Month: August 2017
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The Weird Connection Between Drop Dead Fred And Terminator 2
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a video like this before. It’s a promotional film for Video Rental Stores, hocking Terminator 2: Judgement Day to store owners across the States. Either I’m misremembering the size of VHS tapes, or the tape Robert Patrick is holding is a bit small, or his hands are massive. Then…
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Kenneth Williams Interviews Stephen Fry and Michael Palin
I presume this is from one of Kenneth’s stints guest hosting Wogan. Who else wants to hear his bit about squatting in the outback? This was broadcast in the early evening, amazingly. Would have been nice for it to be much longer. And here’s another interview, this time with Michael Palin. Kenneth’s recall of those…
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Ha Egg. He Said Egg.
Shattered today after building a small (wonky) wall. This still makes me laugh a lot though. And here’s Lee & Herring returning the favour to Ant & Dec, who had appeared on an episode of Fist Of Fun. This is from Ant & Dec Unzipped, which ran for ten episodes on Channel Four in 1997.…
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Matt. Damon.
I like learning how to do new things. That’s how I taught myself web building, which lead to learning Flash, and then PHP. It’s also why I bought a lathe and learned how to make wooden bowls, which in turn lead me into box making. This week, I am going to try to build a…
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Continuity
You know that feeling when you are tired, it’s nearly midnight, you’re about to go to bed, and you realise with horror that you haven’t done your daily blog post? That. Continuity is important. It gives a channel a character, and it is all too often overlooked and not archived. Luckily there are people who…
