Noel Edmonds on the moon landings will send you into orbit
We’re grateful to Sarah Dempster for sharing this passage from Noel Edmonds’ ‘Multi-Coloured Noel Edmonds Annual’ from 1979 about the moon landings.
From "The Multi-Coloured Noel Edmonds Annual" (1979): Noel Edmonds on the first moon landing pic.twitter.com/1RSsTxL7bl
— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) September 9, 2018
And in case that’s tricky to read …
‘July 21 1969 was a big day for mankind – and Noel Edmonds. At 3.56am Neil Armstrong too his historic ‘giant step forward’ and became the first man to set foot on the Moon, and a few hours later at 8.15 my dulcet tones were heard for the first time on Radio 1!
Mind you, I could hardly claim to be pushing back the frontiers of broadcasting progress – my anonymous voice was heard for less than a minute announcing details of a competition. But, needless to say, as far as I was concerned, it was an achievement against which the moon landing paled into insignificance.’
Getting the quote wrong is just the icing on the cake.
I like the way he has a stab at modesty halfway through which completely fails.
— lucy sweet (@lucytweet1) September 9, 2018
I don’t think his heart was in it.
— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) September 9, 2018
Lots going on there. I think my favourite bit is putting "giant step forward" in quotes, when that's not the quote.
— lee harvey (@heavy_flames) September 9, 2018
Took us back to the time Edmonds was asked if he minded not being on TV anymore.
My toes won’t uncurl pic.twitter.com/1aKqy9Q8t9
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) March 13, 2018
"Needless to say, I had the last laugh"
— Adam S. Leslie (@MrAdamSLeslie) September 9, 2018
— Ashley Allen (@startimeash) September 9, 2018