Bluesky is not an ‘On the Buses bubble’. It’s just one the increasingly few public spaces where fans of Don’t Drink the Water get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.

Julie Warren@vathenauk.bsky.social · 13h ago

Bluesky is not a "#TOTP bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where fan's of The Hitman and Her get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.

Bluesky is not a "#Whizzkids bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where Chip-Ites get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.

Julie Warren@vathenauk.bsky.social · 13h ago

Bluesky is not a "#TOTP bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where fan's of The Hitman and Her get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.

YouTubers: Let everybody know you thoroughly intend to continue producing videos by making one titled "THIS IS THE END!" with a big sad/shocked face in the thumbnail.

Trying to remember one of Jimmy Cricket’s gags, was something like “my pal Tommy was killed when his finger was run over by a steamroller. He was scratching his nose at the time”

That's Clive Swift off Keeping Up Appearances.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Fraser Nelson reckons Rod Liddle was “the greatest satirist since Swift” while Michael Gove is comparing him to not just Swift but Orwell. Amazing the comparisons you can get if you’ll pump out exactly the racist opinions even they are too squeamish to commit to print.

Sorry to hear that welly wearing Irish comic Jimmy Cricket has died. He spent 4 years with Central ITV including this promo from 1986 for his One hour special RIP Jimmy

Rod Liddle is dead good In other news, the full stop key on this keyboard has stopped working

Seeing Tom Jones has just reminded me of this spectacular bit of slop that popped up on my FB a few weeks back. Who the fuck is Susan Boyle's dad, Mr Tickle? #totp

“Have you checked the copy for the Enterprise display ad?” “Didn’t need to, it’s the same every week” [one day later] “Oh”

I was hoping to begin a new career as a Gianni Infantino lookalike, but that seems like a bad move now.

There's a Last of the Summer Wine with this Wiki note: "An apparent appearance by Peter Sallis and Frank Thornton in an outdoor scene is achieved by green screen technology." I desperately want this footage to be comped into a Marvel film now. Just confused 90 year old men rotating in space.

Why is it The Ramblers Association and not The Stile Council?

Here's my Odyssey review. It's about Jason and the Argonauts. joelmorris.substack.com/p/jason-and-...

Jason And The Argonauts is still the best popcorn-classics movie ever, and Talos is why.

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion adventure story remains unbeatable.

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I've run this one past my legal team*.

Some know this playground game as 'Tag', 'Ticky', 'It' or something else entirely. Whatever you know it as, I hereby announce my intention to launch the $40bn Tag Forward Enterprise which includes the sales commercial rights - such as broadcasting, sponsorship, ticketing and licensing.

“Too many kids are going to university” Ok so are you pulling your own kids out of university? “Well I think there should be an encouragement to-“ Sorry I don’t think you answered the question - are your kids dropping out?

Gonna tell everyone I was lined up to headline Live At The Apollo but this happened.

TV Live@tvlive.site · last wk.

BBC: Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live At The Apollo axed. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough.

Tuesday

Rod Jane

ALT: Rod Jane

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Bill Oddie on "kids' programmes".

Also just remembered I got to shake Sooty's paw! Cheers, Ronnie Le Drew...

"No, he passed away this morning."

Bill Oddie was a permanent fixture in my life as either a comedian, birdwatcher, musician, presenter or formerly bank manager dressing as a schoolboy to join a drama school. And he was great at all of them. A very sad day indeed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdqz...

On Ilkla Moor Baht'at

YouTube video by Bill Oddie - Topic

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RIP Ronnie Le Drew! My childhood has been eroded by two great comedy people this morning... grr...

I've been getting to grips with 6music's Sounds-only stream, Indie Forever, which has the weak point of being named after a 6music programme, so my smart speaker is baffled. It's very much the meat-and-veg definition of NME/Melody Maker indie, with yer Arctic Monkeys; Stone Roses; Reverend & Makers

Story from the old Popbitch board. Poster is speaking to a high level music exec about funk music. Exec asks them "name the best funk record ever recorded on British soil". Poster struggles but reels out a few. Wrong, it's Funky Gibbon by The Goodies. Remove the lyric and that is one great track

Please play The Bubblegum Brigade and From The Top as a mark of respect.

This just happened: "And right now, it's 6Music Indie Cloudbusters!" [The Boy With The Thorn In His Side by The Smiths plays]