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Fans are calling for Sean Lock’s ‘The Tiger Who Came For a Pint’ book to be published
A masterpiece that deserves to be on every bookshelf
Following his tragic death this week, fans of comedian Sean Lock have been calling for his famous parody children’s book to be published.
Sean had showcased his children’s book The Tiger Who Came For a Pint during an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, where he explained that he had given a bit of an adult rewrite to the classic kid’s book The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
In a clip of the hilarious scene, the comedian, who passed away from cancer at the age of fifty-eight earlier this week, explained that the new book contained ‘two of his favourite things – tigers and alcohol.’
In true children’s TV presenter style, he then opened up the book – which features a drawing of a tiger about to knock back a pint – and read aloud: “There was once a tiger who fancied a pint – not Carling, of course, that was too weak and too gassy.
“He wanted a pint that packs a punch, like Stella or Kronenbourg.
“The tiger was thirsty and needed something to wash down the zookeeper he’d just eaten. He liked the atmosphere of Wetherspoon’s, plus he was barred from The King’s Head for mauling the darts team.”
The book ends with the tiger drinking all the beer from all the kegs as well as ‘all the rum they were saving for Caribbean night.’ And, after tucking into the meat raffle and urinating on the bar, the tiger is put in a cab and sent back home to the zoo.
Clearly it’s a fantastic read for both children and adults alike but, sadly, it doesn’t actually exist – so now, fans of the comedian are calling for it to be published into a real life book to raise money for Sean’s family and various cancer charities.
One Twitter user wrote: “Request to get The Tiger Who Came For A Pint properly published and all the money to go to wherever the Lock family want.”
Another pleaded: “Please can they publish The Tiger Who Came for a Pint in Sean Lock’s memory.”
In the meantime, someone has placed a copy of the book on scribd.com – so you can read it there.