December 16, 200718 yr Parky's last show after 26 years is a two-hour celebrity marathon Last updated at 20:09pm on 15th December 2007 Comments Michael Parkinson ends his 26-year chat show career tonight with a two-hour programme featuring a host of celebrities. Billy Connolly kicks off the finale by begging Parky: "Don't go, don't go," then adding mischievously, "it's the only TV I get. Nobody else will have me." Scroll down for more ... Hat's it: Parky on his last show Parkinson, 72, wears a party hat for the show and says interviewing 2,000 people has been a "great joy". At the end of the show, to be screened at 9pm on ITV1, he says: "Thanks to all of my guests and all of you at home for watching over the years." Dame Edna Everage, David Beckham, Sir Michael Caine and Dame Judi Dench join the line-up. And comedian Peter Kay gives Parky a lollipop lady's outfit for a part-time retirement job. Sir Michael Caine, 74, says he retired at 65, but adds: "I've made about 30 films since then!" And David Beckham speaks of his compulsively tidy personality. He says: "In our house in Spain we used to have this big rug that you could Hoover in lines, like Wembley! "So Victoria used to catch me after the kids have gone to bed Hoovering and it would all be perfect lines." Parkinson will spend the first year of his retirement writing his autobiography.
December 16, 200718 yr Author His hat says "Pirate Party" Where's his eyepatch? In the wash??:rolleyes:
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