Category: Continuity

  • CBS Cares
    CBS Cares

    Yesterday, we looked at some of NBC’s The More You Know PSAs. These are so widely known that even here in the UK, I’m aware of them. I didn’t know that the other networks had their own versions though (I assume it’s a condition of their licences). Here are a few from CBS Cares. And…

  • NBC The More You Know
    NBC The More You Know

    As part of their public service licence, NBC runs a series of public service announcements. You may have seen these parodied in various places, but here in the UK, we may not have seen any of the actual PSAs. Here’s a couple from Will Smith, when he was still the Fresh Prince. Here’s one by…

  • Newsradio Promos
    Newsradio Promos

    Here are some promos for Newsradio, as aired on NBC in the late 1990s. It gives you an idea of how often shows were being moved around their Must See TV schedule at that time – they even wrote a jingle for it all.

  • Armando’s Gash
    Armando’s Gash

    I think I can remember the very last show that I recorded on a VHS tape. I’m fairly sure that it was the Channel Four topical comedy show Gash, in 2003. It was one of the shows that Armando Iannucci made in between the Chris Morris years, Armistice, and The Thick Of It, and shared…

  • Some Becker Promos
    Some Becker Promos

    As an excuse to metion the second episode of Comedy Is …, in which I talk about the sitcom Becker, and try and place it into some social context, while also looking at other examples of angry man sitcoms, here’s a few promos for the show itself that aired on CBS at the time.

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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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