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- Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:52 am
#261366
I was speaking to my nans cousins hairdressers pet dogs postman and he was telling me a tale of how Chris Moyles and Paul the voiceover guy came together.
Whether it's true or not I don't know, but apparently it happened while Chris was in Eygpt in 1991 on a voyage of discovery (both 'self' and 'geographical'). He was telling me how as Chris was browsing the local produce on a market in Cairo when suddenly the sky went dark and the world stuttered in slow motion. The breeze died down and he found himself alone in this limbo world. The bustlings streets from not 2 minutes before were deserted. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed something. Someone else was there with him.
He turned to find a local man standing there, staring at him.
Their eyes met.
In the man's left hand was an old, dusty lantern. As he approached it gave off a small orange glow.
Although Chris and the man exchanged no words they seemed to have a connection. Chris took the lantern in his hands and gazed upon its majestic glow.
As Chris looked up from the lanterns glow he saw that the man had disappeared, as had the market, the streets, and indeed the rest of Cairo. He was back in Leeds. In his bedroom.
"Just a dream, surely." he thought.
He looked over at his bedside table and to his horror saw the lantern from his limbo nightmare.
"What the....."
Thankfully, Chris is an expert when it comes to pantomimes and Disney fillums and he knew that the only thing to do with a lantern is give it a good old rub.
POOF (That was a flash of smoke, not Aled)
Hovering before him was a stange blue man, strong as an ox up top but with no legs. No feet. No shoes. Not to dissimilar to this chap:
"I am the Genie of the lantern, if you do 2 things for me I will grant you one wish"
"Ok" said Chris, "What are the 2 things?"
The Genie pondered.... "The first thing is a name. I'd like a name. One that makes me sound brave and handsome."
"Colin?"
"No, not Colin"
"Paul?"
"That's the badger!"
"Ok, what's the second thing?"
"I'd like a title. Paul is all well and good but I need to be something more, something greater!"
"Ok, how about 'Paul the Voiceover Guy'?"
"oooooo" cooed Paul the Genie. "I like that, I like that a lot. OK! You get a wish, any wish you want. Anything."
"Well..." said Chris in a daydream state ".....I wish you were my voiceover guy"
"Then it is so."
And from that moment on wherever Chris went, Paul went.
Tomorrow i'll tell you about how the people who sing the jingles are only 2ft tall and are kept in cages in Chris' garage.
Whether it's true or not I don't know, but apparently it happened while Chris was in Eygpt in 1991 on a voyage of discovery (both 'self' and 'geographical'). He was telling me how as Chris was browsing the local produce on a market in Cairo when suddenly the sky went dark and the world stuttered in slow motion. The breeze died down and he found himself alone in this limbo world. The bustlings streets from not 2 minutes before were deserted. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed something. Someone else was there with him.
He turned to find a local man standing there, staring at him.
Their eyes met.
In the man's left hand was an old, dusty lantern. As he approached it gave off a small orange glow.
Although Chris and the man exchanged no words they seemed to have a connection. Chris took the lantern in his hands and gazed upon its majestic glow.
As Chris looked up from the lanterns glow he saw that the man had disappeared, as had the market, the streets, and indeed the rest of Cairo. He was back in Leeds. In his bedroom.
"Just a dream, surely." he thought.
He looked over at his bedside table and to his horror saw the lantern from his limbo nightmare.
"What the....."
Thankfully, Chris is an expert when it comes to pantomimes and Disney fillums and he knew that the only thing to do with a lantern is give it a good old rub.
POOF (That was a flash of smoke, not Aled)
Hovering before him was a stange blue man, strong as an ox up top but with no legs. No feet. No shoes. Not to dissimilar to this chap:
"I am the Genie of the lantern, if you do 2 things for me I will grant you one wish"
"Ok" said Chris, "What are the 2 things?"
The Genie pondered.... "The first thing is a name. I'd like a name. One that makes me sound brave and handsome."
"Colin?"
"No, not Colin"
"Paul?"
"That's the badger!"
"Ok, what's the second thing?"
"I'd like a title. Paul is all well and good but I need to be something more, something greater!"
"Ok, how about 'Paul the Voiceover Guy'?"
"oooooo" cooed Paul the Genie. "I like that, I like that a lot. OK! You get a wish, any wish you want. Anything."
"Well..." said Chris in a daydream state ".....I wish you were my voiceover guy"
"Then it is so."
And from that moment on wherever Chris went, Paul went.
Tomorrow i'll tell you about how the people who sing the jingles are only 2ft tall and are kept in cages in Chris' garage.
