Struck off and Die. Rough cut, Sexy and Hot

When I was at medical school, a number of us girlies had a huge crush on Struck off and Die. I was included in this group. We all went crazy each time Struck off and Die appeared anywhere. Indeed, if we could have got time off from our lectures at UCL, we would have gone to their theatre doors, mobbed them, stripped their shirts, tied them up in our stockings and dragged them home with us. Sadly, we had to behave ourselves. Struck off and Die consisted of Phil and Tony [ with some accessories]. They burst into the medical scene and took the piss out of the medical profession so much that none of us took our seniors seriously. This medical duo was the most successful team in history. They had us all rolling on the floor laughing. For us, medical school was no longer miserable. It was a series of piss takes, of adapting the Struck off and Die humour and it was about two men making us believe that there was humour in everything.

Their tapes were copied in multiples and circulated around the girls. We loved Struck off and Die possibly because they were not only "hot" but extremely witty [a rarity when it comes to men]. While we attended lectures, we had our Walkmans on listening to Struck off and Die and not the actual lectures.  Professor Woolf and his boring pathology lectures was switched off until the bit where we could collect the handout. Phil and Tony influenced all of us. Overnight, fun was injected into our drab medical school.

When I grew up to be a whistleblower some years later, I wrote to Private Eye and was finally emailing a sexpot - Phil Hammond. This is one of the perks of whistleblowing - I get to fraternise with some devilishly handsome and talented men. Of course, Phil is not only sexy by email but my mates who checked him out and sized him up at his show tell me that he still retains his hotpot, sexpot persona. No one is really sure what part of Phil's anatomy is the sexiest. I decided upon his brain, possibly because I haven't been given the opportunity to examine the rest. Actually, we don't care whether some woman has caught Phil in her fishnets, and is examining him 20 times a day, the important thing is this - we get to practise our observational skills. Tony has apparently become a "Lovie" and is wallowing around with the rich and famous. With his dark hair and gruffly voice, no doubt he remains irresistible to womankind.

For two years, I have grovelled and begged Phil for a autographed picture of Struck off and Die. I told him that the preference really was a picture devoid of clothing. To the common man - this was a request for the Full Monty. Anyhow, shy boys tend to remain shy so I finally got the above emailed to me this morning. 

I am of the view that if you work hard at anything you end up getting it. This meant nagging Phil for months and like all men, they have to give up sometime. The Struck off and Die tapes still remain somewhere on the net. It is a great shame that no one actually develops this into CD/DVD status. The sense of humour sparkles on there and I still believe it was the best thing to hit the United Kingdom. Phil and Tony were at their best and they ripped through the medical profession further than any other medical scalpel. 

I still love their sense of humour. Its sassy, it's dirty and it's sharp. 

Here is hoping that Struck off and Die [Gold] returns on CD or DVD or any other form. For now, Phil Hammond is on tour - for details check out his website here.