, -"I'm not paying to listen... | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
-"..to the shit I've lived -with for the past 17 years!" | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
-He can pluck a story from the air -that's suitable for any occasion... | 0:01:18 | 0:01:24 | |
-..or, sometimes, that's unsuitable! | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
-He's a little rascal. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
-He's always been a little rascal. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
-It'll be like -a journey through history... | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
-..but history written -by Stifyn Parri. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
-I cringe a lot when I look back. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
-To anyone -who doesn't really know me... | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
-..I can appear to be -an extremely cocky person... | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
-..and extremely mouthy. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
-But that's what has opened -so many doors for me over the years. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
-But I know that I'm also shy. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
-But I do think that everyone -possesses those elements. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
-It means -that I'm on a roller coaster... | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
-..where the inner Stifyn sometimes -shouts, "Help! Don't do this!" | 0:02:12 | 0:02:17 | |
-But the outer Stifyn says, -"It'll be fine." | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
-If I had to sum Stifyn up -in one sentence... | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
-..I'd have to say, "Welsh Marmite." | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
-He never frets. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
-You never see him pondering... | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
-.."Oh dear, what shall I do now?" | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
-Never. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:46 | |
-Wrong shirt. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:47 | |
-He was ahead of his time. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
-Stifyn coined the phrase -"social, Welsh and sexy"... | 0:02:52 | 0:02:56 | |
-..before the Welsh -realized they were. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
-He's like a people magnet, in a way. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
-He's a tonic. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:05 | |
-But he's quite a deep person too. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
-It's hanging out there. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:11 | |
-If I tell myself -that I have to... | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
-..do the poster, -there's no turning back. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
-The challenge, the journey, begins. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
-Four shows, three in English -and one in Welsh... | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
-..and only months to prepare. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
-Are you wearing that tonight? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:30 | |
-Are you wearing that tonight? - -Yes. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
-Are you sure?! | 0:03:32 | 0:03:33 | |
-Are you sure?! - -You're wearing that! | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
-It's nice and understated. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:35 | |
-It's nice and understated. - -Yes, like me. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
-We must mention your one-man show. -Tell us about it. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
-At the end of last year... | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
-..I threatened -to do something for myself... | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
-..as part of my bucket list... | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
-The train had started, and by now... | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
-..it'll either go on a lovely trip -or crash into a wall. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:02 | |
-The best place to start -is Edinburgh in August. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
-There's so much choice. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
-You'd think -there was a festival here. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
-This place is totally bonkers. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
-I've never felt so normal -in my life. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
-Some insist that I go -to see their show within an hour. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:38 | |
-Everyone's selling, -selling, selling. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
-And, on page 172... | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
-..right at the bottom, our man, -Tudur Owen - The Ll Ffactor. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
-Can I interest you -in a free comedy show, sir? | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
-Thank you very much. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
-He's my demographic. -The 50 to death range. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
-Do you think it's a bit mad... | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
-..that I'm considering -doing a one-man show... | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
-..when I've never -done stand-up in my life? | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
-No, because you know -what the drug is. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
-That hit you get -from the audience's warmth. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
-That's what it is... | 0:05:27 | 0:05:28 | |
-..not that you haven't -done stand-up. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
-You offer entertainment. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
-You offer entertainment. - -He's had four stars. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
-He's doing better than me already! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
-Don't talk, distribute. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:38 | |
-Tudur Owen, roll up, -ladies and gentlemen... | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
-As with anything, you have -to work at it to get it right. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:47 | |
-Do the mileage with the material, -get rid of stuff, be ruthless. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
-If something doesn't get a laugh -regularly, take it out. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
-Rewrite and rewrite again. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
-I pay a student to this as well, -but it does help to do it yourself. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
-If you talk to people -and they come to the show... | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
-..they enjoy it so much more -because they've made the connection. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
-Can I ask your opinion of this? | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
-I have one too. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:18 | |
-Mine's bigger than yours. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:20 | |
-Stifyn Parri, shut yer marf. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
-Brilliant. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:25 | |
-Does it work? | 0:06:25 | 0:06:26 | |
-Does it work? - -Yes, I like that. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:27 | |
-I'm confident that you will say, -this is daft, this is stupid... | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
-..until that first show, -and that wave of applause. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
-You'll see people -smiling and laughing... | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
-..then you'll realize why you do it. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
-The blooming drug gets hold of you. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
-We like the attention. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
-Look at me! | 0:06:48 | 0:06:49 | |
-Enjoy the rest of the Fringe. -Goodbye! | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
-I spend... | 0:07:07 | 0:07:08 | |
-..what feels like -half of every day... | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-..in this chair... | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
-..trying to assemble the show... | 0:07:15 | 0:07:20 | |
-..staring like an idiot -at the screen... | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
-..with Shut Your Mouth all over it. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
-I've decided that the best idea... | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
-..is to go to Rhosllannerchrugog -to put this jigsaw together. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
-Do you remember this? | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
-Godspell in Aberystwyth. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
-Michael Ball, Sarah... | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
-This was a fantastic show. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
-A lot of people went to see it -two or three times. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
-Starting this process -was interesting. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
-I knew I needed a proper framework -to support my story. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:07 | |
-God, I'm fat here! | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
-After your fish and chips! | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
-I'm like the side of a house. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
-He came home and said -he was doing a stand-up show. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
-I asked him what about. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
-He refused to tell me -and said I had to wait. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
-I still have no idea. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:24 | |
-Really, I have no idea. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
-I'm sure I'll be getting it. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
-Fortunately, I've kept cuttings... | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
-..about everything I've ever done... | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
-..all in one cupboard. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
-Oh, look! | 0:08:40 | 0:08:41 | |
-It's a lovely one, isn't it? | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
-What I decided to do... | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
-..was to go through the photos. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
-The first puppet show. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:52 | |
-I might put these in the show. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
-Not all of them, -or we'll be there forever. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
-All of us with Dad on the beach. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
-Prestatyn. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:03 | |
-You've got a big copy of this. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
-You've got a big copy of this. - -Yes. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:06 | |
-When I was very young... | 0:09:09 | 0:09:10 | |
-..Dad held centre stage. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
-He was the charismatic one -with the funny one-liners. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
-He was the one -who entertained people. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
-Mam was quiet, in the background... | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
-..feeding the whole area -with fish and chips... | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
-..and keeping happy. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
-As I look back, -I'm convinced that losing Dad... | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
-..when I was 15 years old... | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
-..was... | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
-..extraordinarily significant... | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
-..in the development -of my character. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
-I haven't seen this one. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
-After Dad died, -my relationship with Mam changed. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
-Stifyn was on the phone -almost every day. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
-Two or three times, sometimes. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
-We are close. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
-He's good to me. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
-We're great friends. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
-Him and Anthony, his brother. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
-They've made me proud. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
-I am glad that I kept everything, -or I wouldn't have a one-man show. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
-"..Jamie with you -on BBC Radio Wales." | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
-If you have a one-man show... | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
-..make sure your one man -is Stifyn Parri. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
-He's got lots of stories to tell... | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
-..and he'll be telling them -live on stage later this month. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
-Tell us more. What a departure. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
-Some people say it's a departure... | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
-..but it does seem -like a natural step for me... | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
-I don't have a lot to lose. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
-But I feel that some people think -that I'm having a midlife crisis. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:54 | |
-I hope to entertain people -with the pure comedy... | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
-..of some of the bizarre situations -in which I've found myself. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:03 | |
-I might as well do it on stage... | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
-..than do it for nothing -around a dinner table. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
-Than you for not saying that -live on Radio Wales. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
-They were both as big as each other. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
-If this goes flat -against the wall, fine. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
-The only thing that I really need is -to do as I please. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:23 | |
-I grew up, more or less, -in a chip shop. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
-Mam had wonderful rules in the shop. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
-She had two fryers... | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
-..one for fish -and the other for chips. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:40 | |
-That's why so many locals, -me included, still crave a sausage. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:46 | |
-I run through the show -at least once a week. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
-Only two will see it, -Bill and Alfie, the dogs... | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
-..until I do it -in front of my whole life in Rhos! | 0:11:56 | 0:12:01 | |
-As I was walking on stage... | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
-..I'll never forget -hearing Mam shout. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
-"Stifyn! Sing until the hole -in your backside trembles!" | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
-Then I'm doing it in Cardiff... | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
-..in front of a lot of people -who know the older Stifyn. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
-Who walked in but this man. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
-George Michael. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:21 | |
-I said to myself, -"Fucking hell, George Michael!" | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
-As I did that, he said to me, -"You're in Brookside, aren't you?" | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
-I then go to London, -in front of the old SWS gang. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:36 | |
-Social, Welsh and sexy -and ready to tie the knot. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
-I'd turned into Cilla Black... | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
-Three shows in English to start... | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
-..and as if that -wasn't daft enough... | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
-..a Welsh show at Ty Golchi, -Tudur Owen's place. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
-So, I'm going -from never having done stand-up... | 0:12:55 | 0:13:00 | |
-..to doing two hours -in front of my whole life. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
-Simple. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:05 | |
-Good morning. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
-It's seven o'clock. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
-Um... | 0:13:14 | 0:13:15 | |
-This is the day -that I'm leaving Cardiff. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
-The first show is today. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
-I've never prepared so much -for anything in my life. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:26 | |
-But I am looking forward -to having an audience by now. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:31 | |
-Blah-di-blah-di-blah, -I've had the most ridiculous life... | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
-The first decision I made... | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
-..about locations -for the performances... | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
-..was to definitely -have one in Rhos. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
-Yes, maybe more -would come to see the show... | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
-..but I also know -that a Rhos crowd is tough. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
-Right. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
-What worries me most about Rhos... | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
-..is that there'll only be -a handful in the audience. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
-Cardiff and London seem to me -to be selling better than Rhos. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
-Maybe I've made the wrong decision. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
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-Ysgol Babanod y Rhos. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:28 | |
-I remember my first day at school. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
-Aged three, asking Brenda Jones, -"Miss, can I do a play on Friday?" | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
-She said yes, -and I had the most superb time. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
-I was standing at the back -for two reasons, really. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
-One, I was big. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:46 | |
-And because I grew up -in a chip shop... | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
-..people called me Fatty. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
-Then they started to call me Poof. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
-Then someone really nice -put both names together... | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
-..and called me Fatty Poof. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
-And I was Fatty Poof -until I left Rhos... | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
-Do you know the story -about my first day at school? | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
-I was with Brenda Jones, wasn't I? | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
-Every Friday, he put on a show. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
-He ran the show, acted in it -and made the costumes. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:26 | |
-She said to him, "If you don't -become a producer, I'll eat my hat." | 0:15:26 | 0:15:32 | |
-I knew I wasn't like the others. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
-Miss Brenda Jones found Fatty Poof -crying in the corner one day. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:41 | |
-"Linda Evans -has cut her blonde hair... | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
-"..and I haven't got -anything to brush!" | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
-I'm back from Rhos -after the first show... | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
-..and months and months -and months of rehearsing. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:04 | |
-I'm really, really chuffed. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
-The audience was fantastic. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
-Of course, a one-man show -is a completely two-way thing. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
-They're in control, to some extent. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:19 | |
-So, I'm back, knackered but chuffed. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
-Going on holiday -was fantastic for us. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
-We had no money -because Mam didn't earn... | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
-Shush, Mam, I'm talking. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
-Fucking hell. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:39 | |
-Me now, missus. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
-Mam comes up a lot in the show. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
-But she does have -a lead role in my life. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
-I'm not afraid to share embarrassing -stories about her with friends. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:54 | |
-Fatty Poof and Mam have cocktails, -then it's the after-show party. | 0:16:54 | 0:17:00 | |
-"Oh, we've had a lovely time!" | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
-Now, I'll be sharing them -with everyone who sees the show. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
-But she doesn't know that yet. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
-He can't say much about me -because I haven't done much wrong. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
-Not just that, she went -to finish off behind the hedge. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
-Back she came, -denier tights in the one hand... | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
-..and patent leather shoes -in the other. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
-"Don't you tell anyone!" | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
-He hasn't changed, I'll say that. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
-He's always been a little rascal. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
-That's why everyone likes him, -I guess. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
-He hasn't changed a bit -since he left home. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
-The first time we met, -I heard him before I saw him. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
-Hiya. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
-Oh, hello. Looking for me? | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
-Linda said you'd be here. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
-Looking back, Coleg wasn't unlike -the American series Fame. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:08 | |
-We had a lot -of inexperienced actors... | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
-..straight out of college. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
-Among them, of course, was Stifyn. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
-Stifyn was the leading man, -in many ways. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
-He was the cement -that kept the group together. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
-Whatever you threw at him -as a storyline... | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
-..he would get hold of it -and he delivered. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
-Hello, Cardiff. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
-Thank you very much for coming. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
-I need something funny... | 0:18:42 | 0:18:43 | |
-And new. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:45 | |
-We've had a lot of niggly little -technical issues this afternoon. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:55 | |
-I'm more nervous -than the first time. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
-The audience will be totally -different to the one in Rhos. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:06 | |
-They're really professional, -a lot of them are in show business. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
-I may have to face them next week. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
-Anyway, I went -from that soap to another one. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
-You may all have heard of it. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
-Brookside. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:27 | |
-You're handsome there. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:30 | |
-Oh. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:32 | |
-What? I'm not now? | 0:19:32 | 0:19:33 | |
-What? I'm not now? - -No! | 0:19:33 | 0:19:34 | |
-You've got an audition for the part -of Gordon's "friend" in Brookside. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
-I knew what "friend" meant. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
-It was a gay character. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
-I was told that he looked handsome. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
-That he worked with antiques, -he was a ski instructor. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
-I thought, -this is fucking perfect for me. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
-But my problem was -that at the time... | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
-..I hadn't come out as gay myself. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
-I was 25 years old. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
-A lot of wasted years, -in my opinion. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
-But at the time, I was too scared. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
-So, on the way to the station, -I phoned a friend. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
-"I can't do a Liverpudlian accent. -Have you got some tips?" | 0:20:13 | 0:20:17 | |
-"I've got -this really filthy sentence." | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
-I was on the train, thinking, -if I get it, I'll have to come out. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
-I went in, "Get yer friggin', -get yer friggin' stockings off." | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
-They said, "By the way, -your character's from Wrexham." | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
-It was the most hysterical audition -I've ever had. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
-Fatty Poof laid down on the floor. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
-"Get yer friggin' stockings off -and let me fuck you, chicken." | 0:20:42 | 0:20:47 | |
-And I got the job! | 0:20:47 | 0:20:48 | |
-Aren't you meant -to have the kettle on? | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
-Hiya. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:54 | |
-Hiya. - -Hiya. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:55 | |
-A production company -deciding on a story is one thing. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
-Getting an actor who was willing -to play a gay role... | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
-These aren't bad. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
-..even today, -there are still actors... | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
-..who feel it would be better... | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
-..to steer clear -of portraying a gay character. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
-But this was 30 years ago. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
-Stifyn Parri -took that role as an actor. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
-But it would be hard -not to accept... | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
-..that it was also -a very brave step to take. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-Ta. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:29 | |
-I'll put the kettle on. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
-"Finally, on the Nine O'Clock News -this evening... | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
-"..Brookside have shown the first -gay kiss on British telly." | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
-It was everywhere. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
-The Sun, News Of The World... | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
-The only place it wasn't in print -was Nene - Rhos's Welsh newspaper. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
-They were too ashamed, probably. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
-It wasn't like the episode, -who shot JR! | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
-It was a totally different -soap opera event. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
-This was a landmark -soap opera event. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
-It was an entirely different time -to what we have today. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
-You could still hear -John Hurt's voice in the ads... | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
-..saying that everyone -would die from AIDS. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
-I think, even though -we still hear about who shot JR... | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
-..Brookside's gay kiss -with Stifyn Parri was a bigger deal. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
-Ian McKellen called me. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:26 | |
-"You must come on the march. -You're going to be a gay icon. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
-"You need to speak -on behalf of the viewers." | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
-I thought, God, what do I know... | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
-It was such an important period -in history... | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
-..for the whole world, -not just for gay people. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
-It meant that there was equality -for everyone. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
-I ended the speech, -"Don't worry, ladies and gentlemen. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
-"There isn't a closet big enough -for all of us." | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
-And I still hadn't told -Marilyn Parry... | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
-..that Stifyn Parri was gay. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
-So, I went home. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
-After about eight cups of coffee... | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
-..Mam got up to leave the room -and I told her not to go for a bit. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
-She said, "A lot of people -are asking if you're gay or not." | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
-I just said... | 0:23:21 | 0:23:22 | |
-.."I am." | 0:23:24 | 0:23:25 | |
-Mam wasn't shocked... | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
-..given the way she dressed me -for my very first photo. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
-Red silk shoes... | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
-..and matching hot pants. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
-Just like any mother, -she didn't want people... | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
-..making negative remarks -about her child... | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
-..and she didn't want her child... | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
-..to perhaps feel vulnerable -in front of other people. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
-Once she realized -that I wasn't vulnerable... | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
-..and that people wouldn't... | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
-A lot of people -were very supportive. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
-They were proud -that I was on Brookside. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
-What concerned me was that they -might not be proud that I was gay. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
-It was such an important time -for me. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
-It was my first big job -in England and in English. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:22 | |
-Not many Welsh actors -worked in English at the time. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
-But... | 0:24:27 | 0:24:28 | |
-..it was so long ago. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:31 | |
-It feels as if -I'm discussing someone else's life. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
-This really is weird. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
-This is where I slept. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:45 | |
-Wow! | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
-. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:58 | |
-Subtitles | 0:25:01 | 0:25:01 | |
-Subtitles - -Subtitles | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
-Thank you very much and goodnight. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
-I feel, tonight... | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
-..maybe I swear too much. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
-I usually use swearing -for the rhythm of the joke. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
-It does help to make people laugh. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
-But there was just something -in the back of my mind tonight. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:34 | |
-You're swearing a bit too much. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
-But um, I'm happy, I'm alive. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
-Looking back now... | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
-..getting to the West End... | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
-..for someone from Rhos, -is a big step. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
-But the only people -who take those big steps... | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
-..are the ones -who don't see them as big steps. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
-One of my contracts with Brookside -was nearly up, and I told them... | 0:26:04 | 0:26:09 | |
-.."Sorry, I'm not going to do any -more, I'm going to do a musical." | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
-Not try and do, going to do. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
-There I was, at home, -waiting for the phone to ring. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
-And waiting for the phone to ring. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
-And waiting for the phone to ring. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
-Then I got a phone call. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:26 | |
-Cameron Mackintosh would like you -to go to have an audition... | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
-..for Phantom Of The Opera. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
-There were only two of us up for it. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
-Me, and this other bastard -with a voice like Larry the Lamb. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
-I thought, I'm a shoe-in, -because he was... | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
-So, I sang until the hole -in my backside trembled... | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
-..thinking, this is in the bag. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
-The next minute, -a knock on the door. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
-A man in Lycra on a bike. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:55 | |
-Christmas, I thought! No. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
-I opened the door. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:00 | |
-He had a bunch of flowers -and a jeroboam of champagne. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
-"Thank you," I said, -and took them off him. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
-I closed the door, opened the card -and saw Cameron Mackintosh's name. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
-"Unfortunately, you weren't -successful this time." | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
-Fucking Larry the Lamb got the job! | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
-"But let's hope something better -comes very, very soon." | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
-Three weeks later, -I got a phone call. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
-Cameron Mackintosh would like you -to play Marius in the West End... | 0:27:30 | 0:27:35 | |
-..without an audition. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
-It was a better part -than fucking Larry the Lamb's! | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
-The next minute, I was playing... | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
-..one of the lead roles -in Les Miserables. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
-So, it wasn't a big step for me -because I had decided... | 0:27:49 | 0:27:54 | |
-..that it was easy to go -from Liverpool to the West End. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:58 | |
-My main memory -is that it was such hard work. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
-Eight shows a week. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
-Working six days a week... | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
-..for two years. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
-The role of Marius was a major part. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
-When everyone else in the show -was killed in the story... | 0:28:12 | 0:28:16 | |
-..Marius had to sing about it. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
-So, by the end of the week, -by Sunday, I was on my knees. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
-There's a bit -where we're on the barricades... | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
-..and almost everyone is dead. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
-Marius, me, is lying -in the spotlight, as I usually do. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
-He had to sing, -trying to remember his words. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
-# God on high | 0:28:39 | 0:28:43 | |
-# God on high | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
-# God on high | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
-# God, oh so high | 0:28:56 | 0:29:01 | |
-He carried on and on -right to the end. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
-# God on high # | 0:29:05 | 0:29:10 | |
-That's what the audience did. -They fucking clapped. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
-And I'm there, wet on the floor, -thinking, "You lazy bastard!" | 0:29:16 | 0:29:20 | |
-Is it possible to see the room -without these big lights on? | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
-I wanted to come to London -to get a varied audience... | 0:29:30 | 0:29:35 | |
-..so that I can learn -how the show works. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
-Fine. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:40 | |
-The lighting's sorted. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:42 | |
-I didn't know who would come... | 0:29:43 | 0:29:45 | |
-..but I did know that I had -a good group of people from SWS... | 0:29:45 | 0:29:49 | |
-..and people who knew me -when I lived here. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
-I also wanted somewhere intimate... | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
-..more of a cabaret style -than a big theatre. | 0:29:56 | 0:30:00 | |
-I hope that the closeness... | 0:30:01 | 0:30:05 | |
-..will help the mood -and feel of the night... | 0:30:05 | 0:30:09 | |
-..and make it different -to the other shows. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
-Blonde streaky hair, -tits pushed right up here. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:17 | |
-As I got closer and closer -and closer, I went... | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
-..it is Bonnie Tyler. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:23 | |
-"Hiya, Jeff. I'm staying -in the fucking Kremlin!" | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
-Look! You and me. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
-Oh, yes. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:32 | |
-Oh, yes. - -This was... | 0:30:32 | 0:30:33 | |
-..the first-ever BAFTA Cymru Awards. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
-..the first-ever BAFTA Cymru Awards. - -Yes. Yes, I remember. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
-Ladies and gentlemen, -please welcome your hosts... | 0:30:38 | 0:30:43 | |
-..Miss Sian Phillips -and Stifyn Parri. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
-She turned to me -in the read-through. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:54 | |
-"Stifyn, if we have adjoining -dressing rooms, you can zip me up." | 0:30:54 | 0:30:59 | |
-Fucking hell, I'm zipping -Sian Phillips into her frock! | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
-I liked you. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:05 | |
-I thought, he's a nice boy. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
-I'll help him. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:08 | |
-"Stifyn, will you zip me up?" | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
-She had a pipette, -dropping something onto her tongue. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:15 | |
-"Do you want some?" she said. -"No, I'm fine." | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
-"Are you sure? It'll keep you calm." | 0:31:19 | 0:31:21 | |
-"No, no, I'm fine." | 0:31:22 | 0:31:23 | |
-I thought, she's on drugs. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
-"Ladies and gentlemen" -then a big drum roll... | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
-I was shitting myself going on, -thinking "Fuck, she's on drugs!" | 0:31:29 | 0:31:34 | |
-You went, "No, thank you." | 0:31:35 | 0:31:36 | |
-I thought it was odd. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:38 | |
-I was thinking, what's she on? | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
-What do they do in London? | 0:31:41 | 0:31:42 | |
-What do they do in London? - -It was homeopathic. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
-"I don't know how you coped -without that Bach remedy," she said. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:50 | |
-"Bach what?" I said. -"Bach remedy. Herbal tincture." | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
-"Fucking hell, Sian, -I thought you were on crack!" | 0:31:55 | 0:31:59 | |
-Why is there a gag over your mouth, -that's what I want to know. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
-Because three-quarters of the world, -including you probably... | 0:32:06 | 0:32:10 | |
-..has said, -"Stifyn Parri, shut your mouth!" | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
-It would be foolish of me not to ask -for a comedy commissioner's opinion. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:22 | |
-I'm not trying to do stand-up. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
-Am I right to do it like this? | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
-Aspiring stand-ups -start off with five minutes. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
-They've got a set. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
-They've got a purpose. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:35 | |
-They need a framework -to fill with lots of jokes. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
-You're doing something -more biographical. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
-More sincere, if you like. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
-You're talking about your own life. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
-The exciting moments, -the sad aspects. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
-The downs and the ups. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
-Stand-up doesn't always allow that. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:54 | |
-It's good to be biographical. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
-# Happy birthday to you | 0:32:57 | 0:33:01 | |
-# Happy birthday to you | 0:33:02 | 0:33:06 | |
-# Happy birthday to SWS | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
-# Happy birthday to you # | 0:33:12 | 0:33:19 | |
-Hello, madam. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:24 | |
-Hello, hello, hello. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:26 | |
-Hello, hello, hello. - -Are you alright? | 0:33:26 | 0:33:27 | |
-Sian Lloyd. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:28 | |
-I'm amazed she's not here. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:30 | |
-She's like a stalker wherever I go. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
-But Sian and I -have had so much fun together. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:39 | |
-And chocolates. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:41 | |
-And chocolates. - -Lovely, thank you. You can go now. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
-My relationship with Sian Lloyd -is absolutely bizarre. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:50 | |
-For several years... | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
-..Sian was everyone's weathergirl. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
-She was invited everywhere. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:00 | |
-And who did she take with her? Me. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
-Sian and me. This photo was taken -at the Cannes Film Festival. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:08 | |
-We had just received an invitation. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
-"Would you like to come -to Elton John's house party?" | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
-"Yes," I said. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:17 | |
-We were staying in Antibes. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
-The woman was so excited -that Sian Lloyd and I were there. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
-She had invited everyone she knew -for the evening, with Welsh food. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:31 | |
-I said that it wasn't fair, -and that we'd turn Elton down. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:36 | |
-"Sorry, Elton," I said, "I'm having -a bit of a Welsh do instead." | 0:34:36 | 0:34:40 | |
-Two weeks later, we opened Hello -to see who'd been to Elton's place. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:46 | |
-The Beckhams. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:47 | |
-Everyone. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:49 | |
-The Spice Girls. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:50 | |
-Everyone got a Rolex watch -and goody bags... | 0:34:50 | 0:34:53 | |
-..and I got fucking leek quiche. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:56 | |
-You were pretty in the old days. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
-Quote, "It's not a night -for Welsh luvvies." | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
-Rhys Ifans, Ffion Hague, Sian Lloyd, -Sian Phillips and Bryn Terfel. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:14 | |
-This is the photo -that sums up SWS for me. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
-You look about 16 there. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
-Love you too. Next. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
-Sian helped me a lot with SWS. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:26 | |
-I hated London's Welsh societies. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
-Everyone talked about the past -and reeked of mothballs... | 0:35:30 | 0:35:34 | |
-I decided to make -a list of people... | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
-..that I'd like to be -in the same room with me. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
-Sian Phillips, Sian Lloyd -and 38 other people. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
-Before I turned around, -we had 5,000 members. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:49 | |
-That night, as you do, I was dining -with Catherine Zeta-Jones. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:54 | |
-"Will you put more lipstick on -and kiss a bit of white paper? | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
-"We'll make a logo with your lips." | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
-"Yes, cariad," she said, -so I told the press. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
-I didn't tell them -that we'd got drunk... | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
-..I'd lost the paper -and I haven't seen her since. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
-Never mind, but in no time, -it was all over the papers. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
-"Catherine's pout -gives Welsh club kiss of life." | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
-The thing went crazy. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:21 | |
-He's taken SWS to LA, -Moscow and New York. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
-Very few people have achieved -what Stifyn has in his life. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:30 | |
-First there was King Kong, -then there was Godzilla... | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
-..and now there's SWS New York! | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
-Stifyn coined the phrase -"social, Welsh and sexy"... | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
-..before the Welsh -realized they were. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
-No government campaign -could engender such confidence. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:52 | |
-Stifyn created something -that was essentially a statement. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:58 | |
-If New York and London get events -like this, then why not Wales? | 0:36:58 | 0:37:03 | |
-We have an evening -where you can enjoy... | 0:37:04 | 0:37:06 | |
-..a social evening -as Welsh people... | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
-..and I think -that is absolutely vital. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
-Catatonia were in the charts... | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
-..and we were everywhere. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:18 | |
-On the back of that, -Cool Cymru was born. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
-Catherine and Michael -had decided to get married... | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
-..on the day before -SWS New York's first birthday. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:29 | |
-There was a big red carpet... | 0:37:29 | 0:37:31 | |
-..and a big bank of people... | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
-..with lenses bigger than my mouth. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:39 | |
-There they were, -one after the other. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
-The press were shouting, -"Over here, Kirk!" | 0:37:42 | 0:37:45 | |
-"Give us a smile, Kirk!" | 0:37:46 | 0:37:47 | |
-And from nowhere, I heard a voice. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:51 | |
-"Hello, Stifyn, how are you?" | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
-Daloni Metcalfe... | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
-..from Heno. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:57 | |
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-Good morning. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:16 | |
-Well, it's not that good for me. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
-A week tonight, -it's the first Welsh show... | 0:38:21 | 0:38:25 | |
-..in front of Sir Tudur Owen... | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
-..at his place, Ty Golchi. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
-After three English performances, -I'm confident that the show is OK. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:37 | |
-..but I can't sit back -and think it'll be fine. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:41 | |
-Nicely worried, stroke excited -is the best way to describe him. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:47 | |
-You don't see him pacing the room. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
-Please give a noisy welcome... | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
-Even months ago, -prior to the first night... | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
-..he was having meetings with people -and doing dry runs. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
-I came home from work one day -and I said... | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
-.."Why is the stool -in the middle of the floor?" | 0:39:03 | 0:39:06 | |
-"I did the show for the dogs -and they walked away." | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
-"Then you need to work -on your delivery." | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
-I have a lot of fond memories -while working with my company. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:17 | |
-I worked for Stifyn for 12 years... | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
-..which is a long time! | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
-I started as a coordinator -at the royal gala opening... | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
-..of the Wales Millennium Centre, -which was a great experience. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:34 | |
-We had 10,000 people -singing karaoke. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:41 | |
-People were fainting in awe from -being in the same room as the Queen. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
-I've been in countless rooms with -countless queens without fainting. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:51 | |
-We went on to work on events -like Jones Jones Jones... | 0:39:52 | 0:39:57 | |
-..BAFTA Cymru -and lots of creative projects. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:01 | |
-Stifyn and Mr Producer -are known for those big events. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
-We broke a Guinness world record. -All these bastards were Joneses. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:16 | |
-Grace Jones. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:22 | |
-Three quarters of the audience -had no idea who she was. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:26 | |
-"What's this woman doing -after our Dai?" | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
-This diva had such demands. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:33 | |
-They all have demands. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:36 | |
-Margaret Williams wants 12 puppies -and a box of butterflies. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:41 | |
-Katherine Jenkins, -back when she started singing... | 0:40:41 | 0:40:45 | |
-..not that she has yet... | 0:40:45 | 0:40:47 | |
-We worked hard. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
-But if anyone heard the noise from -the office, they might doubt it. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:53 | |
-Back then, she only wanted -Dairy Milk and a towel. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
-Now, she wants the bloody lot. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
-It's a voice she wants. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
-I didn't say that! | 0:41:02 | 0:41:03 | |
-The virtue that people -may not realize he has... | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
-..is that he treats -everyone the same way. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
-That is important. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:12 | |
-If you're the head honcho -of some big corporation... | 0:41:13 | 0:41:17 | |
-..and you think -you're the bee's knees... | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
-..and that you turn left -for first class on a plane... | 0:41:20 | 0:41:24 | |
-..Stifyn would treat you the same -if you turned right for economy. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:28 | |
-I've never been in a situation... | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
-..where people -have hidden from Stifyn. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
-It's an event, almost a privilege, -to be in his company. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
-From that rider, we'll move -seamlessly to the Ryder Cup. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:44 | |
-I was at a high-powered meeting... | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
-..where America's top nobs -had come to discuss the production. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:53 | |
-Someone named Arnold Palmer. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
-And I thought to myself, -how do this lot know him? | 0:41:57 | 0:42:02 | |
-We always went to Prestatyn. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
-We had a lovely place to stay. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
-They used to go to play golf... | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
-..on the Arnold Palmer golf course. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
-For children. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:16 | |
-As kids, we would go to Prestatyn's -Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf Course. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
-I thought that the guy -who handed out the clubs there... | 0:42:21 | 0:42:25 | |
-..was Arnold. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
-When I explained to them, -they gave me a round of applause. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:33 | |
-I was so embarrassed. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
-Stifyn likes company. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:39 | |
-If you're Stifyn's friend, -you're a friend forever. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
-But you mustn't hurt him. -His heart's in the right place. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
-Listen, Stifyn. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
-We've got bad news. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:50 | |
-Your father's very ill. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
-Apparently, -because I don't remember this... | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
-..I hit him on his back -and told him not to lie. | 0:42:56 | 0:43:00 | |
-That I knew he had died. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:01 | |
-And he had. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:03 | |
-After he lost his father, -we got even closer. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:07 | |
-We became friends... | 0:43:08 | 0:43:09 | |
-..more than usual mothers and sons. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:12 | |
-I remember thinking... | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
-..that I'd got something positive... | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 | |
-..out of this enormous loss. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:24 | |
-That there was more to life. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:26 | |
-I had a different objective. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:29 | |
-I could see the importance -of the bigger picture. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:34 | |
-Not just losing my father. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:36 | |
-I've lost almost every best friend -I've had to some illness or other. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:42 | |
-But there are two ways to go. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:45 | |
-You can either sit down and cry... | 0:43:45 | 0:43:48 | |
-..or actually celebrate -that I still have that life. | 0:43:48 | 0:43:52 | |
-I remember -when I was just about to turn 50. | 0:43:55 | 0:44:00 | |
-I realized that Dad -never reached 50. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:04 | |
-I thought, I'd better lose -some of this weight... | 0:44:06 | 0:44:09 | |
-..and give myself health -as a present... | 0:44:10 | 0:44:13 | |
-..because I had everything else. | 0:44:14 | 0:44:16 | |
-Everything I've done -since turning 50... | 0:44:16 | 0:44:20 | |
-..I've done in the knowledge... | 0:44:20 | 0:44:23 | |
-..that it's a privilege -to get the chance to do it. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
-As I said, he hasn't changed at all. | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
-He's still confused. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
-The show's called Shut Your Mouth, -but he never has shut his mouth. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:36 | |
-Not at all. | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
-It was a wonderful day. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:39 | |
-At twenty to three in the morning, -when I was with Gladys Knight... | 0:44:40 | 0:44:45 | |
-..Mick Hucknall, Art Garfunkel -and Catherine Zeta-Jones... | 0:44:45 | 0:44:50 | |
-..she sang Calon Lan -at the top of her voice. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:54 | |
-# Calon larne in clown gaborney | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
-# Taka do na lily drawers # | 0:44:58 | 0:45:02 | |
-I thought, I can't wait to tell Mam. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
-Thanks very much. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:09 | |
-You've been fantastic. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
-Thank you. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:12 | |
-You can jump from a coal shed -in Rhosllannerchrugog... | 0:45:18 | 0:45:22 | |
-..to Michael Douglas's wedding. | 0:45:23 | 0:45:26 | |
-It is ridiculous, -and that's the crux. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:29 | |
-No-one else could create the show -because it hasn't happened to them. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:33 | |
-But as you know, -some bits are just gold. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
-Mam. Mam is the star. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:40 | |
-Consider paying her to go with you. | 0:45:40 | 0:45:42 | |
-I don't have to pay. -She comes for no fee! | 0:45:42 | 0:45:45 | |
-He's remarkable -because he works hard... | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
-..and he's funny. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:49 | |
-Was it alright? | 0:45:50 | 0:45:51 | |
-Was it alright? - -It was great. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:52 | |
-Excellent. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:54 | |
-Fabulous. | 0:45:54 | 0:45:55 | |
-Fabulous. - -I enjoyed it loads. I'm so proud. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
-Mam said, "Stifyn! Sing until -the hole in your backside trembles!" | 0:45:58 | 0:46:03 | |
-My chin hurts, my teeth hurt -and my cheeks hurt. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:09 | |
-He's so naughty, isn't he? | 0:46:09 | 0:46:11 | |
-Some of the stories I'm aware of. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
-I was at the same events. -To have his take on it, hysterical. | 0:46:14 | 0:46:18 | |
-They said, "By the way, -your character's from Wrexham." | 0:46:19 | 0:46:23 | |
-I wanted to come along -and enjoy it for what it was. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
-I was impressed. He did really well. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:29 | |
-I was impressed. He did really well. - -Stifyn always pokes fun at Mam. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:32 | |
-You were brilliant. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:34 | |
-You were brilliant. - -But it comes from the right place. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:36 | |
-He's had a fantastic time, -hasn't he? | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
-Yes, I'm very proud of him. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:42 | |
-Mam's still laughing, -after hearing it all so many times. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:46 | |
-I wouldn't change a thing -about the adventure. | 0:46:48 | 0:46:51 | |
-This was a dream. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:53 | |
-I've been a closet stand-up -from the cradle. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:56 | |
-But I have to find -the next challenge. | 0:46:57 | 0:46:59 | |
-I like them. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:01 | |
-We've lost a lot of people -and forgotten their contribution. | 0:47:02 | 0:47:06 | |
-Come the day that he leaves us, -no-one will forget Stifyn Parri. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:11 | |
-Who was having a pee -next to me? Tom Jones! | 0:47:11 | 0:47:14 | |
-I had to have a look. | 0:47:16 | 0:47:17 | |
-I phoned Marilyn. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:27 | |
-"Mam, you'll never guess. | 0:47:28 | 0:47:29 | |
-"I've seen -Tom Jones's thingamadooda... | 0:47:30 | 0:47:33 | |
-..and Shirley Bassey's -tu-whit tu-whoo!" | 0:47:33 | 0:47:36 | |
-And what did Mam say? | 0:47:37 | 0:47:39 | |
-"Oh, you're having a lovely time!" | 0:47:39 | 0:47:42 | |
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