CHRIS ADDISON
Manc comic Chris Addison is a regular on TV panel shows and acts alongside James Gandolfini and Steve Coogan in Brit flick In the Loop. Here, he reveals his love of risotto, The Wire and the Wii
First record you ever bought ‘You (Jan Call Me Al'. Paul Simon. i all
at my feet. ye tastemakers.
Last time you were chatted up My Wife was very complimentary when asking me to put the kettle on the other day ls that the sort of thing?
First film you saw that really moved you
The Krl/rng [re/(Is. I couldn't talk afterwards.
Last lie you told
That one about the first record I bought. I'm not grvrng that hostage to fortune up to no one. buster.
First movie you ever went on a date to
Batman Returns. It was a long. long adolescence. believe me.
Last time you cried
Almost certainly the last time I watched the West Wr/rg. Sorkin has me rOunrl his little finger so he does.
First thing you do when you’ve got time off work
Worry about where the work went. I'm such a Protestant.
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First crush My childhood best. friend Sarah
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Last time you were star struck I don't usually. but l get slightly star struck every time I work with Graeme Garden he was such a (IllllflllOOd hero of mrne and always my favourite
Goodre.
First thing you’d do if you ran the country Readvertrse the posmon.
Last meal on earth - what would it be My dad's schnrt/el and fried potatoes.
First time you realised you were famous
I'm not. I have that peCuIrar brand of fame where I'm only famous to people who knew who I was lll the first place.
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I Tick tock, tick tock, SAD is so last season people. The clocks are back, the light nights have arrived, so all hail a bright
The things making our world just that little bit better
about Michelle Obama’s shouldergate incident with HRH, here at List Towers we high-five her. Spring has sprung and we're all about the
reason, obviously.
Last time someone criticised your work
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First three words your friends would use to describe you
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Last time you bought someone
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First thing you think of when you wake up in the morning
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new dawn. Get on your trainers, get out and enjoy the endorphins. IAnd finally, where would we be without the karma chameleon Scottish
weather? Roll
the dice, Listers, it's a game of chance. You look out the window in the morning, the skies are blue, the sun is shining . . . then you step outside and its Baltic. Layer up and enjoy it happy campers.