Music and Television Career
In 2005, Brown released a cover of the Barry White song You're the First, the Last, My Everything as a charity single. It peaked at number 13 in the UK singles chart.
In 2003, Howard had a cameo in The Office Christmas special. Howard played himself alongside Ricky Gervais as David Brent and Paul "Bubble" Ferguson from Big Brother 2. The three men took part in a night club promotion 'Blind Date' game which was hosted by Mike McClean. Howard and Bubble were getting on much better with the female contestant than Brent, much to his dissatisfaction. When Brown sat down, McClean shouted at the audience "Who gives you extra?" to which they replied "Who Who Who?". This is a reference to the Halifax advert which sings "Who gives you extra?" to the tune of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men. Brown does not actually sing in that particular advert as it was performed by Matt Thornfield and Brown only appeared in cartoon form.
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