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The Wandavision Set

The Wandavision set sounds like a 1950s television, but in this case, we’re looking at the set from the first couple of episodes of Wandavision. As I understand it, the show will move forward in time, and we will see sitcom sets from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. I don’t know how many UK…

January 28, 2021
On The Origins Of The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show is a fantastic sitcom, and one you should seek out and watch it you haven’t already done so. Here’s the inimitable Carl Reiner talking about the genesis of the show.

July 1, 2020
Mary Tyler Moore Ads

Mary Tyler Moore was in a number of hugely succesful sitcoms, so it’s no wonder that she was asked to be the face of a few advertising campaigns over the years. But here’s an early one from 1956, for Hotpoint, long before she appeared on The Dick Van Dyke Show. I always forget how closely…

November 1, 2019

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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…