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Neil was not allowed into the celebrity premiere of the movie
'Free Willy 4' (in which budget restrictions made 'Willy' not a
whale, but a jellyfish) after cinema staff caught him smuggling in
a bag of Banana Chews, Cola Bottles and Space Raiders with the
intent of saving
money by not having the cinema's own overpriced pick and mix.
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The 'Try it at home' catchphrase from Art Attack was also intended to be
used on 'Finders Keepers' - Neil's game show in which children trash a
wacky house for prizes.
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The 'Finders Keepers' house is built upon an ancient Roman burial ground.
Once, a toilet which was only supposed to squirt a waterpistol, instead pumped
out 5 gallons of blood onto the gobsmacked face of the contestant who'd
only opened it in search of a funcam. The pressure of the blast threw him
up against the wall
with such a force that he went right through the plaster into the
neighbouring studio where they were filming a halloween 'You've Been
Framed'. Upon seeing Lisa Riley dressed as a pumpkin,
the contestant thought he'd died and gone to hell.
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Neil's great great(x14) grandfather was also a fan of art on a big scale. He discovered
Italy with the intention of eroding the coast into the shape of a giraffe's head - but died before
making the tongue and colouring it in with flowers.
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Season 7 of 'Art Attack' had to be postponed after the tapes were
confiscated by police due to a tip-off that the picture 'bowl of flowers in
shopping trolleys and towels' didn't have planning permission.
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Neil tried to up the class of viewers on Art Attack by making the 'try it
at home' sculptures out of Ferrero Rocher wrappers and tapes of 'Heartbeat'
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