Author: Simon Dunn
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What’s The Opposite Of A Weather Forecast?
This is the news. Or at least the opposite of some of the element of the news – all in a special themed edition of the most pointless of podcasts. Do no share, and do not enjoy.
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Some Partridge Bookends
I’ve shared this clip before, but it strikes me how oddly incongruent this moment is. The Techincal BAFTAs take a moment out of their time to have this sketch, for no other reason that just because. It’s especially strange, considering how new the Partridge character was on screens – this was even before Knowing Me,…
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Spitting Im-AD-Ges
Let’s have a quick look at some adverts featuring the latex creations of Spitting Image. This first one is for a tie-in board game. This is what came in the box. In 1987, the puppets were used in a campaign for Chiclets, an American gum product. This one for Heineken feels like it’s an actual…
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Is This The Movie Trailer That Changed Movie Trailers?
This trailer for the first Mission: Impossible film has really stuck with me through the years. It felt different from other trailers around that time, and was of course aided by the music. This is how many other trailers were around that time – with the voice-over guy that is still referenced in spoof trailers…
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Roy Clarke’s The Animal Man
Here’s an article from Television Today in the The Stage from 24th November 1983. In it, we see an announcement for The Kit Curran Radio Show, Fresh Fields, Chance In A Million, and a number of other Thames produced ITV sitcoms. But what sticks out to me is the intriguing, and deliberately vague, description of…
