Comments on: World class night with ‘The Swede’ http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/09/26/world-class-night-with-the-swede/ Trying to see the funny side of Sweden Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/09/26/world-class-night-with-the-swede/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Ben Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:16:47 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/?p=571#comment-35 Hi Pontus... Never let the facts get in the way of a good story... I think much like the Bible or the teachings of Confucious, 'I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake' is open to interpretation. Besides, Malcolm Hardee would readily admit, that he was probably drunk on the night, he probably got the venue wrong and he probably made up the bit about the tap dancing... For me it seems like too much of a coincidence - How many Swedes were trying out 5 minute slots in London in the early nineties? And if it wasn't you... then who is The Swede? I feel a piece of investigative journalism coming on... Hi Pontus… Never let the facts get in the way of a good story…
I think much like the Bible or the teachings of Confucious, ‘I Stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake’ is open to interpretation. Besides, Malcolm Hardee would readily admit, that he was probably drunk on the night, he probably got the venue wrong and he probably made up the bit about the tap dancing…

For me it seems like too much of a coincidence – How many Swedes were trying out 5 minute slots in London in the early nineties? And if it wasn’t you… then who is The Swede?

I feel a piece of investigative journalism coming on…

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]]> By: "The Swede" (Pontus Ströbaek) http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/09/26/world-class-night-with-the-swede/comment-page-1/#comment-32 "The Swede" (Pontus Ströbaek) Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:20:11 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/?p=571#comment-32 The story I told is true... And according to ‘I stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake’ (got it now) The Swede performed at the Tunnel. So I´m "the diffrent Swede" ;) The story I told is true… And according to ‘I stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake’ (got it now) The Swede performed at the Tunnel.

So I´m “the diffrent Swede” ;)

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]]> By: Ben http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/09/26/world-class-night-with-the-swede/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Ben Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:47:09 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/?p=571#comment-26 Pontus. I stand corrected. My source for the story was Malcolm Hardee's brilliant autobiography <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stole-Freddie-Mercurys-Birthday-Cake/dp/1857023854" rel="nofollow">'I stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake'</a> which is a fantastic read. However, as I'm sure you'll agree, and as Malcolm Hardee admitted himself... is far from being accurate or reliable... I trust your version of events much more. Thanks again for a great evening Pontus. I stand corrected.

My source for the story was Malcolm Hardee’s brilliant autobiography ‘I stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake’ which is a fantastic read. However, as I’m sure you’ll agree, and as Malcolm Hardee admitted himself… is far from being accurate or reliable… I trust your version of events much more.

Thanks again for a great evening

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]]> By: "The Swede" (Pontus Ströbaek) http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/09/26/world-class-night-with-the-swede/comment-page-1/#comment-25 "The Swede" (Pontus Ströbaek) Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:15:18 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/?p=571#comment-25 The first time i was at "Up the creek" the audience loved me. I did 5 min and the story is that every comedian that went up after me, that night, got heckled of by the audience shouting "Bring back the Swede". Malcolm wanted me back half a year later for 2 nights in a row... I got there and went realy bad, they booed me off. The day after I went there and met Malcolm, who allready was drunk, he said: "I didn´t think U would come"... I went up at "Up the creek" for my third time and I went well. Malcolm paid me by saying: "that had to be a strange experience for U..." So thats the sober story... ;) The first time i was at “Up the creek” the audience loved me. I did 5 min and the story is that every comedian that went up after me, that night, got heckled of by the audience shouting “Bring back the Swede”.
Malcolm wanted me back half a year later for 2 nights in a row… I got there and went realy bad, they booed me off. The day after I went there and met Malcolm, who allready was drunk, he said: “I didn´t think U would come”… I went up at “Up the creek” for my third time and I went well. Malcolm paid me by saying: “that had to be a strange experience for U…”
So thats the sober story… ;)

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