Category: e.phemera

  • I’m Awake
    I’m Awake

    Well, this is stuck in my head today, so now it’s stuck in yours.

  • Walking With Disc Jockeys
    Walking With Disc Jockeys

    As a sort of sequel to yesterday’s post, here’s the Walking With Disc Jockeys episode of the BBC Two show Blood On The Carpet. The series featured twelve episodes over two series, in 1999 and 2001, all looking at corporate bust-ups. This episode is about the upheaval at Radio 1.

  • Newspaper Printing In The 1970s
    Newspaper Printing In The 1970s

    This is an interesting look at just what went in to printing a newspaper back in the olden past nostalgia days when everything was betterer or something.

  • 7 Video Games Based On TV Shows
    7 Video Games Based On TV Shows

    Some of the licenced properties for shows slip me by, and it’s always fun finding an old board game based on a sitcom. So here are seven computer games based on shows you might not expect. First up, a point and click legal caseload for LA Law: The Computer Game. Second is SeaQuest DSV, a…

  • Best TV Shows That Never Were
    Best TV Shows That Never Were

    As limited by the format as this is (time and copyright), it’s still a brilliant insight into many, many TV pilots that never got picked up, and the clips alone are fascinating. There’s a follow up show on Lee Goldberg’s channel too, as well as a great book he’s written about the same subject.

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    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
    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…

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