Former Carter USM frontman Jim Bob has been reminiscing about the classic pop moment when his bandmate Les 'Fruitbat' Carter rugby tackled Philip Schofield to the ground at the 1991 Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party.
For those of you out there who don't think about this moment several times every single year (I guess there are probably some of you, somewhere), here's a little reminder.
The tackle came after the duo had their performance at the pop mag's annual awards bash - of their then current single 'After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)' - cut short. That in turn happened after Carter kicked a microphone stand into the audience.
In protest over the duo not being able to finish their performance, Carter then began smashing equipment on stage. In response to that, Schofield made a sarcastic remark about the originality of artists breaking some speakers. And in response to that, Carter launched himself at the event's host, knocking him to the floor.
"I didn’t see it happen", Jim Bob tells the NME in a new interview. "I'd left the stage because I was pissed off with after he knocked everything over. Someone from the BBC told me a microphone stand hit somebody in the audience and nearly killed a child. I thought, 'That’s the end of the band – we've killed a child!' And the label were having a meeting to decide on our future".
"Phillip Schofield has passed on lots of nice messages to us over the years, but at the time, it was quite violent", he adds. "It's not a cheeky jump on him - probably would have got a few punches in if he could! It was on all the front pages the day after, and only became funny when we played a gig that night and the audience chanted: 'Phillip Schofield - what a wanker!' Every now and then, someone will still shout that".
The duo's last minute addition to the SHPWP line-up had been pushed for by their then new label Chrysalis. Given how it turned out, that wasn't a great start to that particular label relationship. Although their first album for the record company, '1992: The Love Album', did then go straight to number one, which repaired things somewhat.
'After The Watershed' was cut from the album's final tracklisting though. Not for fear of offending Schofield or the BBC (who, despite everything, let the band appear on 'Top Of The Pops' weeks later), but because the Rolling Stones' publisher had blocked it for quoting the band's song 'Ruby Tuesday'. But that's another story for another day.
Now, let's all remind ourselves of the days when pop music was allowed on the telly, despite presenters occasionally being wrestled to the floor as a result.