Book description
Firmly established in the world of entertainment, The Cat's route to
fame has been through corporate and sporting dinners. He grew up
loving sport and perservered despite having only one eye and an almost
total absence of natural ability. His reputation as a figure of fun
and his readiness to laugh at his own failures have reaped rich rewards.
How many of us have played football with Bobby Moore and George Best
at Wembley, or played at Lord's, or written a poem teasing the Duke of
Edinburgh for never recognising us? In Nearly Famous, The Cat writes
hilariously of the many famous people he has worked with - everyone
from Colin Cowdrey, Bobby Robson and Terry Venables to Eric Clapton,
Rod Stewart, Billy Connolly, Eric Morcambe and Brian Johnston - and
the highs and lows of that most serious of businesses: making people laugh.
Bob Bevan had a highly successful career in journalism and public
relations before becoming one of the country;s most in-demand after
dinner speakers. The Cat is a trustee of the Lord's Taverners, an
Honorary Barker in the Variety Club and a member of the Grand Order of
Water Rats.
