Beadlebum
To me he'll always be Beadlebum, or Jeremy James Anthony Gibson Beadle. To the majority of people he was that annoying Jeremy Beadle of Game for a Laugh and You've Been Framed fame. That's not to say I didn't enjoy his TV work, but to me he'll always be a magician of the airways. I first came across Jeremy via radio, more specifically LBC, the London news and current affairs station. He used to have a phone in on Saturday and Sunday nights I think it was, were you could set him a trivia question and he'd answer it. It's not very often that anyone beat Jeremy, but I did. I even got a badge that stated "I beat Beadlebum on LBC", Beadlebum being the affectionate name he called himself. Do you have any idea of how much it kills your finger, dialing constantly on a rotary phone, but I did it time after time, just in the hopes of getting through.
Today, or more specifically a few minutes ago, I found he'd sadly passed away. I knew he was ill, having only read a story of him being admitted to hospital for pneumonia, a few days ago, but you never thing of pneumonia as being that serious. I subsequently found out about him having a cancerous kidney being removed and also recently being diagnosed with a mild form of leukemia. In the blink of an eye, someone I looked up to, has gone. Yes I know that sounds very melodramatic, but those years I listened to Jeremy on LBC instilled a love of trivia in me, that I still can't get enough of. I remember picking up a copy of his book "Today's the Day" in Selfridges, which breaks down all the things in history that happened on each day of the year. I can't have been older than 10 or 11, but I was so excited have this amazing book in my hands. Today I have tons of trivia books and also murder books, another subject I know Jeremy was very interested in.
He was also a bit of a prankster and I remember him hinting that he had a long running prank that ran on April Fools day that no one knew was him, I'd love to know what this was. Maybe we'll never find out, or maybe it was the last prank that will be left driving me crackers.
I just wanted to write a little something about a person who influenced my life and for whom I'll always have good memories. There was much more to him, than cheesy television. His charity work for example, lead to a well earned MBE. Cheers mate, thanks for everything.
Today, or more specifically a few minutes ago, I found he'd sadly passed away. I knew he was ill, having only read a story of him being admitted to hospital for pneumonia, a few days ago, but you never thing of pneumonia as being that serious. I subsequently found out about him having a cancerous kidney being removed and also recently being diagnosed with a mild form of leukemia. In the blink of an eye, someone I looked up to, has gone. Yes I know that sounds very melodramatic, but those years I listened to Jeremy on LBC instilled a love of trivia in me, that I still can't get enough of. I remember picking up a copy of his book "Today's the Day" in Selfridges, which breaks down all the things in history that happened on each day of the year. I can't have been older than 10 or 11, but I was so excited have this amazing book in my hands. Today I have tons of trivia books and also murder books, another subject I know Jeremy was very interested in.
He was also a bit of a prankster and I remember him hinting that he had a long running prank that ran on April Fools day that no one knew was him, I'd love to know what this was. Maybe we'll never find out, or maybe it was the last prank that will be left driving me crackers.
I just wanted to write a little something about a person who influenced my life and for whom I'll always have good memories. There was much more to him, than cheesy television. His charity work for example, lead to a well earned MBE. Cheers mate, thanks for everything.
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