Editing Dave Gorman (section)

===''Are You Dave Gorman?''===
{{Main|Are You Dave Gorman?}}

Gorman shot to fame following a drunken bet with his flatmate [[Danny Wallace (humorist)|Danny Wallace]] which became the backdrop to a book written by Gorman, and a play written by Wallace. The bet was thus: Gorman claimed he shared the name Dave Gorman with the assistant manager of [[East Fife F.C.]] and that there must be "loads" of others around.<ref name=TDS1>{{cite web|url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/xipl79/dave-gorman|title=Dave Gorman – The Daily Show|publisher=[[Comedy Central]]|date=11 December 2001|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-date=19 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044052/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/xipl79/dave-gorman|url-status=dead}}</ref> Wallace disagreed with him, so the two travelled to [[Methil]] (about {{convert|450|mi}} from London), with a [[Instant camera|Polaroid]] camera, to meet the assistant manager, whose name was indeed Dave Gorman. The bet soon evolved into a monster as, on the way to meet Dave Gormans numbers 4 and 5, Wallace decided Gorman must meet one for every card in the deck (including the jokers).

His quest to meet this target is described, with highlights including: five people changing their names by [[deed poll]] (two of whom were women); a trip to New York that resulted in failure when he discovered the man he had gone to meet was not Dave Gorman, but B. David Gorman and therefore was ineligible; and the American journey included a meeting with an actor who had played a character called David Gorman, the validity of which is hotly contested in the book.