He was famously immortalised in puppet form as Morrissey, The Consumer Monkey, but it turns out that The Smiths' frontman was actually supposed to be part of
Vic Reeves and
Bob Mortimer's
Big Night Out.
Jonathan Ross, whose production company
Channel X made the original anarchic
Channel 4 series, has revealed that the singer and
Vic & Bob were mutual admirers of each other.
"
Morrissey agreed to do
Big Night Out. And this was before he became problematic to some, when he was this elusive but much admired indie god basically," Ross told
Quite A Boast, the
Reeves & Mortimer fan podcast.
"He was a huge fan of
Vic & Bob. And they were thrilled of course because they loved The Smiths," Ross disclosed podcast hosts
Matt Price and Paula Wiseman.
Explaining that
Morrissey had been booked for a guest appearance during
What's On The End Of Your Stick, Vic? or one of the other regular features, the television presenter has retained his memorabilia from the show, including the singer's excuse for pulling out on the day of recording.
"
Morrissey sent a fax to the studio saying he was sorry he couldn't come. It was supposedly a fax from his doctor, 'Dr Felch'.
"The story was he was having a bit of the old 'arse trouble'".
Watch a clip of Morrissey, The Consumer Monkey here:
www.comedy.co.uk
