Began adult life as a Lieutenant before becoming a Sergeant, then a Corporal and finally a Private. Which has caused some confusion as he was never in the military.
Gained power after years spent strutting about like a pigeon with an old Roberts Radio tuned to Fluff Freeman balanced on his head. This made him the obvious choice to be installed as puppet President after a coup.
The President inadvertently gained absolute power after driving a milk float containing all the Generals into an active volcano. The President was the only survivor emerging unscathed with two pints of milk shouting, Who ordered the gold top?!
(Suggested Official Gift: Crate of semi-skimmed - he loves it. NB Soya milk enrages him.)
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The Independent.
The self-styled King of Pop turns 50 tomorrow. Lenny Henry offers a personal birthday greeting
"BACK in Australia for a fifth time, British comic Lenny Henry is asking audiences where they're from.
And as he mellows towards his 50th birthday next month, he's also telling us where he has been."
Find out what critics thought of the opening night of Len's Australia and New Zealand tour, right here!