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  • Published: 15 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9781846572241
  • Imprint: Audiobooks
  • Format: Audio CD
  • Length: 2 hr 40 min
  • Narrator: Justin Lee Collins
  • RRP: $27.99

Good Times!




A hilarious coming-of-age story from TV's best-loved bearded Bristolian

"He street jams in spandex and wrestles in lycra. He’s been a magician, a ventriloquist and a clown. He’s hugged some of the biggest stars in the world, and pretty much anyone else who’s crossed his path. He mucks about, wears silly costumes and manhandles his friend Alan Carr on national TV on a weekly basis. And people have literally paid him to do all this. Good times!

But life wasn’t always so kind to young Justin. He discovered he couldn’t kiss very well at school camp in Plymouth. “An attractive sixth-form girl let me snog her. I was about 12. She pulled away, and said 'Aaah, you can't do it.' Then she then picked me up and carried me back to my room.” The years stacking shelves at Bristol’s Marks and Spencer weren’t exactly a high point. Being told to ‘walk faster’ by his boss and being given a final warning: “it dawned on me they thought that putting out knickers and crisps was beyond me!” Bad times.

But mere retail couldn’t keep him down! This hilarious coming-of-age story follows his journey from "

  • Published: 15 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9781846572241
  • Imprint: Audiobooks
  • Format: Audio CD
  • Length: 2 hr 40 min
  • Narrator: Justin Lee Collins
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Justin Lee Collins

A proud Bristolian, Justin began his performing career as a stand-up. But he hated it, and thanked the lord when he was able to become a full time TV presenter instead. He was spotted fronting Flipside TV, a cult late night show on digital, which lead to his big break with BBC3 hosting the spin-off show to the first series of Strictly Come Dancing. Since then he has become the co-host of Sunday Night Project with his proper friend Alan Carr and fronted myriad personal documentaries for Channel 4 and Sky 1. He is currently presenting his own chat show, also called 'Good Times; on FIVE.