The outrageously funny autobiography of comic Rowland Rivron
What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?
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'That Rowland survived to tell his story is quite surprising. That he can remember any of it is frankly astonishing' --Ben Elton
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At 17, Rowland Rivron had already fulfilled his ambitions as a professional drummer gigging in London’s West End. All that changed in the 1980s when he fell in with the new and anarchic ‘alternative comedians’. Alongside Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Alexei Sayle and others, he appeared in such culturally defining shows as The Comic Strip Presents, The Young Ones, The Tube and of course French & Saunders, where he appeared as the charismatic Duane, one half of the inimitable Raw Sex. But the real story is what went on behind the scenes because, possessing the constitution of an ox, he fast got reputation as a party animal and loose cannon. When he wasn’t having penalty shoot-outs with Diana Ross in her Ritz suite or upsetting countless Hollywood stars, he could be found cycling down the staircase of the Groucho Club or setting fire to himself for money. Wherever he went there was bound to be trouble, hilarity and an eye-watering bar bill. In What the F*** Did I Do Last Night? he bares his soul (and quite a lot else) in a tale of hilarious encounters, death-defying escapades and shameless unprofessionalism. You have to read it to believe it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is the kind of memoir I love best. Rowland Rivron has lived and is still living a completely unpredictable, rich and interesting life. He seems genuinely thrilled with how his life has turned out for the most part and writes with a kind of unaffected relish of the situations he has found himself in. It isn't until you start reading that you realise just how many things you have seen him in and how he has helped shaped the comedy that I grew up loving. He is funny, articulate wonderfully indiscreet and entertaining and seems fond of the numerous people that crop up in the book who he has to talk to about various incidents in his life. This needing verification comes about because of Rivron's keenness for the demon drink. He interviews those he has worked with over the years to help fill in some of the more interesting gaps. I must say that even though he is a wonderful story teller and his tales are very, very entertaining I am glad I am not his wife because I expect he is a bit of a nightmare to live with.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Anybody that could offer his guests a cheese sandwich when appearing on TV's Come Dine with Me is clearly an unconventional sort of person, but Rowland Rivron did and it soon becomes evident from reading this book that Rowland Rivron is a VERY unconventional person. As a comedian his humour can be anarchistic and he has led a similarly anarchistic life. He is a man that enjoys a drink or four and he loves to party, all the time causing havoc on the way.
His career has never been conventional either. On leaving school he became a drummer, earning good money playing in the West End, but after associating with the alternative comedy crowd he drifted into humour, an area that obviously suited his off-beat personality down to the ground.
Rowland Rivron has never been my cup of tea whenever he has appeared on TV so I was not expecting much from his autobiography but I ended up really enjoying this book. Some of the things he does are tasteless or just plain crazy - but they are also very funny. Rivron writes very well and he comes across as being very likeable, if unpredictable, person.
His career has never been conventional either. On leaving school he became a drummer, earning good money playing in the West End, but after associating with the alternative comedy crowd he drifted into humour, an area that obviously suited his off-beat personality down to the ground.
Rowland Rivron has never been my cup of tea whenever he has appeared on TV so I was not expecting much from his autobiography but I ended up really enjoying this book. Some of the things he does are tasteless or just plain crazy - but they are also very funny. Rivron writes very well and he comes across as being very likeable, if unpredictable, person.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Paz
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Very entertaining to start with, but lost it's was a little towards the end, espececially skimmimg over the reality TV at the end..
Would have liked to see a little more of the things we don't know much about, like the Jazz Music, but overall humurous.
Would have liked to see a little more of the things we don't know much about, like the Jazz Music, but overall humurous.
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Honest, funny and quite amazing what R R has got up to, makes me believe in luck all the more!
By S.R.Lloyd
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It was ok. A bit much to feel sorry for him when Jon Ross bailed him out and he had to pay extra for his holiday. But quite amusing and informative.
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