Category: Polithicks
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Do Ron Ron Ron
It shouldn’t be possible to take a topical sketch from the mid 80s, and just change a few words for it to still be topical today. But here we go. It’s also interesting to see Spitting Image being performed live of course, and as Ben notes at the end, that’s Chris Barrie doing the voice.…
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What’s Past Is Prologue
Continuing on from yesterday’s theme that comedy from the 1980s resonates today much more than feels comfortable. Here’s Phil Hartman’s Reagan on Saturday Night Live, in a sketch which aired the night before Regan resigned, on 28th February 1987. And here he is again, playing Robert MacFarlane, in a sketch from 16th May 1987.
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Norway Shares The Wealth
In the 1990s, Norway realised that its windfall from the discovery and exploitation of North Sea Oil would eventually come to an end. Where the UK had used this new revenue to fund massive Thatcherite tax cuts, Norway realised that it had to protect this money for future generations. With audacious foresight, the country began…
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How To Solve All The Problems In The World
It’s been a bad year, for so many people, for so many reasons. It might be cathartic to list all the bags that have been filled with shite, and use creative swear words to vent some pent up impotent rage, but that would make this blog about eight days long, and we’d still only scratch…
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Schisms In The Force
We all know that The Force is divisive (and not just among idiot fandoms), what with the Dark and Light sides and all that. But, like all religions, it must have experienced its fair share of schisms leading to differing, and competing factions. Proceeding with the assumption that the following may contain spoilers for any…
