Well, not really. But I am registered as a subscriber on his blog. I visited his blog after reading the ‘top blogs’ list in last weekends Sunday Times Culture magazine. I thought, “Hey ho, Paul Daniels has a blog?” and gave it a read.
I used to be a huge Paul Daniels fan as a boy. I watched his show religiously and always strived to collect all of his range of Paul Daniels magic kits. I remember my Granny taking me to Petersons toy shop in Musselburgh where they had a huge range of his stuff. An endless array of polyester “silk” handkerchiefs, balls and cups and double sided ace playing cards, accompanied by instructions which were indecipherable to the ten year old me. I still loved them all the same. The holy grail was the metal rings which appeared solid but became interlinked when banged together. That trick was in the repertoire of every good television magician of the early 1980′s.
The blog is actually a good enough read. I must however, question his decision to post a couple of photos of Debbie McGee in a bikini. Not a good move. Paired with the photo of himself on a beach in Barbados wearing a balaclava? WTF?
Dignity Paul. Not a lot. But dignity required nonetheless.
On a completely different note, I saw graffiti on a wall in Leith today which said “Prince Michael of Albany”. Young, upcoming band or heir to a Hapsburg-like empire? Maybe he’s descended from the Stuart kings and we stand at the beginning of a new Jacobite Rebellion?
Let’s burn Derby to the ground.
on Feb 19th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Have you seen the photo of Paul and Debbie done as a take off of the David Beckham/Posh Spice Armani advert? Disturbing, really disturbing.
on Feb 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I’m up for another Jacobite rebellion. Let’s charge down to Newcastle and reek havoc, possibly even let loose the dogs of war or just down a few pints of ‘black cat’.
on Mar 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
What was the name of Paul Daniel’s bald German, knife throwing mate ? You know – the one who could catch canonballs with his gut.
He would pop up on the show now and again…