You are one of my all time favourite comedians, and I bet you hear that a million times over a day! Not only do I admire you for the endless amounts of smiles you bring to my face (even when I’m feeling down and out) I actually tend to admire you more for the hope you gave me when I thought things couldn’t get any better. Strange statement, I know! I’ll now explain why: (bear with me please as I do tend to ramble on and thing’s don’t always sound the way I want them too!)

October 2007 (4 days after my 27th birthday) after 9 months of assessments, reality as parents smacked us in the teeth when our Paediatrican told us that our little boy (who was then only 3yr 3month old)is Autistic. After the shock had worn off I sought out to research as much information as I possibly could. All I found was ‘doom and gloom’ and lot’s of ‘don’t expect this or that’s’ and I lost all faith in myself as a parent. I watched a few episodes of QI (my favourite ever quiz show) on the Dave channel and soon cheered up and started to get on with life. A few months later, after even more assessments on our sons behaviour, social skills, speech and lack of appropriate emotions to certain situations, we received a visit from an Autism specialist who gave us a DVD and told us to watch it ASAP with our son. Surely enough when he returned from Nursery we put it on, and I couldn’t tear myself away from the TV. I bet you can guess by now which DVD it is I’m on about!?

Within 20mins of putting the DVD on, my son reduced me to tears as he looked at me with a sad look on his face and said “momma, Jenny is so sad” when I asked why Jenny was sad, he looked even sadder and said “Jenny has broken down, and is so very sad” and he started to cry. I had to try and explain to him that Jenny was OK and would soon be fixed and happy again. He then smiled and carried on watching the DVD. By this time I had floods of tears streaming down my face, which he saw and said “momma, why are you sad?” to which I could offer no explanation he would understand, so I just told him because Jenny was broken!! He then told me, “but it’s OK now, she has been fixed”.

The DVD was called The Transporter’s which you narrated, and was designed especially for children on the Autistic Spectrum. And all I can say is THANK YOU, for me personally, it has been one of the greatest things you have ever done (and I know you have done a LOT of great things) but after just 20mins of watching that DVD you gave my son the gift of recognising emotions in the ‘propper’ perspective and we have never looked back since. He ‘obsessed’ on it for months and months afterwards and his understanding and reaction of people’s emotions just got better and better. So, although I think you are an absolutely fantastic comedian, I also see you as our little guardian angel, as after his obsession with The Transporters subsided, his obsession with Pocoyo started up and through watching that he learned how to play nicely and share propperly etc etc. Is there anything you can’t do!!

I know my chances of you following me on Twitter are very slim, due to your huge fan base, but I will still take great delight in following you non the less, and I just wanted to post this as a huge THANK YOU. Keep up the good work, and by the way, sooo loving the new look and hair cut!! xXx

Thank you a million more times over
@Minxydudette
(Victoria Baron)

It includes the highly improbable pairing of two main locations, murder, a great deal of literal content, powerful human relationships, etc. It operates on more than one level and is (mostly) set in turn of the century (19th/20th) England, yet it connects directly with our present time, and last but certainly not least, its main theme concerns the English language.
Please don’t dismiss this letter, forgive me for the following, apparently flippant analogy, but I make it to emphasize my conviction in the importance of this material becoming more familiar to the greater public.
Remember Decca Records and the Beatles!

So who is it for?I hear you ask,
I’ll describe them,that’s what I’ll do.
It really shouldn’t be much of a task.
So here goes,I’ll give you a clue.

This person has impeccable grace,
With no doubt an incredible mind,
Prowess,Acumen,Mastery,Ace,
Congenial,Bounteous,and kind.

Sagacious,Wise,Sharp,with wit.
Are you close yet?Another clue?
He’s online every day,but far from a “Twit”,
And of course there’s his “Audio Boo”

This man is simply a legend to me.
I never miss a QI.
You’ve guessed it now,obviously.
None other than Stephen Fry!!!

I would be honoured for you to follow me on twitter just because I think you seem like a nice soul! I could start crawling and say things like ‘Stephen you are the Oscar Wilde of our times,’ but I won’t! I’m following you on there and I don’t want to look like a sad sap who follows known names, I wouldn’t want to add Johny Depp for instance! I watched QI, firstly because my husband loved it and he had the tv controls glued to his hand and then because I found it to be very interesting too! So if you get the time Stephen please add me, thank you.x

Cheers

Jason

sorry to be a dreadful bore i would like it if i wasnt blocked by you…. I know I can be a foolhardy flibbertyjibbet of a tweeter, intermittently then feverishly posting, however I am a jolly good sort really, my mother says so and everything. Now I know other tweeters have written poetry (@Desirel) melodic ryhthm was never a stronger point , nor was the ways of being a feminine flirt (@Krysntha) … I think it may have something to do with me being a friend of dotty’s. But if you could find a small moment to counteract the block i’m @jamesjwalsh

With the kindest of regards

J