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Tue 08 Aug 2001Big Brother Brian sends Eason's crowd wildThey waited. And then they waited some more. And then, as if descending from some celestial higher plane of celebrity, his expensively clad legs were to be seen descending the escalator. The place erupted. He was here."Brian, Brian, Brian," they cheered, clutching cameras, notebooks, copies of the Big Brotherbook, sundry items of clothing and anything else that could be scribbled on to mark this momentous occasion.