Prince is on page 24-25 in the London lite freebie paper 2day, U know..the paper thats putting the Big issue outta bizniz cos people prefer gratis 2 charity

Link: http://www.thisislondon.c...article.do

Prince perfect for final episode, says Extras star
By This is London 27.03.07

Extras star Stephen Merchant wants pint-sized singer Prince to appear in the final episode of the BBC2 show.

Merchant and comedy partner Ricky Gervais are planning a Christmas special.

Each episode features a celebrity cameo - Robert De Niro, Kate Winslet and David Bowie are among the previous guest stars.

Merchant told radio station Heart: "There's almost certainly going to be a Christmas special. Ricky's on tour at the moment so we haven't even begun to sit down to write it and talk about it.

"I don't know if we'll go for him but I'd love to get Prince. I'm such a Prince fan. I don't know what he's doing as we speak - is he lying in some sort of purple hammock just strumming on a guitar, being fed cherries? I have no concept.

Does he unload the dishwasher? Does he have a pair of slippers? I don't know anything about Prince.

"I would love that idea and me being six foot seven and Prince being, whatever he is, four foot one, would be comic enough."

He added: "Ricky is very useful because he's the only one who can persuade celebrities to take part. I've got no contacts whatsoever, I thought by now I'd have loads of celebrity pals."

Merchant joked about his last brush with celebrity: "I took my parents to The Ivy because I thought it'd be nice, they'd come all the way from Bristol. I'd only been there twice before and once Michael Parkinson was in there.

"I thought, if my parents see Parky, they won't believe their luck. It's their anniversary, so I take them in there and the only celebrity in there is Nadia from Big Brother.

"My Dad didn't know who she was, I had to explain. He spurted his soup out, it was so embarrassing and Nadia looked round with her giant hands."

Merchant also revealed he has been approached to pose naked for Cosmopolitan magazine.

He said: "They said, 'We've had a survey of our readers and you're one of the top choices' - yeah, right, like the readers of Cosmo have rushed out thinking, 'We've gotta get the lanky guy out of Extras. He's the man for me'. I don't want to ever look back at myself naked."

sexyAuntyFuka said:

I still purchase the Big Issue where is it reported that the london lite is putting the Big Issue out of buisness?

katt said:

It was reported in the Big Issue

sexyAuntyFuka said:

I havent read that yet in the Big Issue but have been told I need glasses so wouldnt surprise me if I missed it

I would love it if Prince would do "Extras" but somehow I don't think he'd get the humour.

Did anyone see the repeat of the episode with Bowie on Sunday. Please let Prince do something like that!

For anyone that hasn't seen it, it a comedy about the lives of to Extras on a film set. Each week a major star appears as a guest.

Here is Bowie!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Chk6WHTKek

Here's the best one with Kate Winslet?

http://www.youtube.com/wa...IZnxDnflLQ

Can you imagine Prince doing one of these?

sexyAuntyFuka said:

"London lite freebie"?
"Big Issue"?
"Bizniz"?
"Charity"?

Too much London slang in that sentence for this Americanized "Boriqua" to understand what the heck you're talking about.

SquirrelMeat said:

I would love 2 see him doing it but I doubt others would agree with you and I

I hope he does it so yu guys can get your Prince fix!

Illustrator said:

since when was the word CHARITY london slang

sexyAuntyFuka said:

I know!, they should do a warning page "beware hot content coming", it was a pleasure to the eyes