Get that faggot off my channel Number 3

In the third of three excerpts Steve talks about the times he came close to being fired by SPTV.

The first years of MTV were creatively the most free and exciting, they also produced the most dire, ridiculous and extreme television. But without risk there is no fun, I always say. And the time I was involved in the channel's Christmas pantomime it was clear there was no real idea either.

Me and my then co-host on the review show, Chris, came up with the idea of presenting a pantomime. This had the dual benefit that we would not have to worry about writing our weekly rant against pop stars, instead we could humiliate ourselves and rest of our other co-presenters.

We set about writing the story of a handsome Prince (Chris), looking to find his Cinderella Princess (me). Staying true to the original tale I maintained that the Prince should try and see if the shoes (bovver boots) of the Princess would fit the feet of the ugly sisters (Maiken and Sophie, the two best looking girls on the channel).

Instead of the Prince falling for the beautiful Princess, Chris and I decided it would be good if we ended up having a fight while I sang I feel pretty from West Side Story dressed as a Brazilian drag queen

The highlight of the show was when the pantomime horse went into a deranged fit on the set. I loved it, but afterwards we were warned never to try anything like that again. The show was dropped a few weeks later.