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I BLAME Kenny Everett. It’s like this. It was school holidays. With nothing better to do I started twiddling the knobs of a vast radio set we had in the kitchen. The sort with Athlone and Normandy and other long forgotten radio stations on the dial. Through the wheeze and screech, I bypassed Edmundo Ros’s Rumba Band and the Obernkirchen Children’s Choir ‘a-happy wandering,’ and came to an abrupt halt when Ken and Radio London, burst though the speakers. What I was listening to was like nothing I’d heard before. It wasn’t as if I was new to radio. The Archers were old friends and Kenneth Horne had always managed to brighten up a Sunday afternoon for me with a raft of cutlery and plates, waiting to be washed up. This was different though. This was inspired lunacy, as Everett ran through his trademark voices and surreal characters. Then there was the music. I didn’t know what a ‘Little Deuce Coupe’ was, but I knew I wanted one. I also had the feeling ....