Category: Chat Show

  • Wogan Says ‘Allo ‘Allo
    Wogan Says ‘Allo ‘Allo

    I could have sworn we’d looked at this before, but it turns out we haven’t. It’s labelled as 1985 but that would have made it a Sunday, so this must be from 1986, which also tallies with the dates of the ‘Allo ‘Allo live show. With his customary savoirfaire the chat-show host par excellence introduces…

  • A Shy Mobster
    A Shy Mobster

    He has no right to be as talented as he is.

  • Rowan’s Will Reading
    Rowan’s Will Reading

    This seems to be from the Australian iteration of Parkinson, which aired from 1979 to 1983, but I might be wrong.

  • Jim, Kermit, And Rowlf On Arsenio
    Jim, Kermit, And Rowlf On Arsenio

    It always amazes me how people chat to the puppet, and the puppeteer just sort of disappears somehow. If you ever want to vanish from a situation, stick your hand up a puppet’s bum. Here’s the Professor that Jim mentions. And here’s Rowlf on The Jimmy Dean Show.

  • Shaun Micallef’s Organ
    Shaun Micallef’s Organ

    Marvel won’t you, at Shaun Micallef’s massive, magnificent, and totally not imaginary organ. And here’s Shaun’s reaction to watching The Matrix Reloaded.

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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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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