Elvis 'Highbrow music show' for American TV

[Neil.]

I was sitting waiting for my chicken-in-green-peppers-in-black-bean-sauce at my local Chinese takeaway the other day, and there was an old magazine with an interview with David Furnish in it.

I flicked through. He said he was developing the above with Elvis. What d'you reckon? A kind of Jools Holland Later... for the USA?

Could be a good way to get Elvis into the mainstream - though as he's v fidgety and unrelaxed on chat shows, with guarded body language, I don't know how good he'd be at interviewing.

[BlueChair]

How old was the magazine? Maybe he was talking about the show that was supposed to have used "Tear Off Your Own Head" as its theme song?

[Neil.]

No, it was about three weeks ago - so I guess it woulda been a late Oct edition of the London Evening Standard ES magazine. It had David Furnish on the cover.

[verbal gymnastics]

What would define a "Highbrow music show"?

Maybe it will be an Elvis and Elton double act cabaret with special musical guests each week.

[Neil.]

Hi Verbal,

I reckon it's got to be a Jools Holland style show - where people are serious about the music, not just a pop factory show with silly presenters desperate to hook the youth market. And no doubt our Elv would guest with the headliners every week on a duet!

What d'you reckon they could call it. I guess The Costello Show would be ideal. Or maybe The Elvis Costello Hour.

[verbal gymnastics]

Or The David Furnish Show featuring people who are famous in their own right and not because they're the boyfriend of someone famous.

Catchy don't you think?

[so lacklustre]

Jools Holland high brow??

chicken-in-green-peppers-in-black-bean-sauce

surely you mean chicken with green peppers in black bean sauce?

[Neil.]

Well, compared to the X-Factor etc, it's highbrow!