Bob is a big favourite with the SAS. Here he is at their headquarters at Hereford entertaining the officers after a rugby match. The Station Commander wrote “thank you for entertaining us all, for the time and effort you put in to attending and for your performance. The feedback from the lads has been full of praise and admiration.”
UK's No 1 After Dinner Legend
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Whether corporate or sporting, whether hosting, presenting, interviewing or performing his hilarious (and clean) routines you just can't go wrong with Bob "the Cat" Bevan
These days he has even branched out into interviewing. In his own humorous style – teasing but without losing respect – his recent interview with Sir John Major was such a success that they are doing it again.
He has recently been on Sky interviewing Alan Shearer and Wolves manager Mick McCarthy.
In 2010 the Duke of Edinburgh wrote a one-verse poem about Bob (see blog) and the start of 2011 saw him Down Under entertaining Aussie audiences ranging from a lunch with former Prime Minister, John Howard, to functions out in the country districts.
This year he is being flown to Abu Dhabi and Dubai for Benefit Dinners for the England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson
Among his other interviewees one with Sir Alex Ferguson drew praise from the Mail on Sunday as the best interview they had ever seen with the world’s top football manager. He has also appeared with, Steve Harmison, Michael Vaughan and, on Sky, Steve Bruce and Harry Redknapp.
If you read his book , you will see that Bob “the Cat” Bevan MBE started making people laugh at the age of 10.
Before that he was shy and retiring. Hard to believe now.
After appearing at local functions for many years he stepped out in front of the notoriously difficult audience at the football writers’ Footballer of the Year Dinner in 1980 and his life changed for ever.
Soon “the Cat” was entertaining football audiences across the nation and within a year he was appearing at a corporate function with Billy Connelly and Jimmy Tarbuck.
Next came an LP – remember them? – of football jokes which can still be heard on British Airways Comedy Channel.
He had quickly become regarded as one of the funniest comics on the circuit - and still is!
With his journalistic and public relations background he was soon in great demand at corporate events as well as sporting dinners.
May I thank you most sincerely for a wonderfully entertaining 40 minutes...many have also expressed a favourable opinion as to just how humour can be portrayed without resorting to the depths of bad language
Roy Vintner, Chairman KFL Centenary Ball
His script-writing skills enabled him to tailor his act to suit all audiences and his poems and parodies are also much admired by those he has targeted – Lord Coe, David Gower, Roy Hudd, Gary Lineker and even the Duke of Edinburgh to name just a few.
Even Piers Morgan referred to Bob as “legendary” in his latest book and the Sunday Times , published one of his poems in their Business section.
His best-selling book 'Nearly Famous' (Book now available from Bob) , published by Virgin, needed two reprints in hardback and is still available in paperback.
Just trawling this site will bring a smile to your face but it won’t beat hearing the man himself – live!
Bevan is such an accomplished joke writer and orator