Stu Francis said he could crush a grape, he never actually did any grape-crushing as far as I know but strangely enough he now has his own vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France. FACT.
Could be, could be. He was the "Comedian" on Crackerjack in the 80s. When I say "Comedian" I mean like "Lenny Henry" funny.
one of my kids got a series of story books a while ago with an attached cd of an "actor" reading each story ; one of them was read by lenny henry , and on the back of this book ,something like " Zed the Zebra goes to the Zoo" Henry was posing in full weighty , self-important, serious thespian stlye , trying to look like he was marlon brando or orson wells....my description cant do the ridiculousness of it justice.
He is painfully untalented as a comic, unfortunately I havepaid witness to his acting. Similary painful.
I'm not keen on his comedy. In fact, the last black comedian I properly laughed at was Richard Prior (I don't know whaddidis, but I'm goin 'a ****it!). I get ****ed off with their Hackney/Nigerian crossover jokes. It weren't funny the first time, it ain't funny the 3456th time... Always about their identity rather than observational comedy.
While we're on the comedy tip, here's the infamous Hicks "pro-life" routine which got banned on Letterman and started a storm in a teacup. http://www.ijoke.tv/video/&v=123341482085