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Author: Simon Dunn

Why Did People Buy Tickle?

This commercial campaign asks a lot of questions, but the answer is entirely up to you.

March 3, 2022
Standing Quite A Long Way Away From

A Fry and Laurie sketch from a 1987 appearance on Saturday Live.

March 2, 2022
Comedian Trailer

I still think this is one of the best trailers ever made.

March 1, 2022
The Chicken Song

I went to bed last night with The Chicken Song running round my head in a constant loop. The song featured heavily in episodes of Spitting Image, with characters humming it, or it being used as background muzak. It was written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, with the music by Phillip Pope. It was…

February 28, 2022
Wooburn Grange Country Club

You’ll recognise the Wooburn Grange Country Club, famous as it is for being the building used as Fawlty Towers. Unfortutantely, the building burned down in 1991, and was replaced with a load of houses. The club was located in Bourne’s End in Buckinghamshire.

February 27, 2022

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Nineteen 90s Shows

I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…