SEEN LATELY: GRAHAM FELLOWS, COMEDIAN
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Your support makes all the difference.A friend lent me a series of tapes by a spoof American DJ called Roy D Mercer who rings up unwitting people to complain about something. He's a country hick who starts politely but by the end of the call he tells them he's going to come down town and "whip your arse". What is so artistic about his show is the way he reveals lazy southern America. It has kept me going while I've been on the road.
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INTERVIEW BY CHLOE WALKER
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