Category: US
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Clips Garry Shandling’s Show
Well, today I learned that It’s Garry Shandling’s Show was broadcast on BBC Two, which came as news to me. It began on Sunday 5th July 1987, at 6.45pm of all times. As you can see it was sandwiched between Sunday Grandstand and a show called Favourite Things. Here’s how that worked, thanks to Neil…
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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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Egon Spengler’s Brother
Thanks to this excellent tweet, I was made aware of this appearance by Harold Ramis as Elon Spengler, the brother of Ghostbuster Egon. It’s a segment from the 1990 ABC network presentation The Earth Day Special which aired on 22nd April 1990. It also features Martin Short and MTV’s Julie Brown. I can’t help thinking…
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Starting From Scratch
There’s always something to be found when thumbing through a giant reference book of television, and today I came across the US sitcom Starting From Scratch. This was a syndicated show starring Bill Daily and Connie Stevens, and aired from October 1988 to April 1989, but more interestingly it was created by Brian Cooke. Cooke…
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Stir Crazy: The Sitcom
In 1980, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor starred in the hit movie Stir Crazy. It was written by Bruce Jay Friedman and directed by none other than Sidney Poitier. It made over $100 million at the box office, and was a smash hit on home video too. Here’s an article about the movie from the…
