Sir Lenny Henry
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total appearances
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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
He said, start with your back to the audience.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And we'll smuggle you on.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
So they smuggled me on.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I'm behind two things.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And they moved the things.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I had my back to the audience.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I was being Frank Spencer.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I was going, hello, Betty.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And then I turned around.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And every single person in the audience went, what?
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Oh, my God.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Wigs flew off.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Corsets exploded.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Fags were dropped mid-inhale.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
All of these people went...
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
It's a black kid.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And they'd never seen it before.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I think that now with the Internet and stuff, you know, all we'd have was Sammy Davis Jr.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
doing impressions, really.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
There weren't any other black impressionists.