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The Dancing Dawson

By | March 2, 2019

Thanks to TV’s David Bodycombe for alerting me to a full episode of non-hit Les Dawson 1991 BBC1 quiz Fast Friends is up on Youtube. Our favourite bit, obviously, is the 17 frames of our Les dancing in front of a green screen to make it look like he’s at the hip party. It’s so… Read More »

They should do 8/10 Cats Do Give Us A Clue

By | March 1, 2019

So for whatever reason at my work’s tea table yesterday conversation got round to the father of utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham (via Abducted in Plain Sight, best of luck) and someone pointed out that his actual body was on display at University College London, but with a specially made head as they suggested the actual head… Read More »

Some things that have been on recently

By | February 27, 2019

That frankly aren’t really worth their own show discussion posts. Test Drive (BBC Scotland) – Wrestler/comic Grado commentates and officiates as three pairs drive to a destination in Scotland being asked questions along the way by their Sat Nav. Right answers mean the direct route, wrong answers lead to a three mile diversion. During the… Read More »

Hey Tracey!

By | February 26, 2019

Coming to ITV2. If our celebrities don’t know the answer to Joel’s unusual questions, they can say “Hey Tracey!” and enlist the help of his very own virtual assistant. But forget your high-end Silicon Valley artificial intelligence – Tracey was thrown together by some sixth formers in the late 90’s as part of their technology… Read More »

Smalltown Kinda Guy

By | February 25, 2019

Thanks to Kniwt for bringing up the recently launched Chris and Julia’s Sunday Night Takeaway and their rather ingeniously reversioned theme tune which surely ought to be used for a Just Eat sponsorship down the line. However it got me thinking. And rather dangerously another theme got stuck in my head, and it is of… Read More »

Sick As A Parrot

By | February 23, 2019

There is literally no reason for this except I’ve had the theme tune in my head this morning. It’s the CBBC crossword quiz Sick As A Parrot. Feels like a lot of effort to play along with these days (Although it’s not like any of the clues are hard or anything, and clearly they couldn’t… Read More »