There's more confusion, which is fast becoming the theme of the trip. They are several hours late, and the people they have arranged to meet are no longer there. Wisdom shows his face, and the man lets out a startled "Oh!", gets to his feet and ushers them in. The band is having trouble getting past the security guard. Their next appointment is with Top Albania Radio. His two travel books, Round Ireland with a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, were both inspired by a bet. Hawks is no stranger to rising to barmy challenges. A drunken handshake later, and Hawks has bet his accuser that he will have another top 20 hit somewhere in the world within two years. The jibe refers to his singular success with the band Morris Minor and the Majors, whose song "Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'til Bedtime)" reached number four in 1988. At a dinner party, Tony Hawks is accused of being a one-hit wonder. Rice, sporting shades, is pretending to play the plastic musical instrument, and a goofy-looking Hawks is strumming his guitar. Wisdom starts miming – badly – to a song being played over the PA system, which tells of Albania suffering from "Norman mania". He is followed by Sir Tim Rice, who is carrying a toy saxophone, and the comedian Tony Hawks, lugging a guitar. At half-time, Sir Norman Wisdom walks on to the pitch and starts doing his trademark frisky jumps. Behind me, rows of men dressed in various shades of black and brown are furiously chewing sunflower seeds. I'm sitting on the terraces of an Albanian football stadium.
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