Thursday, April 18, 2002


Which annoying B-list celebrity are you?


You're Lenny Henry. Awooga, or something.

Here's the thing. You were - until you disappeared from the limelight, relatively recently - one of Britain's best loved comedians. Why? Why? Your schtick seemed to entirely consist of talking in a Jamaican accent, talking in a very deep American soul singer accent, and showing your teeth and the whites of your eyes. What's that about? Isn't that some kind of racism? As the best known black man in Britain, shouldn't you not do that kind of thing? Tell me! Tell me!

Nonetheless, it's who you are. You're him. You are Lenny. And you do get kudos for being married to Dawn French, who almost nobody would deny has some sort of cool. You are also heavily involved with Comic Relief, which is a worthy charity, and you collaborated with Neil Gaiman on the fantasy TV series Neverwhere. Go figure.

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