Nostalgic Things

THURSDAY 8.00 Living Dangerously 8.30 Sitting Pretty 9.00 Nine O'Clack News 9.30 Smith and Jones 10.00 One Foot in the Grave

Thursday

Robert Russell in a fetching check jacket in the episode Nobody Wants To Know from the series Public Eye

Men, what’s stopping you looking like this?

Babs & Sid in a publicity shot for Carry On Camping

Happy 88th birthday to Barbara Windsor who faked her own death in 2020 to run off to Argentina and help Sid James with his B&B

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have

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I didn’t see the bombing of Nagasaki, but it definitely happened.

Scrambler’s were all the rage in 1979 as Kick Start was first broadcast on this date.

WEDNESDAY 7.00 Wogan 7.40 Doogie Howser, MD 8.05 Over My Dead Body 8.50 Points of View 9.00 Nine O'Clock News 9.30 QED 10.00 Sportsnight 11.30 Ooh.You Are Awful 1.05 Weather

Wednesday

The Yorkshire Television clock.

Closedown

Betty Boo's real name was Elizabeth Boo #chooseday

I approve

The Now 80s channel is classifying The Look Of Love by ABC as a forgotten single.

MR. HORSE NO SIR I DON'T LIKE IT

I think Mr. Horse summed up my feelings about most of the world right now

Sausages and cheese, German supermarket

the scenario we all feared

Revolver may well be the perfect pop album, but too many bands have taken it and basically copied it for their entire career.

John Lennon tries to hide behind a piece of see-through pink plastic, not understanding Ringo, George and Paul can still see him.

The popular beat combo, The Beatles had a quiet day on this date in 1966 by releasing Elenor Rigby/Yellow Submarine as a single and Revolver as an album.

The not at all problematic Australian actor, Mel Gibson

On this date in 1305 Scottish resistance leader Mel Gibson was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.

Here’s a quick video of my EMU replica puppet in action!!

TUESDAY 7.00 Tomorrow's World 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Whicker's World 8.50 Points of View 9.00 Nine O'Clock News 9.10 Open All Hours 9.40 Take Me Home 10.40 Film 88- David Lean Special 11.10 Where's The Key

Tuesday

Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in Silver Birch Road, Norton Canes, WS11 for £165,000. Marketed by Chariot Estates, Burntwood

Picture 16, everyone. You can thank me later.

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Sid James in Carry on Camping

New screensaver on the telly

MONDAY on Border 7.00 Wheel of Fortune 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 Wheel of Fortune 8.30 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 10.00 News at Ten

Monday

A VHS cover for a fictional film called Mama's Boy. Dudley Moore is dressed in a giant romper costume and holding a rubber duck. The tagline is "Meet Jimmy Clay. A nice guy, but he has a lot of growing up to do". The listed cast is Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah and Jon Cryer. It features a review reading: "Shit - Roger Ebert". It's all a bit silly.

One time, @mooncatandco.bsky.social was telling me about an idea he couldn't shift of finding a VHS of this fictional but plausible film at his usual rental place. I had to reproduce his vision.

SUNDAY 7.40 Seven Little Foys 9.10 News and Weather 9.15 The Promise of His Glory 10.00 A Salute to Gregory Peck 11.10 Scrooge 1.00 News

Sunday

They were all signed up should Auntie had given the green light.

It made me very, very angry when I found out it was cancelled

It’s was wonderful

*shudder*

YouTube video by Editor Bryce Steamed Hams but it's formatted like a classic Thomas & Friends episode

Well this is delightful

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