Book description
Rowland Rivron was a stalwart of the 1980s Alternative Comedy movement
- part of a band of comedians who tore up the scene with a new,
anarchic, unapologetically irreverent comedy we now take for granted. He
toured with The Young Ones and The Comic Strip, was a regular on The
Tube, played Dr Scrote on Jonathan Ross's The Last Resort, and, of
course, created the shambolic Dwayne, one half of inimitable pop duo Raw
Sex on French & Saunders.
He would be the first to admit that alcohol has played a large part in
his story, and he has spent a fair proportion of the time out to lunch,
in both senses. Then there’s the occasional nudity and a dislike of
self-important celebrities which landed him in trouble with his bosses
as often as it won him fans in the public. The result is a series of
hilarious and occasionally death-defying escapades that hark back to a
time when PR didn't get in the way of a good night out and, as with punk
and music, comedy was the medium whereby anyone who dared to get up on
stage could find themselves famous. A jazz drummer who went on to
become a comic, presenter and TV personality, Rowland Rivron won
lifetime membership of the Groucho Club in a game of cards in 1984 and
never looked back. As envied for his outrageous celebrity lifestyle as
he is loved for his TV persona, his recent television credits include
Come Dine With Me, Total Wipe Out, Celebrity Masterchef and many more.
