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Never knowingly on time with the news

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Never one to be accused of being on time with the at the cutting edge of anything, today I’m not going to talk about the recent flare up over Mick McCarthy’s team selection for Wolves against Manchester United or about the upcoming clash with Burnley.

Instead I’d like to bring you a little bit of news about yours truly from back in September 2006. You will, of course, remember that as the day Wolves went to Ninian Park and lost 4-0, but I remember it as the day I got my first taste of major celebrity – yes indeed, I was featured in the Welsh-language section of Cardiff City’s matchday programme – ‘Park Life’.  Check it out (click on the image to enlarge)…

Cover of Park Life Magazine

Wouldn't that face look lovely in wool

Park Life Feature about Wolfie

The zenith of my celebrity career

 

As an aside, if anyone doesn’t understand my caption to the front cover image, take a look at my previous posts about Wolves football scarves (and Dave Jones in particular).

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Behind the Curtain of Celebrity with Wolfie

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Happy Friday folks!

Wolfie does his thing on a bridge
Wolfie does his thing on a bridge

I hope you’ve noticed my lovely new ‘Wolfie of the Day’ feature. I don’t want to get all geeky, but I am quite excited about this. This uses a nice widget to display latest photos from my Flickr feed. Utilising my AirMe application on my iPhone I can just ask one of my photographer friends to snap me, wait a few seconds, and see my ruggedly handsome face on the net. Thus can a Wolfie like me, with no particular technical expertise and just my good looks and charm to make my way in the world, do so pretty nifty stuff.

Anyhow, enough about me (as if!). I wanted to take this opportunity to allow you a privileged glimpse behind the modesty screen of celebrity.

Fresh from my recent trip to the New World, I want to tell you today about my visit to Flume Gorge at Franconia Notch State Park. Here you can see me enhancing the natural beauty of the scene, as usual.

But how did we arrive at this fine scene? It turns out I am seen as slightly temperamental by some.

Although I don’t know what that boy is making that face for.  Nothing seems untoward to me…

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On ‘Pickleodeon’ and Barry Norman’s career in pickles

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Browsing the condiments aisle at Sainsbury’s yesterday, I was very excited – not to say startled – to notice nestling amongst other, less prestigious brands “Barry Norman Pickled Onions”. How, you may ask, did this particular celebrity endorsement come about? I certainly did! Who, wishing to shift more onions, crossed celebs off the list until arriving at this particular pairing?

Needing to know more, I instinctively turned to Google. In transpires that this is not your usual cash in, but that the opportunity came about through a combination of Norman’s pickling talent and his friendship with a marketing executive, who also happens to be “very possibly the world’s leading aficionado of pickled onions.” There’s more, but the story is better told by the man himself – for which I can only refer you to Norman’s own site; the brilliantly named Pickleodeon. Good luck to him!

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On Idiot Celebrities who Ignore Lesser Celebrities

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Dear Ant ‘n’ Dec,

I haven’t yet had a reply to my offer to appear in ‘I’m a celebrity…’. Perhaps your letter has been lost in the post? I have heard that this can happen. Please do resend. My diary is filling up fast.

Yours,

Wolfie

(see my original letter to Ant ‘n’ Dec)

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On the burden of Celebrity

Friday, June 6th, 2008

WorldWideWolfie - Celebrity and International Animal of Mystery

WorldWideWolfie - Celebrity and International Animal of Mystery

To celebrate the arrival of my new business cards – pictured – which finally announce my celebrity status to the world, I have decided the time is right to stake my claim for a place on TVs greatest challenge (outside of ‘Deal or No Deal’): ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’. So I’ve decided to write to AntnDec:

Ant and Dec
c/o ITV Television
Duty Office
Gas Street
Birmingham
B1 2JT

6th June 2008

Dear Ant ‘n’ Dec,

I hope you don’t mind my writing but I would like to put myself forward for a role in the next series of ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’. I love the show and am a celebrity, so this would be perfect. For confirmation of my celebrity status, please see the enclosed business cards and my website WorldWideWolfie.co.uk.

I am only 15 inches tall and don’t have any muscles so would find competing in some of the tasks difficult, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be eaten as part of one of your nasty challenges, but I hope you would agree that this could be a mutually advantageous partnership with a celebrity such as myself. We might even become friends. Please do say yes. I’ve never been to Australia and feel my personal development would benefit from communion with other celebrities.

Lots of love,

Wolfie

P.S. I know you are both Geordie lads, but I am sure you will take my occasional baiting of Monty Magpie, Toon mascot, as chronicled on my website, in the spirit of jest in which it was intended. You will be pleased to note that Monty has actually recently had a starring role as my sidekick in the comic strip episode ‘Bat Wolfie at the Old Glue Factory’.

P.P.S. Please note, I have enclosed two business cards so you are not required to share. I expect less considerate people sometimes don’t think of this.

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