Herald, June 2008
1. Arnold supported FRANK SINATRA at Ibrox Park in 1990 during the Glasgow European City of Culture celebrations.
2. He was the warm-up act for musical duo YAZOO, who have re-formed recently.
3. He challenged BERNARD MANNING about his racism in a Channel Four documentary in 2007.
4 In a 30 second encounter DUSTIN HOFFMAN told Arnold 'Comedy's important.' AB has never forgotten that ...
5. Arnold's catch-phrase 'And Why Not?' has always been wrongly attributed to BARRY NORMAN who also used it as the title of his auto-biography.
6. AB took part with JOHN CLEESE in a seminar at the Comedy Store - Humour and Psychoanalysis.
7. With musical duo JUNGR AND PARKER, he was the first stand-up to win the PERRIER AWARD.
8. First of occasional cameo roles in feature films was as psychiatrist in BILL FORSYTH film, Comfort and Joy.
9. Last one was in Young Adam, starring EWAN MCGREGOR.
9. Arnold debated at the Oxford Union the motion English Comedians are funnier than Scottish Comedians. Helping him defeat the motion was ARMANDO IANUCCI.
10. He presented a documentary on The History of Scottish Comedy on BBC Radio Two, and profiles of STANLEY BAXTER and IVOR CUTLER on BBC Radio Four.
