Whatever the DTI inspectors eventually turn up about his past - and it may go beyond a couple of
slap-happy accounts filed late - here was a man who had plainly made a fist of life running engineering companies.
Out with the old in with the new
But his best suit is his occasional 'out-of-studio and on-the-road' sing-along 'Carpool Karaoke' trip with big stars who don't mind making
slap-happy idiots of themselves to 'prove' that they can't carry a tune-but, can definitely scream it at the top of their constricted lungs!
New kings of late night talk
That doesn't necessarily mean Newt should be welcomed with open arms - his much vaunted
slap-happy guitar virtuosity proves irritating combined with the winsome personality in the songs.
MUSIC: ALBUMS
It was started in 1975 by John Shaw who was fed up with the
slap-happy social affairs that formed inter-club matches in those days.
Fairway FOCUS: Maestro Mac's star pupils take it to the Max
The jazz guitar-driven instrumental Diga Diga Doo dives straight in at the deep end, roaring through three minutes of lightning fast chord changes and
slap-happy bass lines before cooling off on Deed I Do, a waltz-like piece led by Elana Fremerman's sweet, yet distinctly sassy vocals.
Young Reviewers
After a pathetic will-they won't-they that seemed to drag on as long as an excruciatingly unfunny episode of Give My Head Peace, landlord Alfie and
slap-happy barmaid Kat finally got it together.
HOT TELLY: 'ENDERS DEVELOPS SENSE OF HUMOUR
It's instructive to see that the biggest US comedy stars have been 'positivists' like Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Ellen Degeneres, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Tina Fey and Jack Black-no sour and surly 'comics' like Don Rickles in the whole
slap-happy bunch!
'Sour' comedians need to sweeten up their act
My mother-in-law says I should slap him every time he does it so he knows how it feels but I don't want to become a
slap-happy mother.
Dear MIRIAM: My toddler lashes out
AS we reel from the news that one blundering surgeon has maimed as many as 200 women with his
slap-happy techniques, we hear the same cry go up as we heard after the tragic - and unnecessary - deaths of more than 30 babies whose operations were bungled in Bristol: HOW can we ever trust a surgeon again?
Carol Sarler Column: Surgeon check now operating
He said: "There was some
slap-happy defending going on out there both individually and collectively.
CRACKERJACK JUMPS BACK WITH TREBLE!; Campbell and Deano rule roost: Coventry 0 Forest 3
Willie's take on Mar Roxas showed and said it all: Unlike some other spoofers, Willie focused not on the easier task of caricaturing the presidential candidate in bold and
slap-happy strokes, but on getting him as a person.
Double the pleasure and delight
It's a perfectly realised scene - from the people who make Bob The Builder - but the Camberwick Green version of a
slap-happy Gene Hunt is probably the stand-out moment of the series so far.
Your LIFE: WE LOVE TELLY! - DRAMA LIFE ON MARS BBC1, 9pm
Gelli's role is decidedly dark and conflicted, a far cry from her usually lighthearted and sometimes even
slap-happy portrayals.
Acting against type
The foul-mouthed madam, with her newly-dyed blonde hair, got a bit
slap-happy with a marker pen before performing in New York's Irving Plaza.
3am: Spawn to be wild
Another substantial drawback to date is the show's being more dramatic than comedic, with both female protagonists' woes upstaging their ostensibly upbeat and
slap-happy view of life.
Better comedic scripting support