Bleaney
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I knew JCC in the 80's and remember him 'escaping' rehab in Chelsea - an inveterate junkis to be sure.
It sounds like he was exactly that for a very long time. He's cleaned up now though, he's becoming something of a TV celeb these days, and has a regular spot on Channel 4s Countdown and has been on Have I Got News For You, and Would I Lie To You etc. He recently headlined 2 sold out nights running at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. He would have been so proud. I had a ticket but I couldnt go as I wasnt well on the day god damn it.. That's twice now that I've missed him in similar circumstances. All being well I will catch him supporting Squeeze at THe Apollo in a few months. His career is currently at all time high. Good luck to the guy for sure.
His life story is admirable. From being a bookish and unhealthy but smart and streetwise kid, to persuading Bernard Manning to give him a break at his rough-house comedy club. Reading his poetry to that rough crowd in there, "that's not nothing" as he would say. It helped craft his performance style. To become part of the punk and later druggy bohemian scene. And now a respectable guest on teatime TV playing wordgames with Suzy Dent in dictionary corner.
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