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* [[Raised Catholic]]: He even contemplated becoming a priest at one point. After realizing his homosexuality he was still guilt-wracked enough to think coming out would ruin his career and contemplated suicide instead. |
* [[Raised Catholic]]: He even contemplated becoming a priest at one point. After realizing his homosexuality he was still guilt-wracked enough to think coming out would ruin his career and contemplated suicide instead. |
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* [[Real Name as an Alias]]: He once did a promo which ended with the words "...or my name isn't Maurice Cole!" The joke being that most of the listeners wouldn't have known his real name at the time. |
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* [[Screwed by the Network]]: Thames Television scheduled ''The Kenny Everett Video Show'' against the BBC's top-rated show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', apparently in an effort to kill it. When Everett ended the show and jumped to the BBC over this and other accusations of mismanagement, Thames attempted to claim copyright on his characters. While the effort was ultimately unsuccessful, it did force him to create several new characters for his BBC series ''The Kenny Everett Television Show''. |
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: Thames Television scheduled ''The Kenny Everett Video Show'' against the BBC's top-rated show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', apparently in an effort to kill it. When Everett ended the show and jumped to the BBC over this and other accusations of mismanagement, Thames attempted to claim copyright on his characters. While the effort was ultimately unsuccessful, it did force him to create several new characters for his BBC series ''The Kenny Everett Television Show''. |
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