Miss Piggy

“This was the first time I met Tim, my second time to see the Art of Success. I waited to meet him with Bernadette Peters after the crowd left the room. He was gracious and sweet. We talked about a number of things, including the songs he sang on Blue Money.”

Happy Birthday and lots of love to Tim Curry,

Happy Birthday, Tim Curry! 

You’re not going mad at all - Tim’s teeth from Spamalot onwards are a completely new set of Hollywood veneers that are so white and sparkly that every time the stage lights hit them someone in row b was in danger of having open heart surgery. 

If you look closely you can see Tim’s teeth change slowly but surely over his entire career - it starts off after Rocky Horror with the bottom set having a bit of work done/intense cleaning and then the distinctive shape of his top teeth begins to change throughout the 80s and 90s - but they’re still ‘his teeth’ just tidied up. But yeah, by the early 2000′s he just went FUCK IT for whatever reason (health? cosmetic? Both? Who knows) and had them totally capped. 

Sloe gin...sloe gin... 

Tim has been very open (which, considering his track record - is kinda wild) about his mental health ‘struggles’ over the years long before it was cool to do so. Alas - that ‘openness’ equates to lots of semi-facetious, often humorous, remarks about feeling a bit sad - so I don’t necessarily think we can take from these comments that any of it is clinical nor would he want us to. He once made a comment about having Seasonal Affective Disorder in a very throwaway way and fans at the time went wild - but I don’t for one second think he meant literally - he just meant ‘I get a bit sad when it’s shitty weather sometimes because don’t we all’. He’s spoken about turning to drink when Rocky Horror bombed on Broadway, he’s joked about ending up in therapy after his ‘Me & My Girl’ tour. He’s mentioned how he was a depressive teenager and spoken of throwing himself under cars and reaching for rusty razor blades - but it’s all absolutely tongue in cheek and should all be taken with a pinch of salt. It’s that dark humour often attributed to millennials/gen z but something that has always been around. 

I think he’s ultimately a very optimistic and positive person - he’s used the word ‘sunny’ to describe himself in the past. I think his remarkable and ongoing recovery from his stroke is testament to this and he’s at his core a content and good humoured person. 

So your telling me, this WHOLE TIME I DIDNT KNOW THAT DEBBIE HARRY WAS IN WISEGUY WITH TIM?!?!?! I. FUCKING. LOVE. HER!!!😭😭😭 My dumb ass thinking "wow, she looks A LOT like Debbie Harry!" 🤦🏻‍♀️

1. Who’s that man with the interesting face in this film/tv show/on the stage. He looks good in those fishnets. I like his eyebrows.

2. He’s a great performer. This is enjoyable. Yes. 

3. He’s kind of familiar. Hmmmm. Is it the same guy who was in…hmm…

4. *Googles* *IMDB* Tim Curry. Okay. Cool. *mindlessly browses*

5. OMFG HE WAS IN THAT!? OMG HE’S NIGEL THORNBERRY. 

6. *starts to pay more attention to IMDB*

7. OH MY GOD I HAVE A COPY OF THAT SOMEWHERE. Ha. Funny. 

8. Oh this piece of entertainment with this nice Tim Curry chap has ended. I’ll go continue with my day to day life now. 

9. Oh look a new day. Ha. Remember that guy Tim Curry from yesterday? Hmmm. I have a spare ten minutes.

10. *Googles again*

11. *Clicks onto Images*

12. Oh. Hello. *save*. *scroll scroll*. *save* *save* *save* *scroll* *save*

13. *opens YouTube*

14. Four hours pass. 

15. He’s so charming. And funny. And intelligent. And his face. Is so. Perfect. He’s so. Attractive. Like. Everything. About him. Is. So. Attractive. Oh god. Wat.

16. *Googles* 

17. *discovers Tumblr*

18. *scrolls Tag* 

19. Five hours pass. 

20. Holy shit it’s 3am. Didn’t I have a job/education/life to tend to today?

21. I’m so tired. BUT OMG LOOK AT THIS GIF OF HIS FACE. Just ten more minutes.

22. *saves* *saves* *saves*

23. WAIT HE HAD A MUSIC CAREER?

24. No. I must sleep. I MUST SLEEP.

25. Well just one track.

26. OMG. What the FUCK is this? I sort of hate it. But I want to play it again. And again. And again. Okay. Sleep. Well…Maybe if I just…find a couple more first and I pop them on my….zzz…zzzzzz…

27. *wakes up next day*

28. Well. I have 24 minutes before I need to get out of bed or I’ll be late for the important thing I have to do. But I’ll just check the Tumblr tag quickly.

29. Maybe I’ll just do a quick Twitter search of his name.

30. It’s okay. I don’t need to shower. Or eat. Or dress. Mmmm Tim Curry. *save*

31.  I’m glad I stayed up an extra two hours last night to put his albums on my ipod. Maybe I’ll just play Simplicity onceeee more. Okay maybe twice. 

32. I know you’re probably talking to me about something interesting/important but every time you pause for breath I’m sort of thinking about Tim Curry’s Hair. I wonder if he’s ever truly been in love?

33. *browses Tumblr* *opens next tag* *reads interview* *opens Youtube* *checks Twitter*  *refreshes Google images*

34. Oh look it’s 4am again. Oh well I had a great time talking to these lovely ladies who he seems to have emotionally maimed in a similar fashion who happen to be in various different time zones. 

35. OH MY GOD I JUST FOUND SOME FAN FICTION. 

36. No. I can’t come into work today. 

37. Maybe I should just TRY and write a chapter of my own….

38. OH IT’S 4AM AGAIN. 

39. Why did I just pay $39.99 for that piece of a magazine page? 

41. Oh well. At least I got a good deal on this dvd. And the blu ray of the same film. And the VHS copy. And the alternative front cover.

42. I wonder if I google certain phrases next to his name if I can…NO WAY! He ate some DINNER ONCE!? OH MY GOD I LOVE HIM. HA!

43. I wonder if this person can tell me something exciting about him because they worked with him for 43 seconds once? I’ll just email them just in case…

44.  Hmmmm. How long is *too* long to spend giffing something?

45. *browses Tumblr* *opens next tag* *reads interview* *opens Youtube* *checks Twitter*  *refreshes Google images*

46. *hears him saying a word/phrase repeatedly for five hours in own head*

47. Doesn’t actually mind. 

48. *Pops on Fearless for the 90876th time since last Tuesday*. 

49. What’s that normal person who I know in real life? What? Why do I love Tim Curry? Uhhhm. It’s hard to explain, I guess. I just sort of love him? Hmmm…Uhm…*starts thinking about the shape of his bottom lip* *smirks* Sorry. WHAT? Yes. Yes. A drink would be great.