After we ran the story last week about Jim Davidson upsetting ticket staff at some shonky pantomime, the floodgates 'quite literally' opened.
Check these beauties out from moles who have had the misfortune of having to work with the ginger cross-burner in the past.
ONE:
"When - not if - the panto-Himmler starts blowing his top in rehearsals, you have to immediately look at the floor. Whoever's eye he catches first gets the blame for whatever has gone wrong, and a deeply unpleasant bawling out and/or the sack swiftly follows.
The person I saw him bawl at was an 11-year-old girl in the children's chorus."
TWO:
"So glad you said something about that man.
My friend and I were working in a hotel in Bournemouth when he was 'in season'. My friend was the receptionist. Davidson appeared at her desk and kept repeating that his room was 'not acceptable'.
She couldn't get him a bigger suite, and began getting flustered. Jim saw this and kept using her name (on her badge), saying, 'What's wrong Claire? Finding it difficult, Claiiiiiiiiiiire? Can't use the booking system?'
When she burst into tears, he said, 'What's wrong, Claire? You got your period today? Got cramps?' What a lovely, lovely man."
THREE:
"Having grown up in a seaside town where I worked in a theatre during summer holidays, I can report that Jim Davidson was equally popular with staff back then.
Traditionally, the main star of a summer season would host an end-of-season party as a thank you to all the theatre staff for their efforts.
Unfortunately, the front-of-house girls would spend the party trying to escape the clutches of Jim.
On the bright side, one season Jim was walking along one of the piers wearing a crisp new cream suit, only to lose his footing, ending up on his arse with stains from the wood all over his jacket and trousers."
Posted By: Arizona Bay, Jun 16, 12:26:43
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