Thought Vomit – Page 2 – Simon Dunn

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In Case You Missed Them

I’ve never done this before, but here’s a round up of some of the February articles that you may have missed and that I think might worth a read. I’m probably wrong. Towards the start of the month, I reacted to an advert I saw in the most stupid way imaginable. It was all to […]

March 1, 2020
The Flintstone’s Car

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Flintstone’s car. I know this isn’t the best way to expend my mental energy, and I know it’s a cartoon, but nonetheless, even in the world of The Flintstones, this car makes no sense. Let’s not get started on the implication of those opening titles either. The family […]

February 29, 2020
Great Scott, It’s Michael Winslow

This clip from the 1986 Oscars has everything you wouldn’t expect to see. Sit back, and watch Back To The Future win a statue for Best Sound Effects Editing. BTTF seems timeless somehow, albeit being thoroughly rooted in the mid 1980s. So it’s odd to see someone from Police Academy here, let alone the Muppets. […]

February 19, 2020
Moviedrome

Or When Two Tweets Collide I scrolled quickly past a tweet the other day, which then got lost in the ether, but it stuck with me. It asked what was the last thing you watched on a black and white portable television. The answer for me is probably The X Files, though I can’t be […]

February 11, 2020
Merry Grange Hill Day

Today marks the anniversary of the first ever episode of Grange Hill. This is how it opened. Hur hur.

February 8, 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 […]