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What Morrissey fans are watching on television
Sin Pattenden

Tuesday November 16 1999
The Guardian

Sam Reynolds: "I've got about 250 Smiths and Morrissey videos and that's really all I watch on the television. I think Morrissey should have his own game show or something, so he can be on more often. Or he could be in Baywatch."

Mark Taylor: "Emmerdale. To me, it has to be the best soap. I've always enjoyed it, since I was a kid. I like Mandy Dingle, because I think she's a really talented actress. She looks a lot like my sister. My television exploded a few months ago. I think someone dropped something down the back of it."

Poppy Long: "I like football. Any sport, boxing, wrestling and that sort of thing are good too. We've got cable and I'm a sports fanatic so I watch television all night. I'm an insomniac so that helps bring my consumption up. And I'm addicted to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I've rung up but they haven't called me in yet. I really hate that Chris Tarrant though, I think he's a berk. He tries to outwit the contestants and make them really scared but he's just a sad man. A very rich, sad man. I used to be pathetic and watch Brookside and Corrie because Morrissey said he liked them, but then I thought sod that, and watched what I wanted."

Vince Vincent: "I like Brookside, especially if Shaun Duggan's writing the episode, because he gets Morrissey quotes in, and Oscar Wilde references and that's really funny."

Sheila Guthrie: "I haven't watched television for about four years now. I got sick of it. The last thing I remember was the repeats of the Likely Lads. I liked Thelma's dresses, she was a good woman. I think I identified with her. Why did I stop watching TV? I got sick of the adverts, that was the main one. That woman shouting "BOOODDYYYYYFOOORRRM!" and that sort of thing. General disillusionment. That might have been the time I drank a bottle of vodka and took a packet of Prozac."

Sin Pattenden spoke to fans at the Morrissey gig, Forum, Kentish Town, London