Richard Brooks
@thebrookso.bsky.social
Hello, Good Evening, Welcome...to nothing much. Music. Comedy. Beer. #cafc. Travelling On Buses. Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs. Tawdry Roberts.
One of the great, and at the same time very odd, TOTP performances. The audience is barely interested. youtu.be/QB0-BhJkTXg?...
Jilted John - Jilted John - TOTP - 10 August 1978
YouTube video by Shadow TV Network
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d ago48
Perhaps the unlikeliest of comedy sketches to crop up in 2026, but also one of the funniest:
British Pork: It’s Got the Lot | SNL UK
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live UK
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Listen: My Mom Is Here's brilliant new version of Blind Faith classic 'Can't Find My Way Home' www.realgonerocks.com/2026/08/list... #MusicSky
Listen: My Mom Is Here share brilliant new version of Blind Faith’s ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’ | Real Gone
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Award yourself a point for every one of Eddie Large's dodgy and dated impressions that you can successfully identify! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhi5...
LITTLE AND LARGE - 'Telephone Man' - 1977 45rpm
YouTube video by VinylHell
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Cheers & Jeers: British comedy's ambivalence about alcohol - Comedy Chronicles www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
Cheers & Jeers: British comedy's ambivalence about alcohol - Comedy Chronicles - British Comedy Guide
Comedy has always been drawn to a drink, and, indeed, a drunk. This article looks at the relationship between the liquid and the laughs.
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On this day in 1967, Reg Varney was the first member of the public to use a cashpoint machine.
Of all the great songs on Indie Top 20 volume 20, this one is the best. Excellent Glass Oniony reference to this on their 1997 single Volcano Girls as well: “I told you about the seether before, You know, the one who's neither or nor, Well, here's another clue, if you please, The seether's Louise”
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2mo ago32
“Hello, French Polishers? It’s just possible you could save my life” x
NEW Survation poll of pub landlords on behalf of @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social as seen in @mirror.co.uk 47% of landlords say they're not confident their pub will survive the next 12 months. Of those, 2 in 3 think they've got less than a year left at current costs. 🍺🧵1/4
Welcome, children. Make yourself at home. Here's your mandatory painting of Judi and Gus to help you settle in. Keep it close at hand. You'll need it at some point during your time here.
Andrew Sachs as Manuel promoting BBC coverage of the 1982 football World Cup finals in Spain. Definitely part of the extended Fawlty Towers Cinematic Universe.
GAME IDEA: A Paperboy sequel called EvriBoy, where you sneak up to peoples' houses, leave their parcel on the doorstep then pedal away frantically to leave someone else's parcel in a bin on bin day.
Any excuse to trot out this brilliant (and 100% real) #totp chart countdown slide from the original run.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2mo ago38 re
I don't tend to write much about music, but I just couldn't resist this one. On a track by dance music pioneer Patrick Cowley, which went unreleased for over four decades. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/05/a-ch...
How come I’ve never seen the giant Sir Mix A Lot promotional inflatable arse in Falling Down until now? (From the forthcoming Arrow Blu-ray)
Looks like it’s time to broadcast this
Turner Doomsday Video, CNN's broadcast at the end of the world.
YouTube video by Captain hard times
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CNN@cnn.com · 3mo agoTed Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87. https://cnn.it/4tWQsrr
