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TERENCE BIRD IS THE FUNNIEST KID IN LIVERPOOL!
BUT CAN HE WIN
THE TITLE OF BRITAIN’S FUNNIEST KID?
Terence Bird, aged 10 of Pennard Ave, Liverpool has battled it out with kids from all over
the region to win the crown of Liverpool Junior Joker, winning the
once in a lifetime chance to go to Edinburgh to take part in a
special Junior Joker comedy show at the world famous Edinburgh
Fringe Festival.
Terence, who cracked the crowds up with his winning joke, has
officially been named the funniest kid in Liverpool. His winning
joke was:- ‘A man goes into a bar and asks the barman for a bunch
of grapes, the barman says “sorry, we don’t sell grapes here”.
So the next day, he goes back in and asks for a bunch of grapes. The
barman says, “I told you yesterday that we don’t sell grapes!”
So the next day he goes in and before he has a chance to speak, the
barman says “if you ask for a bunch of grapes, I’ll nail you to
this bar!” So the next day he goes in and says, “Have you got
any nails?” the barman replies “no” so he says, “in
that case, have you got any grapes?!”
Family favourite fruity drink Vimto, who sponsored last year’s
British Comedy Awards, has conducted a nationwide search for budding
young comedians - potential Peter Kays, future Frank Skinners or the
next Ant and Dec - to win the chance to be crowned the VIMTO JUNIOR
JOKER 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival on 16 August 2006.
Throughout the summer, the Vimto Junior Joker Tour toured UK cities
and visiting ASDA stores in the search for comical kids to crack up
the crowd where kids were invited on stage to perform their
ludicrous lyrics or whacky one-liners with the chance of winning a
place in the final.
The 5 funniest finalists from around the country are now being taken
on an all expenses paid trip to Edinburgh where the competition is
going to be hotting up at the grand final at the comedy Festival.
The child crowned Britain’s funniest kid will win a special trophy,
a year’s supply of the delicious purple stuff and have their jokes
featured on the Vimto
website.
Vimto spokesperson Claire Nield explains:- “Vimto is a
much-loved fun and fruity drink and we know our fans love to laugh.
Having seen all the hilarious entries we know that there are
hundreds and hundreds of funny kids out there who all did really
well. We hope all of the children do well and I am sure that Terence
will certainly go far – he’s a star in the making!”
Jokes told at the roadshows will be recorded and compiled to become
part of a Vimto Junior Joker CD which will be sold in aid top
charity The Variety Club.
Created in 1908, Vimto’s top-secret recipe includes a mix of three
fruit juices – grape, blackcurrant and raspberry along with a blend
of 23 fruit essences, herbs and spices... |
Wingwalkers
reach for the skies
THE world’s only formation
wingwalking team, the Utterly Butterlys, are delighted to be flying
into the Southport Airshow on 2 September & 3 September 2006. Slicing
through the sky at 150mph, the deliciously daring wingwalkers will
wave to the Southport Airshow crowd while standing on the top wing
of 1940’s Boeing Stearman biplanes;
“Wingwalking is utterly amazing!” says 20-year-old
wingwalker Lucy Foster, who last year beat hundreds of other
applicants to land a job with the team, “the views are
incredible and the sensation literally uplifting, diving into a loop
at 150 mph is utterly unbelievable!””
Proving she has a head for heights and taste for adventure Lucy
plans to perform handstands on the wing 500 feet above Southport
Airshow, pulling up to 4G (four times her own body weight), Lucy
will wave through a mouth-watering sequence of loops rolls and
low-level flypasts.
Wingwalking dates from the utterly romantic era after the First
World War when young pilots returned home with a passion for flying,
yearning to keep their head in the clouds. These daring heroes
purchased surplus war biplanes cheaply and travelled the country
utterly captivating civilians with the opportunity of flying,
landing in fields and charging locals for their first taste of
flight. To entice potential customers the pilots flew down the main
street of each town at low level, thrilling their audience they
persuaded engineers and girlfriends to climb out along the wing of
the aircraft as they buzzed the town.
Now, over 80 years later, the Utterly Butterly pilots are
celebrating the passion of those early adventurers. Roaring through
the sky in 450 Horse Power Boeing Stearman biplanes, they will
signal to the wingwalkers when it is time to climb from the open
cockpit up onto the top wing and into the display.
“My favourite manoeuvre is the mirror formation,” says
daring Lucy, “my aircraft rolls upside-down and I try to hold
hands with the wingwalker on the formatting aircraft as they move
beneath, creating the perfect mirror image! I am utterly
delighted to display at the Southport Airshow again, I hope the
crowd will wave up at me as I can see them all from the wing.” |
