NICE LITTLE NUMBERS – COMIC RELEIF RED NOSE DAY 2021
jeanniejeanniejeannie.co.uk BLOG Friday 19th March 2021
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
HAPPY RED NOSE DAY TO YOU ALL!!!
To put you in the right frame of mind to start here’s a funny joke/poem:
How Come?
A pastor journeyed to heaven;
A cab driver followed him through;
The cab driver got a mansion;
The pastor got a lean-to.
“How come?” inquired the pastor,
“This seems like a charade.”
“They slept through your sermons,” said Peter;
“When he drove, his passengers prayed.”
By Joanna Fuchs
Now down to our Nice Little Numbers
Comic Relief’s Red Nose day started in 1988. It is usually held every other year.
2021 will be the 18th year it has been held.
THESE ARE THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY RAISED EACH YEAR.
Year Amount
1988 £15,000,000
1989 £26,900,000
1991 £20,000,000
1993 £18,000,000
1995 £22,000,000
1997 £27,000,000
1999 £35,000,000
2001 £55,000,000
2003 £61,600,000
2005 £65,000,000
2007 £67,700,000
2009 £82,300,000
2011 £108,436,277
2013 £100,331,808
2015 £99,418,831
2017 £82,154,943
2019 £63,548,668 (including only funds raised during the telethon)
Total £1,063,237,004
TV VIEWERS
Year Broadcast BBC Television
Total viewers (millions) Weekly rank
BBC One BBC Two BBC One BBC Two
1988 5 February 16.40 N/A N/A N/A
1989 10 March N/A N/A N/A N/A
1991 15 March N/A N/A N/A N/A
1993 12 March N/A N/A N/A N/A
1995 17 March N/A N/A N/A N/A
1997 14 March N/A N/A N/A N/A
1999 12 March 6.83 3.13 20 13
2001 16 March 8.51 5.47 8 2
2003 14 March 11.74 6.01 4 1
2005 11 March 10.94 4.72 4 1
2007 16 March 9.73 6.40 2 1
2009 13 March 9.84 7.09 1 1
2011 18 March 10.26 7.53 1 1
2013 15 March 10.28 4.79 1 1
2015 13 March 8.48 4.67 1 1
2017 24 March 6.30 2.21 6 7
2019 15 March 5.85 2.99 3 2
TOP TEN + TEN + OF THE DAY
The Official best-selling Comic Relief singles are:
TRACK ARTIST PEAK YEAR
POSITION
1 IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO? TONY CHRISTIE & PETER KAY 1 2005
2 UPTOWN GIRL WESTLIFE 1 2001
3 LIVING DOLL CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES 1 1986
4 MAMA / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE SPICE GIRLS 1 1997
5 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING BOYZONE 1 1999
6 ALL ABOUT YOU/YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND MCFLY 1 2005
7 SPIRIT IN THE SKY GARETH GATES AND THE KUMARS 1 2003
8 ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS) ONE DIRECTION 1 2013
9 LAY ME DOWN SAM SMITH FEAT JOHN LEGEND 1 2015
10 I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES) THE PROCLAIMERS FT BRIAN POTTER AND ANDY PIPKIN 1 2007
11 JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH THE SATURDAYS 2 2009
12 HELP! BANANARAMA AND LA NA NEE NEE NOO NOO 3 1989
13 GOLD FOREVER THE WANTED 3 2011
14 THE STONK HALE AND PACE 1 1991
15 LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE – CHER, CHRISSIE HYNDE, NENEH CHERRY AND ERIC CLAPTON 1 1995
16 ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE MEL SMITH AND KIM WILDE 3 1987
17 BARRY ISLANDS IN THE STREAM VANESSA JENKINS & BRYN WEST FT TOM JONES 1 2009
18 WALK THIS WAY SUGABABES VS. GIRLS ALOUD 1 2007
19 STICK IT OUT RIGHT SAID FRED 4 1993
20 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS PET SHOP BOYS AND ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS 6 1994
21 (I WANT TO BE) ELECTED MR BEAN AND SMEAR CAMPAIGN 9 1992
22 I KNOW HIM SO WELL SUSAN BOYLE AND GERALDINE MCQUEEN 11 2011
There was no track released in 2019
DON’T FORGET TO LAUGH EVERYDAY
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE FOR THE DAY
The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha
HAPPINESS IS…
Happiness is…wearing a Red Nose.
GRANDAD’S ONE LINER JOKE OF THE DAY
Somebody stole all my lamps….and I couldn’t be more de-lighted!
LOVE IS…
Love is…listening to her whilst she talks…and talks…and talks.
TURN…TURN…TURN!
A time to watch Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on TV…A time to put your money where your mouth is and donate to Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
YOUR HISTORY
19th March
2021 Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
1965 The Tailor And Cutter Magazine ran an article asking The Rolling Stones to wear ties to save tie makers from financial disaster.
1962 Bob Dylan – debut album released Bob Dylan’s self titled debut album is released.
1958 Britain’s first planetarium opened at Madame Tussaud’s, London.
1821 Sir Richard Burton, British explorer, writer and translator, was born. He was noted for his translations of The Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra.
LITTLE NUMBERS: SOME HORRBLE SOME NICE
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