Tag: Hi-De-Hi

  • You Have Been Watching …
    You Have Been Watching …

    At the end of series seven of Grange Hill, something unusual happens. The end credits look like this. Ordinarily, the credits look like this. Usually a bold colour background, and a complementary colour for the text. And rarely, if ever, the same combination twice between episodes. But for this episode, they proceed in a sort…

  • You Have Been Watching …
    You Have Been Watching …

    I watched Predator the other evening, and it’s good silly fun. I like the story Carl Weathers tells about how none of them, except Arnie (I think), wanted to admit they worked out, and insisted their physique was all natural. So they would all get up at 2 or 3 in the morning and sneak…

  • I Think Special Patrol Group Is A Stupid Name For A Hamster
    I Think Special Patrol Group Is A Stupid Name For A Hamster

    When I watch old/classic comedy, I like it when arcane things crop up, and I learn something about the past I never knew. For example, thanks to Steptoe & Son, I finally learned that ‘brassic’ is rhyming slang (Brassic Lint – Skint), and thanks to Hi-De-Hi, I learned that you used to be able to…

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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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