{"id":69250,"date":"2023-11-05T21:28:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T21:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=69250"},"modified":"2023-11-05T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T21:28:17","slug":"al-murray-not-invited-back-to-school-after-teachers-left-unimpressed-with-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/tv-movies\/al-murray-not-invited-back-to-school-after-teachers-left-unimpressed-with-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Murray not invited back to school after teachers left unimpressed with visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Murray says his old school has not invited him back after he gave a speech telling pupils exam results were \u201cnot that important\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The stand-up, 55, had been asked to give advice to kids at Bedford School but teachers were less than impressed with his words of wisdom. Al, best-known for his Pub Landlord character, said: \u201cI started off by saying, \u2018Here\u2019s the good news \u2013 don\u2019t worry about your A-levels, they\u2019re really not that important\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe headmaster got up and said, \u2018Well actually they do really matter\u2019. The school never asked me back.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b>Want more TV? Daily Star has just the thing for you!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to say: \u2018You might be stressing out about exams now, but one day, they\u2019ll be five years ago, then 10 years ago.\u201d Al reckons attending a boys\u2019 boarding school shaped his comedy career.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31368168.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Marshall-50-Years-Of-Loud-Anniversary-Concert.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cYou\u2019re one person at home and another person at school. \u201cHaving two personas influenced my comedy, creating a character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al was taught at an all-boys boarding school which he says proved useful when he began his comedy career. But he doesn\u2019t have happy memories of his school days.<\/p>\n<p>He recently told Big Issue: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to fit in with the other boys and that determination, that bloody-mindedness, has served me incredibly well as a comic. But I\u2019d rather not have gone to a boys\u2019 boarding school. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31368169.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_AETN_HateTheUK_Al_Murray-84943.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s helped me as a person. It certainly would have been really fantastic to get to know more girls. I\u2019m sure my attitude to women might be quite different now if I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard Adrian Edmondson talking about this, what boarding did to him. You\u2019re one person at home and another person at school. And they\u2019re very different people. I don\u2019t know, maybe that\u2019s the training that prepares you for the different worlds of work and home. Or maybe it turns you into a two faced shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters <\/b><b>here<\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/tv\/al-murray-not-invited-back-31368140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Murray says his old school has not invited him back after he gave a speech telling pupils exam results were \u201cnot that important\u201d. The stand-up, 55, had been asked to give advice to kids at Bedford School but teachers were less than impressed with his words of wisdom. 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