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Newhart Outtakes

Following on from yesterday, here are some outtakes from the sitcom Newhart. It’s a shame that The Bob Newhart Show never aired in the UK, and when the follow up series Newhart did, it was pretty fragmented in time slots and even channels.

February 23, 2020
Sitcom Reunions

With the misleading news that the cast of Friends are reuniting for a new episode (they’re not, it’s just the actors sitting on a stage and talking), what better time to look at a few other US sitcom reunions? At least Seinfeld did theirs in a unique and interesting way – using a season of…

February 22, 2020

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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…

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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…