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Michael Redmond On Clive Anderson Talks Back

This is a rare and lovely treat. Have a watch, and we’ll talk afterwards. Yes, that line does feature heavily in an excellent Stewart Lee routine, and man alive, the accompanying ladder joke is marvellous. Such ad odd intro to the stand up though. Why was Clive in the audience, and why was the camera…

April 20, 2019
Rik Mayall On Paul O’Grady

Here’s a really fun interview from 2005. But how have I never seen All About George?

April 10, 2019
Vic & Bob On Ross

Seems like such a rare thing to see Vic & Bob being interviewed. And look how young they are. Three things. How does Ross’s hair spring back to perfection like that after he removes the wig? Why don’t the audience do as they’re told and hum them on? Can you spot both times Bob calls…

March 27, 2019
Penelope Keith On Aspel & Company

Here’s Penelope Keith on an episode of Aspel & Company. At first I thought this was from the same episode as the Dave Allen one a few days ago, but it’s actually from three years later in 1991. There’s mention of Ask Aspel, which looked like this, complete with mechanical countdown clock at the beginning…

February 2, 2019

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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

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…