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Member	Item		Review/Comment
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		TV Arena (1975 - Now)	True biffbam, I always get this mixed up with Omnibus... Been some stand-outs though, in this strand: The Hank Williams one was enthralling; The one about the Chelsea Hotel also; Scorsese's Dylan one, No Direction Home, and his George Harrison one too; Yes, the Joe Meek one was an absolute classic; there was a great Woody Guthrie one, but the best of all must have been the Burger And The King - the one about Elvis' eating habits. Deep-fried banana sandwich, anyone?
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		TV This Is Your Life [UK] (1955 - 2003)	From memory (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), my Dad once told me that they used to broadcast this live. Then they did some footballer (could it be Danny Blanchflower?) and when they surprised him with the red book and said "This Is Your Life!" He replied, "No it bl*dy isn't!" and walked off. And that was the end of that* live broadcast. The show was pre-taped after that ;-)
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		TV Hart To Hart (1979 - 1984)	Mrs Hart... She's gorgeous!
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		TV Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973 - 1978)	Crawford weren't bad in How I Won The War. But that's probably due to the great absurd script, the nonsense of war, the co-starring of Lennon and other great British actors (including the total gone Jack McGowran) and the directing of Richard Lester. The Knack is a bit dated and zany but remember it was made just at the point where 60s film culture started rockin' in Britain. When I was a kid I thought Condorman was the pants, and laughed my ass off at the stunts in Mothers. But I was a kid then. However, Crawford was a much better stuntman than he was an actor. Nobody likes grown-up babies. Even as a kid I used to think: what does his wife see in him? He acts like a kid! Even kids don't act like that!
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		Cinema The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)	In the same way that great songs are overplayed on the radio, resulting in total saturation, this film was mercilessly marketed in the UK upon release - so much so that when I saw the film it was a total damp squib. They were even touting it as the scariest film ever made. Great work by the promotion guys ;-), but it killed it for me upon first viewing. Shame, because after the dust had settled, it was a pretty creepy film. Still think that Brian Cox's Hannibal Lector in Manhunter was much creepier than Hopkins (no disrespect to Hopkins, though).
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		Cinema Brazil (1985)	Spoor: You've 'ad that bstard Tuttle 'ere!*
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		TV Luther (2010 - Now)	Great acting in this series, especially from the towering Idris Elba. A worthy competitor to the Scandinavian and American-dominated crimi-market.
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		TV The Goodies (1970 - 1982)	Laughed my ass off when I was a kid - but in my opinion, has dated badly
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		Cinema The Blue Max (1966)	Anton Diffring always played the evil nazi in many of the British-made war films
BiggieTembo 7th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Mike Oldfield - Crises	Cheers for info Sheepdip. I often wondered what that bass clef meant ;-)
BiggieTembo 6th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album The Shadows - The Shadows	Says McGuffie on my copy
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		CD Album Donovan - The Best Of Donovan	Judging by the results of the UK election, Mono, I think, sadly, that you must have been the only one who did
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		CD Album Donovan - The Best Of Donovan	Lazyness? Not bothering? It seems there's a huge expectation by some, that all users upload in the self-imposed high standard that only a few control-oriented sticklers require. This site is a work in progress. That's the joy of it. Missing information will get filled in in time. Remember to get rid of the aforementioned expectation, and accept that some people aren't as documentation, data or detail-oriented as others, or have the time to make lengthy notes listing the gsm of the inner sleeve. Most people are just fans. Collectors. Some of the comments I've been reading addressing the fact that there's missing information in a given entry have been increasingly cynical, slightly unpolite, and full of expectation and control issues. Why not kindly request the contributor to come forward with the information? Or send them a personal message? Why not even enter the information yourself, if it's available on the internet - isn't a job best done when you do it yourself? Don't go down that line of slagging people off via the comments function - that's just too easy. I know some care about things being in order and correct. This comes from someone who works with Contractual, Judicial and Technical Documentation every working day (you'd be surprised how much importance is put on a correctly-placed comma, or a misplaced decimal point! - My melted plastic brain is totally fried when I get home!!!) It is important, yes, but guys - this is music and records and a cool hobby. This will be a brilliant archive and resource, don't worry. This is good stuff, ok. Just input as much as you can, and you'll be doing your bit for the good of the whole ;-)
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV To The Manor Born (1979 - 1981)	Safe, BBC, upper-middle class twaddle. Just like Yes, Minister. Thank God for Boys From The Black Stuff and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV Crown Court (1972 - 1984)	Amazed it ever got released on DVD... I can imagine the archive of The British Library wanting a copy - to show future generations how people were tortured in the late 70s.
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV TFI Friday (1996 - 2000)	Yeah, pretty much agree with all of ya. Another example of a Radio host transferring a Radio-like show to TV, and the inevitable ego-issues that go with that. But to be fair, all these type of shows are the same. Letterman has a huge ego. Ross too. They just know what they're doing and are thoroughly in charge. The time-worn format of all comedy/talk shows reminds of the Derek & Clive Sketch Alfie Noakes: Bring the guest in... insult the guest... single one of the audience members out... insult the audience member ... all for cheap laughs. Nevertheless, it did seem a bit like TV sensationalism. Cheap jokes, Cheap tricks. You can imagine it was aimed at the population's huge relief that it's Friday, they have finished work, they can be primed by this while eating their tea before going down the pub. In effect, The Word - in reverse. I read somewhere that Reef; the band that adapted their hit Keep Your Hands On to the It's Your Letters slot, were miffed that people attending their concerts started singing "It's Your Letters" whenever they played that song... But you could at least see some good live music on it.
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV To The Manor Born (1979 - 1981)	Penelope Keith. Why?
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV Crown Court (1972 - 1984)	Yeah. The soundtrack to a million childhood illnesses is apt, 'cause I only ever used to see this after the good afternoon programmes were finished, when I was on a sickie from school. Which used to make me feel even more sick. This must be the TV equivalent of dying a slow, long, drawn-out death.
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV Wogan (1982 - 1993)	Re. the George Best appearance on Wogan. He appeared, as I remember, on a Jonathan Ross interview show (The Last Resort?) shortly after the Wogan debacle. Playing along with the gag, Best skillfully walked along a straight white line on his way to the interview couch, in a mock drunk-test! At least he had some self-irony ;-)
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		DVD Airplane! - Paramount	McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue!
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		DVD Airplane! - Paramount	Johnny: Me John... Big tree!
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		Cinema Mad Max (1979)	The Toecutter: Kundalini wants his hand back!
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		Cinema The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)	Robin Hood: Hah hah hah... hah hah hah!
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		TV Smack The Pony (1999 - 2003)	Meh, too. But there were some funny bits in it. It had the air of a bunch of girls who were just having a laugh. And it was lovely to see a bunch of women with self-irony. The dating-company video sketches were also quite good. One with Doon Mackichan as a staid, librarian type with a deep voice: "I'm a beautiful lay-dee... with long blonde hair...!"
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		DVD Aeon Flux - Paramount	Agree. Not a bad stab at the pretty-much unfilmable animation series, though.
BiggieTembo 5th Jun 2015		Cinema Withnail & I (1987)	Bloke In Pub: Perfume Ponce! Withnail: Pure, unadulterated child's pss!*
BiggieTembo 3rd Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense	Came with an A4-size programme showing stills from the film, with notes.
BiggieTembo 1st Jun 2015		Vinyl Album The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds	Depends on how you define plastered, aye
BiggieTembo 1st Jun 2015		Vinyl Album The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds	Yeah getalife - I have seen this baby ;-) You're right - Sell Out's a good example of Mono/Stereo differences - it gives the songs a completely different feel on each version - and this time there's completely different guitar structures for some of the songs. And what an artefact you have there - give it me!
BiggieTembo 1st Jun 2015		DVD The Glenn Miller Story - Universal	To be fair Miller's music is the only Big Band stuff I can stomach. It has a riffy feel to it, like some of Thelonious Monk's abstract jazz piano tunes. Not just all that blah blah blah waaa waaa waaaa! show-stopper easy listening stuff.

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