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That’s Not The Magnum Theme

The theme tune for Magnum, P.I. is, as the saying goes, a banger. But it was not always thus. For a few episodes at the start of the first season, this was the theme they used. And here’s the pallette cleanser. There must be several examples of shows using different theme tunes, and the two…

February 6, 2021
Conan In The Office

I enjoy stumbling across bonus footage of shows that I have watched the snot out of, so this was a fun watch. It makes me wish I had thousands of hours of off air footage myself to scour through for gems. So annoying that the audience laugh over Micheal’s great opening line in The Office.…

May 28, 2020

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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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…