Mr Methane Smoke On The Water, 10th Birthday Of Swedish Commercial TV

Описание: In Jan 1998 I headlined a special televised 10th Birthday celebration for TV3 - Sweden’s first commercial television station - hosted by Robert Aschberg. For the shows Grand Finale I entered and performed a unique rendition of the Deep Purple hit - Smoke on the Water !
Sometimes it's hard to understand what all the fuss is about in relation to my Swedish TV appearances so I asked Jesper Lögdahl, my contact on the inside of Swedish TV to tell us. Jesper explained, “The thing is - when Mr. Methane visited Roberts show “Ikväll” in the early 90s he stunned a whole nation. Some was amused and some were appalled by Mr. Methane’s talent however - it was television history. None in Sweden had before seen this kind of a show. Roberts show was a predecessor and Mr. Methane was the one guest that made it happen”.
Basically what Jesper is referring to is a story that goes back to 1991 when I left the employment of British Rail and stepped into my new role as a full time performing flatulist my first assignment being to travel to Stockholm and blow the doors of Swedish TV censorship clean off their hinges launching it into a new open era. I achieved this with a rendition of God Save the Queen in front of the Swedish Foreign minister on Tonight with Robert Aschberg, a popular TV3 chat show broadcast from Stockholm. Nowadays what I did wouldn't even be considered outrageous or get talked about that much such was the long term success of my mission to establish a new low watermark for decency in Swedish Television Broadcasting.