Face The Music (1993)
After many years of travelling overseas, I decided I should see NZ. I spent a few months in Wellington and applied to appear on a TV show I had never watched.
If I had watched it before, I would’ve realised it was not suited to someone who had not listened to any commercial radio since childhood.
The half bottle of vodka I drank on the way to the show didn’t matter much, because I had no chance anyway. My final buzzer press was purely from frustration.
Chatting to the winner afterwards, turns out she spends every waking hour listening the radio… I gave my prize to a broke backpacker…
And old flame found herself watching that show for the first time ever, realised I was back in NZ and got in touch because she saw me. That’s another story…
Blind Date (1989)
My first and easily worst TV appearance. I was sober and very immature. I was told to be flirty & cheeky, but in real life I had never flirted. I tried to perform but it just didn’t work out very well. One of the very few times I have ever worn a suit (my Dad’s in this instance).
I figure I looked a bit like Adam Ant but acted like Gary Numan.