Sandi Toksvig
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We had one channel, and he was an hour over an hour and a half.
I don't think you can imagine fame like it.
Darling, there was milking to do in the morning.
So when we went out, if we went into a restaurant, this is how old fashioned it is.
You're talking about the early 1960s.
The men in the restaurant who were dining, if my father walked in, would stand up and bow their heads and click their heels until he sat down to eat.
Did all that go to his head a bit?
So he was so wonderful about it.
What he always taught me, and he had no idea what I was planning to do for a living, he said the thing about fame, Sandy, is it doesn't mean anything.
It's absolute nonsense unless you use it for good purpose, unless you try and make it mean something.
So he was passionate about being factually accurate.