[An interview with Janet Breen about the London Jam Festival]
To get all the celebrities to contribute their jam has really been quite a... quite an operation.
How much of your time did you put into it?
Oh, I would say at least about six months.
Six months? To raise money for a jam festival? Isn't that rather stupid?
[taken aback] No, I don't think so. I mean, it's all in a good cause.
Good cause, yeah, but how much are you gonna raise?
Well, we hope to raise, um, at least £1500.
£1500?! That's a pathetic amount of money. You could raise more money by auctioning dogs!
Well, I don't think so. I-I-I think it's all in a good cause and very worthwhile...
You persuaded these celebrities to waste their time donating to it?
Yes!
Well, who?
Uh, er, Glenys Kinnock we've got, and Sebastian Coe...
I hate Sebastian Coe!
Well... I feel he's made a very worthwhile contribution!
What, to the paltry sum of £1500?
Yes!
Is that worth six months of your time?
Well, I think it is quite--
I don't think it is at all! I think the only reason you've done it is to make yourself look important! [Janet is appalled] How dare you come on this programme and say, "Hey look at me, I'm raising £1500 for the homeless"? You could raise more money by sitting outside a tube station with your hat on the ground, even if you were twice as ugly as you are, which is very ugly indeed!
[Janet breaks down sobbing]
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