{"product_id":"phil-cool-stand-up-chameleon-my-life-in-comedy-and-music","title":"Phil Cool - Stand-up Chameleon: My Life in Comedy (and music)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver wondered what happened to one-of-a-kind comedian Phil Cool?\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWell now you can find out, as told by the man himself...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYoung Mick, next door, played drums and bagpipes.\nSeparately, of course, but it still annoyed our neighbours. He'd say stuff\nlike: 'I'm quitting my band. They're a bunch of big-heads; not one of them is\nas talented as I am.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen one day, in the early 1970s, he said something\nsensible. 'Phil, if you don't start doing proper gigs now, you'll be too old\nand it won't happen.' So I made a decision to get serious, leave my job and\nmake the transition from wage to stage. By 1985, after playing every dive in\nthe UK, I'd honed a few hours of decent stand-up and landed a series on BBC2.\nGame-changer. After that I landed another, which won a Royal Television Award\nfor originality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA third series, a special and two ITV series followed. In\nthe late 1980s and early 1990s the phone didn't stop ringing; my memorable face\nwas everywhere. I had realised a dream. Then, as far as most viewers knew, I\nall but vanished. It's true big theatres progressively grew smaller, but in\nfact I carried on walking the boards until my retirement, aged 65.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI am now 76. So here's the book. I think you'll like it.\nFor a fair price, you get the head ... the tale ... the whole damn thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages | Published October 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997231006045,"sku":"9781068618949","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781068618949-L.jpg?v=1774584660","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/phil-cool-stand-up-chameleon-my-life-in-comedy-and-music","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}