Is James Taking The Mickey?
One of our radio producers has just told me that he has harboured a life-long ambition to become an animator for the Disney organisation. Fetch me my fine-tooth comb because I want to check the small print on his Ö÷²¥´óÐã contract. I'm sure there's a line or two in there about swearing allegiance to the British Broadcasting Corporation until infinity...and beyond.
James Christie is the producer who has hung his coat on the shoogly peg, but I'm prepared to forgive him because he's made a cracking wee programme for Christmas Day. It's called 'The Voice of Mickey Mouse' and tells the story of Dundee man Jimmy MacDonald who , for more than thirty years, was the voice of the legendary animated rodent. Fellow Dundonian Brian Cox narrates the programme which includes some rare clips of Jimmy/Mickey in action...thanks to special permission granted by those nice folk at Disney.
This morning James was brandishing a clipping from the Daily Express and telling me that quite a few newspapers have run stories about the programme. I, too, was keen to hear more about his enthusiasm for this subject, but he's a busy man and kept glancing at his watch.
No prizes for guessing what kind of watch it was.
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