Graham Bannon

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**Graham Bannon**

Personal Information
Aliases
"The Heart-Throb"
"Percival Peril"
Percy (Miranda)

Status
Deceased

Occupation
TV Host
Musician
Actor

Affiliation
Channel One (Former)
 Biological Information

Identity
Male

Pronouns
He/Him
Age
60s

Hair Color
Brown

Family
Patrick Bannon (Son)

Actor
George Vere

Russian Voice Actor
Victor Vosvilov

**Graham Bannon** was a character in *Not For Broadcast*.

## Description

Graham Bannon was a disgraced former-celebrity on Channel One, as well as the host of the Saint Fanny's Hospital's T.V. Fundraiser for Dying Children.

## History

### Before The Game

Graham T. Bannon was born in the 1920s, being roughly in his 30s as of the 1950s.

At some point in time, he joined Channel One, and worked his way up to becoming a famous figure on the network. In 1954, his status led to him hosting Channel One's First Annual St. Fanny's Hospital TV Fundraiser for Dying Children, to raise money in order to save a sick girl named Suzie Button. The resulting show was a disaster, as after an unknown incident around the Capital blocked all traffic in and out of it, all of the producers, entertainers, and audience members, who were on the same buses to the city, were stranded "somewhere near Jamstable" and unable to arrive to the show. Performers needed to be scrounged up from the crew and people on the street, and only a last-minute rallying from a stagehand saved the telethon and garnered the funds needed to cure Suzie. In the process, Graham made watchers at home hate him, and tanked his career.

Despite the events of the telethon, and the public's apparent distaste for him, Graham seemingly wouldn't be too affected. In 1956, he garnered major success in music hall venues and comedy clubs around the country, amassing him a small fortune. He also, at some point in time, released his own brand of petroleum. Hot off his success, he would aid Marie Murphy in producing a television script for a show concept she conceived called *Dying Is Another Man's Job*. In the script, Graham would have starred as Percival Peril, the show's main character and 'daring do-gooder' with a signature for always carrying around dumbbells, a trait in which he was insistent on needing to be included.

According to developers, around the same time, Graham's son, Patrick Bannon, would be born to an unknown mother.

Upon completion of the script, *Dying Is Another Man's Job* received major acclaim by studio executives. In 1957, Graham used his publicity to order construction on the Bannon Soundstage, a 'state-of-the art studio and production facility', to fulfill the project. Despite his amassed fortune, he would seek outside investment, supposedly due to his vast gambling debts leaving him on the brink of bankruptcy.

Within the same year, construction on the Bannon Soundstage was completed. Graham Bannon founded Bannon Productions and production for *Dying Is Another Man's Job* began shortly after. He would hire several crew for its production: Miranda was an actress and starred as 'Mary', Percival's love interest, in the show; Brent Backflip was a stunt double and performed more of the riskier stunts on the show; Cedric Sloane made the show's props, and Marie Murphy was brought back on-board, both as the show's co-writer and producer, and to design the show's costumes.

Production did not go smoothly. Graham tended to get into altercations with his staff, and would frequently cut corners in order to save money. This directly lead to the injuring of Brent Backflip where, despite being urged towards the contrary by Marie Murphy, Graham continued to ignore safety concerns and cut the budget for Brent's harness costume that aided him in the stunt. During his stunt, Brent plunged to the floor of the Sound Stage, breaking both of his legs. After the accident, Brent would take Graham to court demanding compensation.

Following Brent's failed stunt, production continued amidst rising tensions, as Graham and Marie got into more altercations over his handling of the project. With their relationship shattered, Graham then took full credit for the conception of *Dying Is Another Man's Job*. He had staff gather all original manuscripts and footage (which only he and Marie had viewed, since nobody except writers and directors were authorized to view the original footage until a later date) in the Projector Room, setting them on fire with his own Bannon-brand Petroleum. To keep her quiet about the truth regarding the show's production, Graham periodically paid Marie money. After the footage was burnt, Graham would spread rumors that Marie started the fire, and any footage made afterwards wouldn't mention her as a writer and producer behind the script, only as the show's costume designer.

Eventually, the money Graham gave to Marie wouldn't be enough. Through letters written back-and-forth between the two, she'd demand her role as the show's co-writer and producer be given back to her. When Graham refused, Marie threatened to tell people that she actually wrote the show's script, though Graham doubted anyone would believe her as she was a woman.

Marie never got the chance to reveal the truth regarding the show's production. In their final altercation, Graham would be found by Marie while he was bundling rope in the Sound Stage. She exclaimed that his arrogance and the revisions he made to the script - espionage, car chases, and gratuitous nudity - were tasteless and ruined her show. Graham noted all of the scripts said that they were his, and pleaded for her to calm down, remarking that he didn't want her to cause any more accidents and burn another part of the building down. Marie told him to burn in hell, and Graham replied that he would after she did.

Marie taunted Graham, who thought he destroyed all of the old footage that proved her ownership of the scripts, by revealing a copy still existed. He repeatedly demanded to know where the copy was, stating that Marie would destroy everything. She replied that she didn't care, and backed up as Graham slowly approached her, rope in hand. While backing away, Marie either tripped or was pushed by Graham, and fell through the trapdoor to the Vault, dying upon impact or fatally injuring herself. Graham watched as she fell, before dropping his rope and walking away, leaving her to her fate. Several hours later, he returned to the Vault and moved Marie's dead body, hanging her up with rope and framing her death as a suicide.

After Marie's body was discovered, production was cancelled shortly after, and the Vault sealed. Disillusioned, Graham retreated from the public eye for the rest of his life. He mostly ignored his family, with what interactions he did have being about himself and the show. Graham would have a young Patrick bring whiskey to him every night 'with exactly one ounce of ice', and embellished himself while telling falsities about the show's crew. Eventually, he'd die at an unknown date, presumably around the late 70s/early 80s.

### Episode 1

#### Day 56: The Telethon

*Main article:* Day 56: The Telethon
Alex Winston is directed by Robert Boseman to edit Channel One's old broadcast footage from the 1950s of the First Annual St. Fanny's Hospital's T.V. Fundraiser for Dying Children, featuring Graham Bannon as the host.

### Episode 2

#### Day 371: The 20 Week War

*Main article:* Day 371: The 20 Week War
Graham Bannon is mentioned in passing by a sober Peter Clement, who refers to him as a proper tightwad, stated as having been one who would pay people the bare minimum and still find reasons to dock one's pay even further, with Peter providing an example of where Graham docked him $5 due to having an unacceptably smelly lunch box.

### Ads

Graham Bannon has starred in four advertisements.

* Whities
* Nation's Nightfall Report
* Bannon's
* Dying Is Another Man's Job

## Gallery

* Graham Bannon Swinging At A Scritchford Dance Club Member
* Graham Bannon Being Attacked By A Chimpanzee
* Graham Bannon Performing A Comedy Routine
* Graham Bannon Sitting With Miranda At The Sound Stage
* Graham Bannon Yelling At A Stagehand
* Graham Bannon Holding A Petrol Nozzle
* Graham Bannon Kissing A Canister Of Bannon's Petroleum
* Graham Bannon As Percival Peril

## Trivia

* Graham Bannon is played by George Vere, who also plays Patrick Bannon, the son of Graham Bannon.

## References

1. ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/AbnegateShortDogCharlietheUnicorn-uunEradAVPO1ZCxp
2. ↑ File:TelethonTriviaNight.png