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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers! I’m staggered, quite honestly. The archive opened with 17% and I never thought we’d even get half way, but then the floodgates opened. Very lucky about the older editions, especially as tape degradation is a factor. We’re in a race against time, but stuff from the 70s still gets found, so 🤞

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 3d

Pleasure as ever, Treacle! I’m staggered at the amount we’ve unearthed, I never would’ve believed it when I launched the Vault. And we STILL don’t have the Sonic 3 review…(!)

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 3d

NEW UPDATE ALERT Ten editions of Digi have been uploaded, taking us past the 2k mark. Only a third left to find! Huge thanks to Adrian Burke, Tom Pitt & the anonymous gent, and @andrewisaround.bsky.social & @zxguesser.bsky.social for their help. @mrbiffo.bsky.social
www.superpage58.com/update.htm

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 3d

And lastly, as we reach the 67% of Digi recovered mark, thanks to @andrewisaround.bsky.social we can see how the editions break down across its 10+ years on air.

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 3d

More from today's batch - how do you think The Man would fare on Strictly...?

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 3d

NEW UPDATE ALERT Ten editions of Digi have been uploaded, taking us past the 2k mark. Only a third left to find! Huge thanks to Adrian Burke, Tom Pitt & the anonymous gent, and @andrewisaround.bsky.social & @zxguesser.bsky.social for their help. @mrbiffo.bsky.social
www.superpage58.com/update.htm

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 13d

No problem Iain, I’ll keep my eyes peeled 👀

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 13d

Of course, and I’ll keep an eye out for any episodes on the tape labels and set them aside if I find any. I’m not sure the elderly chap who made the recordings would’ve been an Ali G fan, but you never know: ;)

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 13d

I’ve got 2.5k tapes in storage for teletext recovery purposes, but the original owner mostly recorded stuff like Buffy, Eurotrash, C5 WWII docs, and, according to one label, a “Russ Meyer boob flick”. So it’s *possible* there are 11 O’Clock Shows… but I’m going to say unlikely. ;)

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MrBiffo @mrbiffo.bsky.social · 16d

Brand new video! Sanja and I spend a day in the UK's movie capital to see if we can have a "Hollywood-style" day out!

Can You Have a Hollywood Day… in the UK’s Movie Capital? 🎥 (travel vlog)

YouTube video by Paul And Sanja

youtu.be

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 19d

Crikey, seeing it in time lapse like that shows just how dramatic a decline it was. It’s a miracle he managed to get up again!

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Leyton Jay @leytonjay.bsky.social · 19d

I really enjoyed DIGITISER & Bubblegun Live at Chunky Fringe last weekend. Thanks to @mrbiffo.bsky.social, Sanja and @superpage58.bsky.social.

Biffo's 90min decline on the deflating sofa is really funny when you speed it up over 200x. He looks like he's at the dentist.

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 20d

Wasn’t Chunky Fringe fun? Yes. Yes it was. If you’d like to relive the whole set of Boiler House performances - including my inexplicable turn as Cliff Richard in ‘Star Wars Episode X: The Naughty Hazard’, you can see the whole live stream here for the next 4 days or so. m.twitch.tv/videos/25830...

Chunky Fringe 2025 Live - jamienemeth on Twitch

jamienemeth went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Retro VOD now.

m.twitch.tv

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MrBiffo @mrbiffo.bsky.social · 22d

No Bubblegun this week due to Chunky Fringe and a full-on couple of weeks with work. But if you're missing us desperately... there are eps of Bubblegun Extra and other assorted bonuses on our Patreon (which is how we pay for everything we do - your support is appreciated): www.patreon.com/mrbiffo

Paul Rose (Mr Biffo) | Patreon

creating videos, podcasts, blog posts, and stuff.

www.patreon.com

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 25d

Uh, thanks guys

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Leyton Jay @leytonjay.bsky.social · 25d

I played Obi Wan Kenobi on a comedy podcast today, it was most amusing. #BubbleGun

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 25d

Ah, thanks Andrew! Glad you liked it, we had fun. Great that the stream held up so you could watch :)

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 25d

And that’s a wrap on Chunky Fringe. Massive thanks to everyone who came, everyone who exhibited or performed, and everyone who made it possible. Special thanks to David Walford for organising and paying for the whole gosh darn thing. Hope you all had fun. Pic courtesy of Peter Kwan.

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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 25d

All the tellies up and running at #ChunkyFringe

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 25d

Chunky Fringe is go! Tech displays in Greenhill now (on the right in the pic), events in the Boiler House (on the right) from 3.00-7.30m.

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MrBiffo @mrbiffo.bsky.social · 25d

If you're not coming to Chunky Fringe, you should be able to watch the live stream here (Bubblegun at 4.30pm and then me doing Digi stuff at 6pm): m.twitch.tv/jamienemeth/...

Twitch

Twitch is the world

m.twitch.tv

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 25d

Chunky Fringe opens its doors in less than two and a half hours. Come join us! www.arbitraryfiles.com/events/cf25/...

Or if you can’t make it to Harrow, @jamienemeth.bsky.social will be live streaming the events on Twitch.
m.twitch.tv/jamienemeth/...

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 26d

Chunky Fringe takes place TOMORROW. A day of teletext and retro tech displays and panels, including Biffo and Sanja recording an edition of their Bubblegun podcast live, followed by me and Mr B taking you through some of Digitiser’s best moments. Free to enter!
www.arbitraryfiles.com/events/cf25/...

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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 28d

Here's another pre-chunky-fringe teletext treat! A new vhs recovery has allowed us to complete another Turner the Worm story from 1995.
The evil Robert Ratford is attempting to blow up the Earth!

Read on at: zxnet.co.uk/teletext/tur...

Journey to the Middle of the Globe.
Turner and Glug have been asked to visit the home of Professor Walthamstow Worm - Turner's uncle.

Turner: "We're here, uncle."
Walthamstow Worm: "Lads, I'm glad you could come. I have a favour to ask."
Glug: "What's that smell?"

Walthamstow: "My arch-enemy, Robert Ratford, has stolen an experimental digging machine and is heading towards the centre of the earth!"
(offscreen): "But why?"

Walthamstow: "He intends to detonate the Earth's core, and send the planet hurtling towards the Moon."
Turner: "What for, Uncle?"
Walthamstow: "He wants to eat it."

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · 26d

Chunky Fringe livestream details, for those who can’t make it but would like to watch the fun.

Jamie Nemeth @jamienemeth.bsky.social · 26d

I'm not live *now*...but saying it now as tomorrow I'll likely be prepping in a panic until the last second, then go straight from prep to live with no advance warning!

My aim is 3pm, but might be earlier.

#ChunkyFringe #Teletext

ℹ️ arbitraryfiles.com/events/cf25/index.html
📺 twitch.tv/jamienemeth

Illuminated pegboard with the text "Chunky Fringe 2025, live now on twitch.tv/jamienemeth", on a fold-out table with PC monitors and the corner of a mixing desk visible behind it.

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