Re-run the Fun

The perfect antidote to 2020Huffington Post

A must-read if you like funny thingsGreg James

I had no idea Pat Sharps life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did heNish Kumar

Pat Sharp is a man out of time.

For those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, hes just that bloke with a mullet.

Fame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation ofFun Housein 1999 (Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things likeIm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here,Never Mind the BuzzcocksandCome Dine with Me.

Until now.

With time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . . . fiction: revealing all about his adventures with David Hassselhoff at the Berlin Wall in 1989; how he broke up a fight between Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher at a house party; the time he suggested Geris dress be a Union Jack; and much more.

A definitive work (based on very little fact) that anatomises the cultural trends of the 80s and 90s,Re-run the Funis just the kind of sorta-biography we need in these turbulent times. Finally, the Great British public can learn what life is like just about in sight of the top - the highs, the lows and the hair tips.

Its easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter-skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pats critical role in shaping our world todayRick Edwards

No previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is requiredPaul Sinha