My childhood in a nutshell, well it all started in Northampton in the 80s.

I didn't even know I was in the closet but I did find George Mikel in there.

My dad was the manager of the local football club,

but the only thing I was tackling was a good act of a Christie.

I don't know why I'm telling you about it.

They've only gone and turned it into a series.

So do yourself a favour and watch my awkward years in glorious technicolor,

changing in stream free on ITVX.

Comedy is back in the building.

This tape we're watching is from 1981, the Today Show.

Phil Donahue is about to interview the newly elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

This is Mayor Bernard Sanders.

Mayor Sanders got a lot of attention recently, not only with his 10 vote victory

out of about 9,500 votes cast, but mostly because he is a socialist.

And everybody reading that article said,

my goodness, how did this happen in good old conservative Vermont?

How do you respond?

Well, in Vermont being conservative is different perhaps than being conservative elsewhere in the country.

I just, I mean, I love watching Old Bernie because he's so exactly current Bernie,

you know, and he speaks in that same purposeful voice, you know.

Like, you know, it's exactly what he believes and he's going to share it.

I won the election, I think, because we effectively put together a coalition of low-income people,

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