Jim Davidson's gay blow job

And other comedy trivia...

You might have seen this already this week, but it bears repeating: celebrated homophobe Jim Davidson has admitted he was once given a blow job by a Thai transsexual. He said he picked him up in a Berlin bar, thinking he was a girl, and got a ‘good old Gillian Taylforth’ in the alley round the back. After the encounter, his minder pointed out the ‘girl’s’ Adam's apple, and only then did Davidson realise it was a bloke. Mind you, his gaydar appears to be permanently knackered. He’s currently bombarding a woman he fancies with rude text messages, Popbitch claims. But she's too amused by it to tell him she's a lesbian

Daily Mirror journalist Nicola Methven saw Harry Hill eating a salmon salad at London's Dorchester Hotel… and thought it worth mentioning in her showbiz column. Wow!

Steve Coogan once brought his father back to life after his heart stopped, using heart massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Coogan says: ‘For a moment he was a dead body. I gave him a heart massage and mouth-to-mouth. I had to take his false teeth out…

A fan was so impressed with Rhona Cameron’s Fringe show, they handed her £300 to donate to the charity. Yesterday, she gave it to veterinary charity PDSA.

The top five search terms that brought people to Chortle this week: Mark Watson (also No.1 last week), Jim Davidson (new entry!), Frankie Boyle (up from 4), Brendon Burns (down from 2), Sean Lock (new entry). Matt Kirshen and Andrew Maxwell fell off the top five

Alan Davies has a theory for the popularity of QI – and it’s to do with the chemistry between him and host Stephen Fry. ‘I think people watch it because they think there is a chance we might shag. That’s really what they tune in for,’ he says. ‘If he fancied me he would have done something about it by now. He doesn’t fancy me at all, I think he thinks I’m a twit! He just tolerates me.’

At Frank Skinner’s gig in Peterborough on Wednesday – the night of England’s Euro 2008 qualifier – a fan in the front row was spotted wearing a T-shirt that said: ‘I hope you're good. I'm missing the match for this.’

SOURCES: The Scotsman, The Sun/Popbitch, Daily Mirror, ContactMusic.com, Edinburgh Evening News, The Sun, Chortle Mole

Published: 14 Sep 2007