Photos and drawing from costume designer, Janice Rider, no reproduction without permission. The main photo is of Phil Cool performing a Rolf Harris sketch.
‘Cool It’ was a 1985 comedy series, presented by Phil Cool. It was directed in Studio A by David Weir, and produced at Pebble Mill by Steve Weddle. The script was written by Phil Cool, along with Jasper Carrott.
The following comments were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook group about ‘Cool It’:
Stuart Gandy: ‘It was the programmes he made at Pebble Mill that brought him to stardom.’
Lynda Kettle: ‘I remember this! Phil Cool was so stressed out spent ages pulling faces in the mirror! Needed a stiff drink!’
Denny Hodge: ‘I did the warm up on the show and Phil had the same manager as Jasper. Steve Weddell was the producer.’
Jane Green: ‘Oh crumbs I worked on this too. Must dig out the end of run photos. I playfully ‘punched’ Phil in the tummy as we joked about something. He then said he’d just had a hernia op. I laughed louder thinking it was a joke and then he said it was true. And it was. :-/ I was alone in a sound room with Jasper Carrott for this programme too, and Jasper just didn’t stop cracking jokes. My sides hurt from laughing. Great fun this programme. Loved it. I remember Denny’s audience warm ups – hysterical!!!’
Julian Hitchock: ‘I remember that Steve was very keen to give Phil Cool this opportunity. Now I hear nothing of him, or Steve, who I hope is well,- and haven’t seen Jaspar C for ages. As Jane said, he was hysterical and very clever indeed. Please come back, all of you.’
