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Re-run the Fun
- Narrator
- Pat Sharp
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 5 November 2020
- Run Time
- 6 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'A must-read if you like funny things' Greg James
'I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he' Nish Kumar
Pat Sharp is a man out of time.
For those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, he's just that bloke with a mullet.
Fame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation of Fun House in 1999 ('Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet'), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things like I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Come Dine with Me.
Until now.
With time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . . . fiction: revealing all about his adventures with David Hassselhoff at the Berlin Wall in 1989; how he broke up a fight between Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher at a house party; the time he suggested Geri's dress be a Union Jack; and much more.
A definitive work (based on very little fact) that anatomises the cultural trends of the '80s and '90s, Re-run the Fun is just the kind of sorta-biography we need in these turbulent times. Finally, the Great British public can learn what life is like just about in sight of the top - the highs, the lows and the hair tips.
'It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter-skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical role in shaping our world today' Rick Edwards
'No previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is required' Paul Sinha
Critics Review
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Fabulous book . . . wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone . . . genuinely laugh out loud . . . twice as good as Partridge . . . perfect book for Christmas
Bob Mills
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The perfect antidote to 2020
Huffington Post
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A funny relief from the dumpster fire that is 2020
GQ
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Hilarious, racy and largely untrue . . . one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Not just amusing but packed with gags
Guardian
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A loving account of the life and times of an enigma wrapped inside a mullet. This is a must-read if you like funny things
Greg James
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I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he
Nish Kumar
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It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical role in shaping our world today
Rick Edwards
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This is precision humour. It's very funny and no previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is required
Paul Sinha
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A very funny book
Boyd Hilton
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Comic genius
The i
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Brilliant. An extraordinary, almost true autobiography
Graeme Swann
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Hilarious, light-hearted, joyous and uplifting. A shiny jewel in what's been a murky year
Badly Drawn Boy
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Funny, mad, brilliant. I laughed a lot
Lisa McGee (writer of Derry Girls)
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A brutal, searing and vital dissemination of our times. Sharp has written a brave, eloquent tome that provides a way forward for future generations
Matt Lucas
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My sister Jess and I dreamt of being on Fun House as kids so this book was the next best thing and it didn't disappoint. I'm still laughing now!
Mark Wright
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Anything Pat Sharp related is always fun. This book is relative to that fun. Read it and get some of that fun! Cos it's fun!
Keith Lemon
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There are some books that will be around forever. Perfect examples of literary genius. But this book is just about Pat Sharp
Chris Moyles
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Details
- Author
- Pat Sharp with Darren Richman and Luke Catterson
- Narrator
- Pat Sharp
- Duration
- 6 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 November 2020
- ISBN
- 9781405547673
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Autobiography: general, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Humour, Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction
Synopsis
'The perfect antidote to 2020' Huffington Post'A must-read if you like funny things' Greg James'I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he' Nish KumarPat Sharp is a man out of time.For those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, he's just that bloke with a mullet. Fame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation of Fun House in 1999 ('Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet'), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things like I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Come Dine with Me. Until now.With time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . . . fiction: revealing all about his adventures with David Hassselhoff at the Berlin Wall in 1989; how he broke up a fight between Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher at a house party; the time he suggested Geri's dress be a Union Jack; and much more.A definitive work (based on very little fact) that anatomises the cultural trends of the '80s and '90s, Re-run the Fun is just the kind of sorta-biography we need in these turbulent times. Finally, the Great British public can learn what life is like just about in sight of the top - the highs, the lows and the hair tips.'It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter-skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical role in shaping our world today' Rick Edwards'No previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is required' Paul Sinha
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