I loved his first chat shows. Was way too young to watch them, as they were fairly naughty. But hilarious!I remember reading about it in his book, sure he said it was brought on by him being stabbed and nearly dying but had a quick google search and couldn’t see anything. I’ll have to read it again, I’ve been meaning to anyway. Must try his fiction stuff as well.
Me and my late dad adored him when he first started out on channel 4 with his first chat show and it was so chaotic and it would be an achievement if he actually managed to ask any proper questions. I still really like his show but don’t tend to sit and watch it, I just see clips, but we watched it religiously when it was on channel 4