Category: Behind The Scenes
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Buchwald Vs Paramount
I spent some time on this in the latest episode of Comedy Is …, but there’s so much more to the Art Buchwald versus Paramount Pictures case, and the contract breach around Coming To America. It lead to a second, and then a third, trial, both of which were landmarks in their own right. Here’s…
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KellyVision – Spitting Image
This is rather a good look behind the scenes of Spitting Image.
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A Bit More Broom Cupboard (Sort Of)
This is the usual view we had of the Broom Cupboard back then in the 80s. It only occurred to me recently that for the rest of the day, the Continuity Announcers would have been sitting in amongst all that detritus. This is what it would have looked liked without it. This is NC3, whereas…
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A Tour Of The Broom Cupboard
God I love this. Why is there so much romance about seeing behind the scenes at TVC? This piece was for the 7th December edition of Saturday Superstore in 1985, which means it’s only about two months since the Broom Cupboard first appeared on air. Monday 9 September 1985 saw the introduction of a new…
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Meet The Neighbours
This is a fun thing that was obviously made to introduce audiences to Neighbours before the evening slot began. How much of that do you remember? I had forgotten about Lucy Robinson entirely, and this was before Madge met Harold, so I didn’t remember her being a Ramsey at all. Nice to spot some old…
