Career
On 27 January 2007 he debuted on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Five Live"s Fighting Talk. He scored 28 points thus finishing in last place which is a programme tradition for a debutant. In September 2007 he was a guest on Private Passions, the weekly music discussion programme hosted by Michael Berkeley on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3.
Fantoni is also the creator and writer of poems supposedly penned by one East. J. Thribb—the fictitious poet-in-residence at Private Eye.
His poems are usually about recently deceased famous people, and always begin "So, farewell then.". Thribb also usually mentions the deceased"s "catchphrase" or theme song and his poems often feature his friend Keith, or Keith"s mum, who usually does something "like" the deceased.
The poetry consists of a stream of consciousness which is just broken up into lines.
