Micky Flanagan--Funny Geezer

Micky Flanagan Is One Of Britain’s Best-loved Cheeky-chappy Comedians, Thanks To His Stand-up Routines About How He’s Gone From Growing Up In London’s East End In The 1970s To His Life Now In Middle-class Suburbia. To Date He Has Two Sell-out Tours Under His Belt, Nominationsfrom The British Comedy Awards And The Edinburgh Fringe (for Best Comedy Newcomer), Not To Mention Regular Stints On 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Mock The Week And The Last Leg, As Well As Guest Appearances On The Jonathan Ross Show, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, The Graham Norton Show And The One Show. Yet A Career As A Professional Comedian Was Not Something That He Had Ever Dreamed Of When, As A Troublesome Teen, He Left School Aged 15 To Work In A Fish Market. Abi Smith Looks At How Micky, Who Was Laughed At By His Teachers When He Said He Wanted To Be A Vet, Has Triumphed From His Early Days Working As A Fish Porter In The East End And As A Dishwasher In New York. In This Page-turning Biography You’ll Also Discover Why His Mum Labelled Him A Drama Queen, And How He Tried His Hand At Various Professions - Including Trainee Teacher And Painter And Decorator - Before Having The Last Laugh By Becoming One Of The Country’s Most Popular Funny Men. So, Pour Yourself A Cup Of Rosie Lee, Take The Weight Off Your Plates And Prepare For A Right Giraffe As You Read This Engaging Tale Of ‘an East Boy Done Good’.