Mike Read hosted a Q&A with Chevy Chase and it went full Partridge/David Brent
Of all the people the organisers of ‘An evening with Chevy Chase’ could have chosen to interview the National Lampoons and Saturday Night Live star, they chose … Mike Read.
That’s right, the Ukippy ex-Radio 1 DJ Mike Read.
And it went just as well as you’d expect, according to people who went to Saturday night’s gig at the Hammersmith Apollo. So bad, in fact, that we kind of wish we’d gone.
Here’s the bit when an audience member shouted, well, see for yourself.
Total chaos tonight. One audience member shouted "Mike Read you're a twat!" He wasn't too happy with @MikeReadUK's pretty random and off point questions for Chevy Chase tonight. pic.twitter.com/JWrN8Qu1cB
— Sunglasses Kid (@SunglassesKid) January 14, 2018
But there’s more than that. So much more…
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I am watching Chevy Chase being interviewed on stage by former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read, and it’s going about as well as you might expect.
— Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) January 13, 2018
2.
#chevychase being interviewed by Mike Read was absolutely awful. I fucking loved it. pic.twitter.com/BRozj7k04Q
— Michael (@MichaelJGuitar) January 13, 2018
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Read is a) doing an impression of a man who skim-read Chevy’s IMDb page before going on stage and b) going full Partridge. It’s incredible.
— Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) January 13, 2018
4.
Chevy Chase in London interviewed by Mike Read was a fuckin car crash. Mike read got heckled off. This is the best gig I've ever been to. pic.twitter.com/BDuKCjpvoS
— Michael M (@michaelmphysics) January 13, 2018
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Mike Read genuinely pulled out an acoustic guitar and made Chevy Chase sing a song from 35 years ago nobody remembered.
— Michael M (@michaelmphysics) January 13, 2018
6.
Mike Read goes full Partridge and plays his guitar AT #chevychase who understandably didn't remember lyrics from 34 years ago – #freelovefreeway by #DavidBrent couldn't have been far behind pic.twitter.com/xN7wdSDVuk
— Promotopia Pictures (@PromotopiaFilms) January 13, 2018
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If you weren’t at the Chevy Chase gig tonight with Mike Read, this pic pretty much sums it up… pic.twitter.com/pbXXom2cMn
— Pete Connors (@PRConnors) January 13, 2018
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He tried getting CC to sign the words to a scene from the Three Amigos which CC didn’t remember and wasn’t keen to sign … but Reid continued anyway !
— mikejoyce (@hammersmikey) January 14, 2018
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https://twitter.com/vsangar/status/952298855198089220
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Mike Read couldn’t remember the name of Spies Like Us (just ‘Spies’), but did reel off a string of Chevy Chase’s distant relatives.
— Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) January 14, 2018
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Very early on someone should have stood up and said to Read, You’re not doing the questions.
Every single person in the room knew more about the subject than that lead-swinging slacker.
— Ned Ryerson (@NedRyerson5) January 13, 2018
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I also enjoyed it when Actual Mike Read (a dead raven preserved in lacquer and buried in felt) asked Chevy about some of his famous catchphrases and a guy in the audience shouted, “Mike Read, you are a twat”. #ChevyChase
— Chris Blohm (@chrisblohm) January 13, 2018
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Mike Read should be arrested for his ‘performance’ at the Hammersmith Apollo this evening #ChevyChase
— Ewen MacIntosh ⛰ (@ewenmacintosh) January 13, 2018
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My favourite, a classic Partridge moment –
Mike: So you like soccer?
Chevy: Yeah.
Mike: Is that English soccer?
Audience member: Mike Read, you're a twat! https://t.co/UmnJpZPCyr— Michael M (@michaelmphysics) January 13, 2018
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Best part of the #ChevyChase event was when Actual Mike Read (!), out of nowhere, with utmost seriousness, and in a line of questioning otherwise unexplored up ‘til this point, randomly asked Chevy for his thoughts about all the kids on drugs these days. #AccidentalPartridge
— Chris Blohm (@chrisblohm) January 13, 2018
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#Chevychase walks off stage dropping the Mic after Mike (Read) dropped the show and walked off – Chevy was amazing but it was an uphill struggle he had no choice but to give up – @FrazerBrown we'll #jointhechevoloution if you bring him back to UK pic.twitter.com/v02Z7eWnnt
— Promotopia Pictures (@PromotopiaFilms) January 13, 2018
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When Mike Read got out his guitar at Chevy Chase tonight pic.twitter.com/E57PSFpAOL
— Primrosepol (@primrosepol) January 13, 2018
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In 40 years time, people will be claiming that they were there to see Mike Read interview Chevy Chase, in the same way that people today claim to have been at that Sex Pistols gig in 1976 …
— VoiceOfTheMysterons (@Mysteron_Voice) January 13, 2018
And this guy hated it so much he did a whole thread about it.
Stunning evening watching Chevy Chase 'interviewed' by Mike Read. Literally stunning, as in being bludgeoned until you're numb to feelings.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
