Category: US
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It Was A Back Tooth, Hank
Apologies for the lack of posts recently, I’ve been staving off illness. So let’s start the week as we mean to go on, with a couple of quick clippings about The Larry Sanders Show. First, this review, which makes the helpful argument that Terry Wogan isn’t like this, and hits all the obvious other beats…
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Clips Garry Shandling’s Show
Well, today I learned that It’s Garry Shandling’s Show was broadcast on BBC Two, which came as news to me. It began on Sunday 5th July 1987, at 6.45pm of all times. As you can see it was sandwiched between Sunday Grandstand and a show called Favourite Things. Here’s how that worked, thanks to Neil…
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Spitting Im-AD-Ges
Let’s have a quick look at some adverts featuring the latex creations of Spitting Image. This first one is for a tie-in board game. This is what came in the box. In 1987, the puppets were used in a campaign for Chiclets, an American gum product. This one for Heineken feels like it’s an actual…
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Egon Spengler’s Brother
Thanks to this excellent tweet, I was made aware of this appearance by Harold Ramis as Elon Spengler, the brother of Ghostbuster Egon. It’s a segment from the 1990 ABC network presentation The Earth Day Special which aired on 22nd April 1990. It also features Martin Short and MTV’s Julie Brown. I can’t help thinking…
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Starting From Scratch
There’s always something to be found when thumbing through a giant reference book of television, and today I came across the US sitcom Starting From Scratch. This was a syndicated show starring Bill Daily and Connie Stevens, and aired from October 1988 to April 1989, but more interestingly it was created by Brian Cooke. Cooke…
