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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 10h

What, this old thing?

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 11h

From Peter Cushing's autobiography - talking about getting changed on a beach for a bathing party...
"To ease my adolescent fears of any indecent exposure, Mother's remarkable advice had been, "If you see anything you haven't seen before dear, throw your hat at it""

I love that man dearly.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12h

memoirs of a jazz-crazed playwright some of the stories are autobiographical and some of them are true.

Great, isn't it? I must read it again soon. Very soon.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12h

It's reissues of Network's enormo Crossroads set and their Public Eye one "A Box Named Frank", isn't it? I mean, that's all I'm here for.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12h

Just thinking, I never met an Alan Plater thing that I didn't like. Books, radio, TV - whatever he does, I'm going to approach it knowing it's going to be great. He never lets me down. Platerland may be a nice place to visit, but I'd rather like to live there as well.

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 12h

The death in August has been announced of Philip Elsmore, the first and last continuity announcer on Thames (1968 to 1992) and the last person to appear on screen in a Morecambe & Wise Christmas special.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12h

Possible candidate for ITV's Best Thing Ever. If it isn't, it's right up there.

Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 13h

I think it was a @cheeseford.bsky.social post a few months ago that alerted me to The Beiderbecke Trilogy (thank you!). I'd never heard of it so I'm watching it for the first time. A good thing too as this may get me back into listening to jazz. James Bolan and Barbara Flynn make a fab couple.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12h

Years before I ever saw it and fell in love with it, a friend did a tape compilation for me which he called "Oh Look, It's Average Sized Walter Dunlop". Had no idea what he was on about until I finally saw "Beiderbecke".

I was being programmed into falling for it well in advance. And I did.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12h

Might seem an odd thing to focus on given how many other wonderful things are going on but... oh, those skies. Those beautiful, swirling, *gorgeous* skies. I can't think of many SF films that look as downright lovely as this one does.

General Witchfinders @generalwitch.bsky.social · 12h

We’ll be discussing Flash Gordon on the podcast soon. What are your thoughts on it?

a man is riding on the back of a boat in front of a red sky .

Alt: Flash!!!! Ah ahhhhhh! Flash Gordon on a sky bike

media.tenor.com

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 14h

Bobbie Dazzle - "Revolution". A real roadie thumbs-in-the-belt-loop-shoulder-dance number. Sounds like Mickie Most produced it and it came out on RAK sometime in 1972, and for the record I'm totally fine with that. I love that sound, and I love this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR9b...

Revolution

YouTube video by Bobbie Dazzle - Topic

www.youtube.com

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 14h

And if it's an entirely cardboard sleeve, I'll almost certainly cut the sticker off the shrink wrap with the wrap still attached to the back of it, then sneak it into the sleeve. <send even more help>

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 14h

If it's got a cardboard sleeve, the CD comes out and it goes onto the plastic tray underneath that holds the disc in place. Then the CD goes back in...

<small voice> Send help.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, I *have* just spent the best part of 10 minutes painstakingly peeling the promotional sticker off the shrink-wrap of a new CD. Yes, I will be sticking the sticker back onto the CD when I've removed the shrink-wrap and binned it. Sorry, but I can't help myself. I have to do this.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 15h

I strongly suspect this headline might be reaching a wee bit.

Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 15h

Does it though?

Richard Ashcroft's Lovin' You goes head-to-head with Taylor Swift for this
week's Number 1 album

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Tommy Mackay @tommyreckless.bsky.social · 16h

Work done.

Frogs Together Strong | Daily Reckless

Portland, USA and Paul McCartney, UK. Together. see also: https://www.dailyreckless.com/2025/10/06/laughtivism/ https://www.dailyreckless.com/2024/07/25/rum-punch-whisky-nicotine-and-glue/

www.dailyreckless.com

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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 20h

can facebook never be normal

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 20h

Do the frogs in Portland know "We All Stand Together"? If not, there's a rather beautiful wee anthem just waiting for them to pick up.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 20h

I could have sat here til ten past doomsday and never have guessed this one.

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 20h

You will absolutely never guess what the context is for this rather ominous passage

www.thenational.scot/news/2553640...

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, me as well. Funny how it sticks in your head, isn't it?

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 1d

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 22h

Known to one and both of us in this house as "the one with the bollocks talking frog-god".

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 22h

Might well be. The grass doesn't match very well. I'm going to guess this is taken from a print source - printed over two pages, and someone has tried to merge it back into one piece.

Of course, I might well be utterly wrong about that.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 22h

She doesn't look amused, does she? That look that says "subject-to-interminable-delays-before-we-can-get-started"...

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 22h

Legally obliged to make an appearance in anything I've ever watched, ever. His capering, satyr-like performance as Henri Landru in "Second Verdict" is one for the ages. A long way from the fussy, terrified wee men he seemed to specialise in.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 22h

Remembering Cyril Shaps, born this day in 1923.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 22h

Tremendous filming shot from "The Invasion". Pat's trousers and braces make me think he's about to go and stand in a river next to Bob and Paul.

Behind the scenes shot from the filming of "Doctor Who" - "The Invasion". Our three regulars await the call to spring into action, standing in a field. There's a film camera pointing at them. All seem somewhat distracted by something we can't see, to the right of the frame.

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