Book description
He street jams in spandex and wrestles in lycra. He's been a
magician, a ventriloquist and a clown. He's hugged some of the biggest
stars in the world, and pretty much anyone else who's crossed his
path. He mucks about, wears silly costumes and manhandles his friend
Alan Carr on national TV on a weekly basis. And people have literally
paid him to do all this. Good times!
But life wasn't always so kind to young Justin. He discovered he
couldn't kiss very well at school camp in Plymouth. "An
attractive sixth-form girl let me snog her. I was about 12. She pulled
away, and said 'Aaah, you can't do it.' Then she then picked me up and
carried me back to my room." The years stacking shelves at
Bristol's Marks and Spencer weren't exactly a high point. Being told
to 'walk faster' by his boss and being given a final warning: "it
dawned on me they thought that putting out knickers and crisps was
beyond me!" Bad times.
But mere retail couldn't keep him down! This hilarious coming-of-age
story follows his journey from collecting Star Wars toys as a small
boy to schmoozing Carrie Fisher in her Hollywood home, and becoming
one of the most loved and instantly recognised faces on British TV.
For each new twist his life has taken, he hasn't changed a bit. He's
as bouncy, funny, shambolic, huggable and of course Bristolian as he's
ever been. This is the story of how it all happened. By accident.
But this book is not just a routine celebrity autobiography/memoir -
that would be boring. Especially for Justin himself, whose attention
span is that of a small child at the best of times. Instead, this is
JLC utilising his remarkable photographic memory to ponder the
unfeasibly peculiar and funny moments that have defined his life, and
desperately trying to make sense of it all. Rock on!
A proud Bristolian, Justin began his performing career as a stand-up.
But he hated it, and thanked the lord when he was able to become a full
time TV presenter instead. He was spotted fronting Flipside TV, a cult
late night show on digital, which lead to his big break with BBC3
hosting the spin-off show to the first series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Since then he has become the co-host of Sunday Night Project with his
proper friend Alan Carr and fronted myriad personal documentaries for
Channel 4 and Sky 1. He is currently presenting his own chat show, also
called 'Good Times; on FIVE.
