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March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Simon Dunn Bob Mortimer

Bob Mortimer could tell me to eat a rancid owl and I would probably consider it. Luckily, I do like

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March 6, 2021 Simon Dunn Marathon, Snickers, Stephen Fry

I just watched this advert from 1977 for the new flavoured Marathon. It has a weird wrapper, and features Keith

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March 4, 2021 Simon Dunn St Ivel Gold

Whenever I watch ads from the 1980s, I always, always comment about how terrifying they were. And aside from the

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March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Simon Dunn Murray Walker, Opal Fruits, Starburst

Today’s ear worm is the jingle from the Opal Fruits advert. Apparently, the slogan was invented by Murray Walker, the

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February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Simon Dunn BBC2, David Schneider, Harry Enfield, Pizza Hut

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of the famous BBC2 idents. These are much-loved and fondly remembered, and

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Happy Birthday To Normalverse

September 12, 2016October 7, 2020 Simon Dunn

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The Strange Pornographic History of Henry’s Cat

September 23, 2020September 30, 2020 Simon Dunn

Henry’s, Henry’s, you must know Henry’s Cat? That song started playing in my head this morning, as the shower belched

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About Me

Simon Dunn is a professional scriptwriter, and used to perform stand up comedy across the UK. He has also written a number of novels, and has a weekly podcast with Radio 4’s Iszi Lawrence.

He is represented by Simon Williamson at SWA.