Category: e.phemera
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Great Scott, It’s Michael Winslow
This clip from the 1986 Oscars has everything you wouldn’t expect to see. Sit back, and watch Back To The Future win a statue for Best Sound Effects Editing. BTTF seems timeless somehow, albeit being thoroughly rooted in the mid 1980s. So it’s odd to see someone from Police Academy here, let alone the Muppets.…
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Moviedrome
Or When Two Tweets Collide I scrolled quickly past a tweet the other day, which then got lost in the ether, but it stuck with me. It asked what was the last thing you watched on a black and white portable television. The answer for me is probably The X Files, though I can’t be…
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Today’s World
Here’s how Tomorrow’s World envisioned the home of 2020. Some of it is pretty bang on, some not so much. It’s actually a bit depressing how far we haven’t come. I want to be able to play an 80s flight simulator on my window.
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Listings On A Listless Day
This is one of those On This Day in the past posts that I do sometimes. What’s the day after Boxing Day called? And why does it always feel like such an odd day? An answer to the latter question can maybe be found in the BBC listings for 27th December (Ultimate Fighting Day?) in…
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Mark Hamill Talks About The Star Wars Prequels On Blue Peter In 1980
Not much time today for blogging, due to an incident with a toilet. I should explain. It was leaking a bit. I tried to fix it, and due to an moment with a hammer that may or may not have resulted in a bigger crack, the toilet had to be replaced entirely. Enough plumbing shenanigans.…
