What’s The Opposite Of A Fart?

December 8, 2017

What’s The Opposite Of A Fart?

On this week’s episode of setisoppO, the podcast where we work out the opposite of things that don’t have a natural opposite, we wonder on the opposites of Blu Tack, of sweatbands, and of farts. Yes, farts. No, YOU grow up.

(Download)

This got me wondering about old commercials for Blu Tack. It’s one of those ubiquitous products that doesn’t seem to need advertising, so I’m not sure I ever saw one. Certainly not this one from 1978.

https://youtu.be/9Nrc26J00PQ

There was an Australian TV show called Hey Hey It’s Saturday, and judging from this clip, they used to do in-vision promos … but not very well.

https://youtu.be/-oQGIHqF0cs

e.phemera, setisoppO, Thought Vomit

<

>

Buy My Books

Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

Follow

Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…