Quote: Griff @ July 1 2009, 12:31 PM BSTBy who??!!
Collorado.
Oh yes, I had to wiki, just for that joke...
EDIT: And *still* not fast enough...
Dan
A Writer's Age Page 3
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ July 1 2009, 12:14 PM BSTTalking of Mozart, no one said he was too young.
Didn't he start composing when he was just out of nappies?
Quote: NoggetFred @ July 1 2009, 12:29 PM BSTI'm told that Mozart's early works were a bit crap really.
I suppose those in the nappies were.
Quote: swerytd @ July 1 2009, 12:42 PM BSTCollorado.
Oh yes, I had to wiki, just for that joke...
EDIT: And *still* not fast enough...
Dan
I had to Wiki as well, but only for the spelling (honest...)
Quote: Anorak @ June 30 2009, 4:13 PM BSTRhys Thomas and Tony Way were 17 when they started writing for the 11 O'Clock Show in 1998. Rhys has since written the sitcom 'Fun At The Funeral Parlour' and written and appeared in 'Fast Show' and 'Down The Line'. And loads of others.
Debbie Barham was 14 when she first began writing for the radio - and she probably wrote more gags per year than most of us manage in our lifetimes. She lied about her age and pretended to be 16 in case people thought she was too young to be in the writers' rooms!
Small points (and I could be wrong): she was 15 when she first got something on, 16 when she was first commissioned as a writer and once commissioned she told people she was 19 (wow, how anal am I). Died at 26 of a heart attack. Very sad.
Some random ages of when people had their first show:
Muir and Norden - 30 and 32.
Clement and La Frenais - 28 and 29.
Esmonde and Larbey - 29 and 32.
John Sullivan - 30.
Ben Elton & Rik Mayall -23 and 24
Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson - 27 and 28
Trix Worrall - 29
Bit of a pattern.
Quote: Micheal Jacob @ July 1 2009, 5:22 PM BSTSome random ages of when people had their first show:
Muir and Norden - 30 and 32.
Clement and La Frenais - 28 and 29.
Esmonde and Larbey - 29 and 32.
John Sullivan - 30.
Ben Elton & Rik Mayall -23 and 24
Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson - 27 and 28
Trix Worrall - 29Bit of a pattern.
Um - is there?
Quote: Micheal Jacob @ July 1 2009, 5:22 PM BSTBit of a pattern.
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And Ricky Gervais didn't start until he was 40 I believe.
Well, some people say I'm 12, but I can't see it myself. 
I was 12 years old once.
I was 12 years old twice. Never 13. Then suddenly one day I was 14.
You were already drinking at such a young age?
Um... OK... 
*Marks another one down on her 'unwelcome crap joke' file*
That's what I had to climb over to get in here!