Celebrities back in 'normal' jobs?

[disco!!!!]

John Maher formerly of the Buzzcocks runs John Maher racing up on the isle of Harris
he builds air cooled engines for racing

[car crazy]

sussexjob said:

car crazy said:

The bloke from dollar has a burger bar on the front in brighton

David Van Day of Dollar/Bucks Fizz/ Guys n Dolls you mean or as he was known locally as Burger Van Day when he had a van in western road which was closed by the council...which is his current one ?

Edited by sussexjob on Sunday 1st January 15:34

might not be current i haven't been there for a few years

[crofty1984]

Zwoelf said:

Don't people generally "retire" from celebrity when they stop getting calls for work? How many genuinely in-demand celebs getting regular work choose to opt out of it?

Ronnie Barker.

[AdeTuono]

crofty1984 said:

Zwoelf said:

Don't people generally "retire" from celebrity when they stop getting calls for work? How many genuinely in-demand celebs getting regular work choose to opt out of it?

Ronnie Barker.

Death is quite an extreme way of opting out though.

[JonRB]

AdeTuono said:

Death is quite an extreme way of opting out though.

He had been retired (by choice) for quite a while before his death.

[Monkey boy 1]

He ran an antiques shop in the West country i think

[V8TVR]

Monkey boy 1 said:

He ran an antiques shop in the West country i think

Chipping Norton actually

Edited by V8TVR on Monday 2nd January 12:34

[waffles]

Peter Hinwood who played Rocky in The Rocky Horror Picture Show works as an antiques dealer.

[e21Mark]

Didn't David ''burger'' Vanday try and break back into show business fairly recently? He did that jungle thing and also tried to relaunch Dollar with some wannabe rapper in the video. He's obviously a heavy drinker now too judging by his skin complexion.

[OldJohnnyYen]

e21Mark said:

Didn't David ''burger'' Vanday try and break back into show business fairly recently? He did that jungle thing and also tried to relaunch Dollar with some wannabe rapper in the video. He's obviously a heavy drinker now too judging by his skin complexion.

He dumped his bird live on TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8PmCTSX1s

[Whitean3]

SUrprised noone has mentioned Syd Barrett (former Pink Floyd frontman) who went utterly doolally after partaking in too many drugs, got kicked out of the band, and ended up working for years in Boots in Cambridge...

He probably still has plenty of royalties coming in from the early PF stuff, but his brain is so addled he probably wouldn't even know.

[waffles]

Whitean3 said:

He probably still has plenty of royalties coming in from the early PF stuff, but his brain is so addled he probably wouldn't even know.

He passed away in 2006.

[Ozone]

Whitean3 said:

SUrprised noone has mentioned Syd Barrett (former Pink Floyd frontman) who went utterly doolally after partaking in too many drugs, got kicked out of the band, and ended up working for years in Boots in Cambridge...

He probably still has plenty of royalties coming in from the early PF stuff, but his brain is so addled he probably wouldn't even know.

He died in 2006 IIRC

• beaten to it

[russ_a]

waffles said:

He passed away in 2006.

im pretty sure he had no need to work as PF still split their cash with him after he left

[M5 Russ]

I am sure I read somewhere that one of the former members of 80's band The Thompson Twins is now a doctor in the states. I think it was Joe Leeway.

[waffles]

russ_a said:

im pretty sure he had no need to work as PF still split their cash with him after he left

Correct. He just did some painting after leaving the music scene. Apparently he left nearly £2m in his will.

[Conor D]

escortcosworth12 said:

Not sure what his job is now, but the guy who used to play barry in eastenders is always in Argos in Wincheap, my brother sees him a lot in there (works there) and ive heard hes in one of the pubs in Canterbury a lot.

ETA - This guy

Edited by escortcosworth12 on Sunday 4th September 12:45

http://youtu.be/uEJaVJHpKmE

[Frankeh]

OldJohnnyYen said:

e21Mark said:

Didn't David ''burger'' Vanday try and break back into show business fairly recently? He did that jungle thing and also tried to relaunch Dollar with some wannabe rapper in the video. He's obviously a heavy drinker now too judging by his skin complexion.

He dumped his bird live on TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8PmCTSX1s

What a prize bellend! Hilarious when he got a unanimous telling off!

[Parsnip]

escortcosworth12 said:

Not sure what his job is now, but the guy who used to play barry in eastenders is always in Argos in Wincheap, my brother sees him a lot in there (works there) and ive heard hes in one of the pubs in Canterbury a lot.

ETA - This guy

Edited by escortcosworth12 on Sunday 4th September 12:45

He could he working as a billboard, that forehead must have some ammonut of square footage to it.

[OdramaSwimLaden]

jbudgie said:

I think Gary Glitter still has a few bob coming in .

More like he's coming into little Bob....

It might have been said, but for all you Rugby fans out there, there's a chance next time (if you are unlucky enough) you fly Ryan Air, Tony Underwood might be one of your pilots!

Edited by OdramaSwimLaden on Tuesday 3rd January 03:35