Subtitle: Star Wars Special - Kenny Baker and David Prowse
Summary: On the first hour of the show Kenny Baker joined Kevin to discuss his time as an actor entertainer. Baker, who stands 3 ft 8 in (112 cm) tall, was educated in Birmingham and boarding-school in Kent. He is the only son of a broken marriage, and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be an engraver but hadn't received sufficient education. He went to live with his stepmother in Hastings, and in 1951 was approached on the street by a lady who invited him to join a theatrical troop of dwarves and midgets. This was his first taste of show business. Later, he joined a circus for a brief time, learned to ice-skate and appeared in many ice shows. He had formed a successful comedy act called the Minitones with entertainer Jack Purvis when George Lucas hired him to be the man inside R2-D2 in Star Wars in 1977. Baker appears in all six of the episodic theatrical Star Wars films. Baker played an additional role in 1983's Return of the Jedi as Paploo, the Ewok who steals an Imperial speeder bike. Baker's other films include The Elephant Man, Time Bandits (also with Purvis), Amadeus and Jim Henson's Labyrinth. On television, he appeared in the British medical drama Casualty. David Prowse joined kevin on the final hour to discuss his book which has been over 5 years in the writing, it describes a career spanning 50 years. While not specifically a "StarWars" book a large part of Dave's career has been affected by the "Star Wars" phenomenon since 1976 (when they started filming "Starwars - A New Hope" at Elstree Studios).As all his fans know Dave is freelance and as such is entitled to give his opinions on things as he sees them or as they affect him, whether or not this occasionally causes offence.
Author: themooreshow; Category: Talk Radio; Explicit: No