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They're Scottish, and they know a lot about the circus. Well, they do now. It's the Fratellis!

TOTP: If you ran your own family circus, what would be your speciality?
Barry: I don't know. Bearded ladies?
Mince: Aye. I used to see a bearded lady. She used to get on my bus every day. She wasn't even a lady, she was like a teenager. She was a school lassie, and she had a pure thick growth.
TOTP: Do you think someone was grooming her to be a bearded lady?
Mince: Errrrrr... I don't think so. I think it was a religion thing.
TOTP: Did anyone offer up their seats for her?
Mince: I don't know. I just sat on the bus listening to me personal stereo. I just seen her.
Caught By The Fuzz

TOTP: How bearded is too bearded?
Mince: I er, don't know.
Barry: I like the Don Johnson designer stubble look.
TOTP: On a lady?
Barry: Aye sure.
TOTP: [points to Mince's beard] And when it gets to this stage?
Barry: Er, no. I don't think so.

TOTP: Who out of the Fratellis is most likely to throw a knife?
Barry: Probably me, at Jon.
Mince: I don't know. But the folks throw daggers onstage at our gigs. They make their own daggers out of cardboard and tinfoil.
Barry: We've got a song called 'Chelsea Daggers' so they throw wee daggers at us. It's quite nice.

TOTP: Have you ever stood up against a tree while a mate pretends to be a knife thrower?
Barry: I've stood behind some trees while that's happened. Mince: I've de-barked some trees with my Swiss army knife, in my day.
TOTP: You've whittled?!
Mince: Aye, it certainly helps with the boredom.

TOTP: What would you like to shout out loud-
Barry and Mince: [Laughing]...
TOTP: ... while standing on the back of a galloping horse?
Mince: [Laughing] Probably something like "EDGEY!" No. What is it? "EASY!" Or or, [becomes quite animated] "LAY DOWN BESIDE ME". Like Paolo Nutini does in his song. "LAY DOWN BESIIIIIIIIIDE ME!"
TOTP: Liking the Nutini are we?
Mince: Aye. He's got a lovely voice. It's funny as well. So many levels to that guy.
Nutini

TOTP: Have you ever accidentally scared a child while trying to entertain them?
Barry: Possibly.
TOTP: When was the last time you scared a child?
Barry: [Sighs] Tuesday? Nah I'm only kidding.
Mince: Did ever scare anyone at a gig?
Barry: We did a couple of under 18s gigs recently. Maybe at one of them.
Mince: Aye, but not knowingly.
A scared child TOTP: What's different between an under 18s and over 18s gig?
Mince: They were crazy for it actually. But other than that, not really. We had to do a lot of autographs but that's OK.
TOTP: Were you told to not do certain things?
Barry: Well, we couldn't say **** or ****... Apart from that it was the same.
TOTP: Yeah, I'm betting that's all you could think of wasn't it?
Barry: Yeah, but you don't want to swear at small children.

TOTP: Can any of you do a backflip?
Barry: I can. I used to be a Russian gymnast. I've look great in a leotard, a green and white hooped one. I've still got it in the bus if you want to see it. I've not washed it though.
TOTP: Would you like to be able to do a backflip?
Barry: I would quite like to be able to fly. I know where I would go and that... [Laughs hysterically]
Gymnast Business

TOTP: Finally, why are lions scared of chairs?
Barry: Because they've been hit by chairs as young lions. Mince: It's cos when they were growing up the mum and dad lions hit them with chairs. Or maybe because chairs are hard, and can be like, swung at them.
TOTP: The humane option could be an inflatable chair...
Barry: That's not gonna help you much if a lion is running at you though.


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Interview by: Tae M
06/07/2006

 
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