Category: The Young Ones
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R Soles At The Friendy Fascist Pig Bank
This Hale & Pace sketch … … reminded me of this Smith & Jones sketch … … which reminded me of this from The Young Ones. Which lead me to wonder – is the Jools Holland ‘Good Morning Sir’ bit, a little reference to this? If so, then that’s pretty meta. Referencing an advert that…
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The Groovy Fellers And Ken Bishop’s Nice Twelve
It just wouldn’t be the new year without a bit of Jools Holland now, would it? So, it came to pass, that on the first day of 2021, I learned that Jools Holland had his own sitcom on Channel Four called The Groovy Fellers. Co-written with his co-star Rowland Rivron, the episodes were 50 minutes…
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Dear Mr Echo
Got a cold. This is all I can think about. Normal service will resume shortly.
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Is The Grange Hill Set Used In The Young Ones?
You may have noticed that I’m on a slow binge-watch of Grange Hill from the beginning. I’m two thirds of the way through series six, and the sets are starting to look like the sets I most remember. Whether that’s because this was the era I watched most as a kid, or because of this,…
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Wasn’t It Monk D’Wally De Honk?
This line has been stuck in my head for days. I assumed this was a made up name, but held out hope that it was a real person, with a real backstory that somehow fit the question exactly. It’s not though. But it’s a name that has been baffling the Autosport forum for years. It…
