Ian Dury and performed the theme song "Profoundly in Love with Pandora" for the television series "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾" (1985), based on the book of the same name by Sue Townsend, as well as its follow-up, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" (1987). Dury turned down an offer from Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the libretto for "Cats" (from which Richard Stilgoe reportedly earned millions). The reason, said Dury, "I can't stand his music." When AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television to promote safe sex, demonstrating
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer patience for crass, innuendo-laced, no-taste bawdy comedy, you will certainly find yourself laughing out loud over this series." The series was alluded to multiple times in the unaired pilot episode of "", "Leonardo Leonardo Returns and Dante Has an Important Decision to Make", which featured Dante and Randal drawing inspiration from a non-existent episode of "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer", which Randal describes as "classic Pfeiffer". The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer ( ) is an American sitcom that aired on UPN in 1998. Before it was even debuted, the series set off