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  1. michaellevenson

    Review Australia's Finest - The Church

    Interesting, because I've just read on wikipedia that they were inducted into the Sydney ARIA Hall Of Fame in 2011. Maybe big in Sydney but not nationally, ...a bit like Rugby League. Anyway being a rock fan you might like the track Reptile that is second on this thread.
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    Review Australia's Finest - The Church

    Of course I may have a wrong impression. Just because they're Aussie doesn't mean they are big in Australia. I know they play to sell out crowds when they come to England and they're big in the USA. Of course I know playing to large audiences in the States doesn't necessarily mean anything as...
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    Review Father Dear Father

    The first two series were in black and white, but just as funny, here Patrick misunderstood an invitation from his publisher for a weekend away to promote his book, with a dirty weekend with her. Hilarious.
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    Review Father Dear Father

    Just gone through this series a fourth time . I can really recommend it, it's very funny in an innocent way, no sexual innuendo or edge at all. Patrick Cargill is superb, those who know of his performance on The Prisoner will appreciate his out of control, manic, characterisation of the...
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    Review The Strangerers

    Does anyone remember this very weird show? Written by Rob Grant, the one half of the Red Dwarf writing team that skedaddled leaving Doug Naylor. This series of nine episodes told of an alien visitation by vegetables! Aliens disguised as humans but totally incapable of any understanding of any...
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    Review Red Dwarf (1987)

    Three episodes into new series. It's very good, some real laugh out loud moments. CURED- A spaceship where evil is cured and Lister goes jamming with a nice Hitler. SILICONIA- A mechaniod liberation army rescues Kryten from servitude. Lister is forced to make sugar puff sandwiches. TIME WAVE -...
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    Review Wild Wild West ('65-'69) Alias Smith and Jones (71-73)

    Also a fan of Alias Smith and Jones. I actually like all of Glen A Larsson's shows. Sad of course about Pete Duel, but Roger Davis did a good job at short notice.
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    Review Department S (1969)

    Classic sixties ITC series. The birth of the legendary Jason King played by Peter Wyngarde.
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    Review Jason King (1971)

    One of the more memorable characters created in 70's British tv, the debonair upper crust crime fighter Jason King, played by Peter Wyngarde. Originally the character appeared in the threesome that made up Department S, an ITC series several years earlier. King was a popular character and was...
  10. michaellevenson

    Review Blake's 7 (1978)

    Another great fan vid, another one set to Gary Numan, both elements seem to go together well.
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    Review Chelmsford 123

    This is a very funny series with Jimmy Mulville and Rory McGrath set in Roman Britain. It's not in any way historically educational or accurate just OTT fun.
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    Fun Mistakes In Popular TV Shows

    In UFO episode The Long Sleep, Straker says " I have to visit Miss Ross" when it should be Miss Fraser. The character originally was Ross but was changed, Ed Bishop's script obviously was not up to date.
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    Review F Troop and Hogan's Heroes and Jeannie

    A third American classic show starting in 1965 was I Dream Of Jeannie. This I have a soft spot for, I have all the DVDs and it's consistently good. Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman are terrific of course, but I must mention Hayden Rorke as Dr Bellows , he puts in a wonderful performance as the...
  14. michaellevenson

    Review F Troop and Hogan's Heroes and Jeannie

    Two comedy shows both first aired in '65. Just recently got DVDs of both, reliving childhood memories. Not bad, neither are the belly laughs I thought they'd be , but quite enjoyable.
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    Fun Toys & Games

    The Brain itself looked like a cross between Brains from Thunderbirds and Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout. Anyway I'm off to bed BOING!
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    Fun Toys & Games

    Used to have a cool board game as a kid, Take The Brain. A bit like chess, the object being to take the opponent's The Brain piece. Each player had a row of Ninnies and Numbskulls, the latter ranked higher and could move more squares than Ninnies. The twist was the direction of movement was...
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    Review The Goodies (1970)

    Just checked the DVD and Graeme and Bill wrote that series for the now defunct London Weekend Television. Perhaps working for commercial tv rather than the BBC meant they were restricted in what they could write.
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    Review Love Thy Neighbour (1972)

    Yes terrific show. It can't even be repeated today because of the PC atmosphere today, nor can Vince Powell and Harry Driver's other comedy Mind Your Language. One of the writers , Powell I think, wrote the last three series of Never The Twain, originally created by Jonnie Mortimer , one half of...
  19. michaellevenson

    Review FAWLTY TOWERS: "A TOUCH OF CLASS" - Episode 1

    Yes that's right. Other gems; Manuel " I tell Mrs Fawlty you crazy about this girl right?, so you go up ladder to look at her, and She goes crazy!!" Basil leaps out of cupboard , " OK the games up....er up there, (pointing to ceiling) bit of game pie got stuck there"
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