{"product_id":"9781472134653-re-run-the-fun","title":"Re-run the Fun","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Life as Pat Sharp\u003cbr\u003eThe first book from much-loved television and radio presenter, \u003ci\u003eFun House\u003c\/i\u003e's Pat Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect antidote to 2020' \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A must-read if you like funny things' \u003ci\u003eGreg James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he' \u003ci\u003eNish Kumar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePat Sharp is a man out of time.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, he's just that bloke with a mullet.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation of \u003ci\u003eFun House\u003c\/i\u003e in 1999 ('Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet'), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things like \u003ci\u003eI'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNever Mind the Buzzcocks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCome Dine with Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil now.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . fiction: revealing all about his adventures with David Hassselhoff at the Berlin Wall in 1989; how he broke up a fight between Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher at a house party; the time he suggested Geri's dress be a Union Jack; and much more.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA definitive work (based on very little fact) that anatomises the cultural trends of the '80s and '90s, \u003ci\u003eRe-run the Fun\u003c\/i\u003e is just the kind of sorta-biography we need in these turbulent times. Finally, the Great British public can learn what life is like just about in sight of the top - the highs, the lows and the hair tips.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much      more than an iconic haircut and a helter-skelter - and this well overdue      book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical      role in shaping our world today' \u003ci\u003eRick Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'No previous      knowledge of Pat Sharp is required' \u003ci\u003ePaul Sinha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451495657846,"sku":"9781472134653","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28046476.jpg?v=1760462754","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472134653-re-run-the-fun","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}