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It’s early on Easter Sunday 2000 and I haven’t had much sleep. I’d been working flat out on ‘Kitten Kon’ a convention about The Goodies along with everyone else from @goodiesruleok. This was the final day.
I just re-discovered this colour poster from the Kon. Nice.
#KittenKon20
I just re-discovered this colour poster from the Kon. Nice.
#KittenKon20
It was a quieter day than Saturday: some screenings, another Q&A with Tim Brooke-Taylor and a couple of panel discussions. Oh, and an Egg Hunt because it was Easter Sunday.
Here’s something I forgot about Tim’s Q&A’s…
Here’s something I forgot about Tim’s Q&A’s…
Tim Brooke-Taylor was not a stiff upper lipped repressed patriot in real life. This is pretty much his opening line for the first Q&A:
‘Ask me anything you like, even the size of Graeme and Bill’s willies’.
(No one asked about that, so we'll never know his insights into this.)
‘Ask me anything you like, even the size of Graeme and Bill’s willies’.
(No one asked about that, so we'll never know his insights into this.)
What he absolutely wouldn’t talk about, though, was his bellybutton.
‘I made it very clear to the organisers of this convention that I absolutely will not talk about my bellybutton’ he shouted.
I went to check our contract with him, then realised there wasn’t one. Handy!
‘I made it very clear to the organisers of this convention that I absolutely will not talk about my bellybutton’ he shouted.
I went to check our contract with him, then realised there wasn’t one. Handy!
I also found these badges earlier when I was looking through boxes. We sold these to attendees. Except for the World Domination badge…
FACT: The only person to ever get a World Domination badge was David Frost. Mind you, he pinched his.
In keeping with that tradition, I pinched this World Domination badge.
David Frost died in 2013, so he’s unlikely to pinch it back.
In keeping with that tradition, I pinched this World Domination badge.
David Frost died in 2013, so he’s unlikely to pinch it back.
By 4.30pm I was dead on my feet. A few people got up to make closing remarks. I blearily thanked everyone who’d been involved and rambled something about the amazing vibe there’d been in the room.
I may have been exhausted but I don’t think I was wrong about that vibe thing.
I may have been exhausted but I don’t think I was wrong about that vibe thing.
Even after 20 years, I still occasionally get people telling me how much they enjoyed Kitten Kon.
‘One of the best events I have been to’ said someone the other day.
[INSERT RUBBISH GAG ABOUT PUTTING A CHEQUE IN THE POST HERE]
‘One of the best events I have been to’ said someone the other day.
[INSERT RUBBISH GAG ABOUT PUTTING A CHEQUE IN THE POST HERE]
To be honest, I think the success of the event was mostly down to Tim being wonderfully entertaining on the ground, and that amazing live video chat with Graeme and Bill.
Graeme emailed me afterwards.
‘It looked as if you were all having a whale of a time, especially Tim!’
Yeah, pretty much.
20 years later I realise Kitten Kon wasn’t our convention; it was Tim’s.
‘It looked as if you were all having a whale of a time, especially Tim!’
Yeah, pretty much.
20 years later I realise Kitten Kon wasn’t our convention; it was Tim’s.
Tim also got up at the end of the day and said a few words.
He seemed genuinely touched by the love and affection for something he and a couple of mates had done years ago.
A few of us noticed a tear in his eye.
He seemed genuinely touched by the love and affection for something he and a couple of mates had done years ago.
A few of us noticed a tear in his eye.
