The Daily Tonic: Sensory Spaghetti Bath

Last Sunday, we told you about the work experience kid on Popworld who was tasked with buying bras for Girls Aloud. Simon Amstell had told him he had the “best job in the world” – but there’s been some competition for the title in our inbox this week.

Pamela Anderson was once booked to host a live music awards show in Sydney. In a pre-production wardrobe meeting, Pammy kindly warned production staff that one of her outfits on the night would be a Versace safety pin dress – the type made famous by Liz Hurley. Figure hugging, with exposed sides, the design made it tricky enough to conceal the wires needed for her microphone, but the bigger problem was that she couldn’t wear any underwear with it, leaving few options of where to stick the mic pack.

Pammy came up with a very accommodating solution though. Draping a towel over her fanny, she instructed the sound technician to strap the packs to the insides of her thighs and wire her up. Which he duly did.

And couldn’t stop beaming about it at the afterparty.

Thanks for all your tales of celebrity caners. We’ll sprinkle a few of those out over the next little while, because we absolutely do not have enough burning questions to ask you all if this lockdown lasts six fucking months.

Today’s Question: Where’s the most unexpected place you’ve seen a celebrity?

Send your tales of stars where they shouldn’t be to hello@popbitch.com and we’ll dole out some digital goodies for the best ones.

BoneyMLP writes:
“I got invited to a screening of Spaced at Channel 4 and assumed it was just your typical screening to some punters to gauge response – only to turn up to find unending free drinks with the cast and crew there.

“I got very, very drunk with Jessica Hynes – to the point where she ended up giving me her number as we had made a pact that if the Eurythmics ever got back together, we would go see them together as neither of our partners liked them.

“Cut to a year or two later and they did reform. I tried the number and lo and behold she answered, very confused and fobbed me off saying she was at a dinner party.”

One reader got in touch to tell us of the time they were working in the studio with Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan in the mid-80s. They were recording on the island of Montserrat and were regulars in one of the local bars there. One night they had a particularly large session, polishing off a bottle of spirits each before driving their respective vehicles home.

The following morning, Gillan turned up to the studio absolutely covered in scratches head to toe. Apparently he’d got back to the house safely enough, parked up and got out of his car – but had ended up crawling from the car to the front door through some very dense bushes, leaving a long trail of blood and twigs behind him.

RP writes:
“After playing at a club in Australia in the mid 90s, the legendary DJ Sasha disappeared to his hotel room with a bag full of e’s and a few hangers-on. After missing his flight the next day, someone was dispatched to find out where he was. Upon entering his hotel room, after getting the staff to open the door, he was found in the bathroom, sitting in a bath of tinned spaghetti.

“When asked what the hell he was doing, he responded that the person should join him as the sensory overload would blow his mind.”

Sunday. Traditionally the day of massive lunches and classic afternoon movies. So today’s audio round is a soundtrack special.

There’s 25 points up for grabs for this one. One point for the artist, one point for the song title, plus five bonus points for the names of the 80s films that the songs famously feature in (if they aren’t already the title track).

Clear enough?

[Play it here]

Live webcam at an old dogs home
[Cute and calming]

A video game bundle that raises money for PPE for frontline workers
[See on Humble Bundle]

Jason Statham dancing in leopard print pants for the Shamen
[Watch on YouTube]