Fact #188031
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After the recording of the pilot episode of pop tv series Ready Steady Go!, presenter Keith Fordyce approaches a group of Mods who have travelled from Peter Stringfellow's King Mojo club in Shaffield, and asks "So you chaps have come all the way from Sheffield on a Tuesday no less. I expect you'll be eager to go home and get back to work, what with the weekend coming up and all." One of the young men, John Varney, replies "Are you kidding mate - the weekend starts here." and the slogan which would be used on every edition of the show was born.
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