John Thompson (Louis Balfour) is a Manchester boy and used to live in apartments 30 yards from the offices I work at.
One evening, many years ago, me and my work colleagues all walked out of the bar in which we were drinking (underneath our offices), and crossed the road. Crossing the opposite way was old Louis. He was clearly in a hurry.
A couple of the lads and I shouted "cool", "radical", "ground breaking" and all that stuff.
He sort of ignored us....then as he reached the other side of the road he stopped, turned, and said "CRAZY.....But NICE". Then carried on walking.
We all, and everyone around us, all cracked up in stitches of laughter. Then all started chanting (we were very drunk) "Louis, Louis, Louis".
It was a great moment. And we've loved the bloke ever since for his sense of humour and for giving us 10 seconds from his busy day
Same friends/colleagues will on occasion be out, and one of us will still ask "remember Louis Balfour....how funny was that?"