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Post something random, or you’ll have an awful December.
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Post something random, or you’ll have an awful December.
Went to Costco when they were having a 'Black Friday' sale.
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Went to Costco when they were having a 'Black Friday' sale.
Pretty sure this was the year that BBC2 had an Akira Kurosawa season, which I still remember to this day, as it was the first time I'd seen The Hidden Fortress. They were on fairly late, but I was on school Christmas holiday, so it didn't matter ho-ho-ho.
#Christmas 1998 Radio Times: Editorial featuring 1000 Movies and Barry Norman
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pretty sure this was the year that BBC2 had an Akira Kurosawa season, which I still remember to this day, as it was the first time I'd seen The Hidden Fortress. They were on fairly late, but I was on school Christmas holiday, so it didn't matter ho-ho-ho.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
I'm saved!
I'm saved!
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
I'm saved!
I'm saved!
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Never seen it, never even accidentally come across it on TV, but given that it was released in the era when films had commercially successful songs associated with them, I doubt I'll ever forget that this movie quite prominently features Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Never seen it, never even accidentally come across it on TV, but given that it was released in the era when films had commercially successful songs associated with them, I doubt I'll ever forget that this movie quite prominently features Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.
what perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
what perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
The Amiga 500 Screen Gems pack was the first ever computer me and my brother owned. My mum saved up the £399.99 all year to get it for us, and back in 1990 that was a whole chunk of change. Suspect today it would equate to about a thousand quid. Good job we loved it. Thanks mum!
Nov 1990: Amiga 1500 ad from Commodore
(+Amiga 500; 64. Mindbenders and Night Moves; and 64 Games System)
«This Christmas, there's a little bit of Commodore in all of us.»
(+Amiga 500; 64. Mindbenders and Night Moves; and 64 Games System)
«This Christmas, there's a little bit of Commodore in all of us.»
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Amiga 500 Screen Gems pack was the first ever computer me and my brother owned. My mum saved up the £399.99 all year to get it for us, and back in 1990 that was a whole chunk of change. Suspect today it would equate to about a thousand quid. Good job we loved it. Thanks mum!
The late and much missed Barry Norman recommending the wonderful 'The Man Who Would Be King' as his top Christmas Day film in the double issue Radio Times is up there as one of the most festive things of the Christmas period.
#Christmas 2010 Radio Times: Featuring Film Of The Day: The Man Who Would Be King; Die Hard; Shrek The Third; Lawrence Of Arabia; A Fish Called Wanda; Scrooged; The Muppet Christmas Carol; Singin' In The Rain; The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause; Police Academy; Spider-Man 2 and more
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The late and much missed Barry Norman recommending the wonderful 'The Man Who Would Be King' as his top Christmas Day film in the double issue Radio Times is up there as one of the most festive things of the Christmas period.
Imagine waking up on Christmas Day morning and unwrapping the Mr. Blobby game. Still, it probably wasn't as bad as Rise Of The Robots.
#Christmas 1994: PC Games and Software and Jigsaws from WH Smith
(+Microsoft Flight Simulator 5; Microsoft Space Simulator; Microsoft Fine Artist Drawing Package; Main Street LetterPerfect; Main Street Clip Art For The Home; UFO; Rise Of The Robots; Mechwarrior 2; Mr Blobby Game, and more)
(+Microsoft Flight Simulator 5; Microsoft Space Simulator; Microsoft Fine Artist Drawing Package; Main Street LetterPerfect; Main Street Clip Art For The Home; UFO; Rise Of The Robots; Mechwarrior 2; Mr Blobby Game, and more)
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Imagine waking up on Christmas Day morning and unwrapping the Mr. Blobby game. Still, it probably wasn't as bad as Rise Of The Robots.
That 1.7kg Dairy Milk would cost as much as a bar of gold if you bought it today.
#Christmas 2000: Confectionery from Woolworths
(+Cadbury's Dairy Milk 1.7kg; Galaxy 1kg; Cadbury's fondant filled tree decorations; Terry's Chocolate Orange Snowball 170g; Christmas Dime Box 250g; Chocolate Lovers Selection Box; Cadbury's Dairy Milk 650g; Cadbury's Whole Nut 650g, and more)
(+Cadbury's Dairy Milk 1.7kg; Galaxy 1kg; Cadbury's fondant filled tree decorations; Terry's Chocolate Orange Snowball 170g; Christmas Dime Box 250g; Chocolate Lovers Selection Box; Cadbury's Dairy Milk 650g; Cadbury's Whole Nut 650g, and more)
November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
That 1.7kg Dairy Milk would cost as much as a bar of gold if you bought it today.
Good to see them going with two of definitive hairstyles popular at this time: the Bros spiky buzz cut and Roxette's Marie Fredriksson's epic quiff.
Oct 1988: Anti-Dandruff Shampoo ad from All Clear
«UNBEATABLE AGAINST DANDRUFF.
KIND TO HAIR.»
«UNBEATABLE AGAINST DANDRUFF.
KIND TO HAIR.»
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Good to see them going with two of definitive hairstyles popular at this time: the Bros spiky buzz cut and Roxette's Marie Fredriksson's epic quiff.
Of the two movies that stick out to me on here, it probably wouldn't surprise anyone who's seen them that I would rate the "children's film" Return To Oz scarier than Poltergeist III.
#Christmas 1994 Radio Times: Featuring Citizen Kane; Gorillas in the Mist; The Hunt for Red October; The Doors; Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story; It's That Man Again; The Red Shoes; On Golden Pond; Amsterdamned; Vigil; Code of Silence; Man with the Gun; King Creole and more
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Of the two movies that stick out to me on here, it probably wouldn't surprise anyone who's seen them that I would rate the "children's film" Return To Oz scarier than Poltergeist III.
Sexy Brian Clough.
October 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Sexy Brian Clough.
Love this little touch with the section promoting the PlayStation: 'Equal processing power to the computers used to make Jurassic Park'. Roarsome!
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Love this little touch with the section promoting the PlayStation: 'Equal processing power to the computers used to make Jurassic Park'. Roarsome!
I know things aren't going to go back, but streaming has obliterated the music business and a lot of jobs that go with it, hasn't it? Thinking back to the mid/late 90s in a small place like Wakefield, you'd have the choice of HMV, Our Price, Woolworths, WH Smiths plus all the independent shops.
Advert Lucky Dip: Oct 2000: CDs ad from Woolworths (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social)
(+Another Level Nexus; Madonna Ray of Light; Natalie Imbruglia Left of the Middle; Robbie Williams You've Come a Long Way Baby; Stereophonics Performance and Cocktails; The Corrs Talk on Corners, and more)
(+Another Level Nexus; Madonna Ray of Light; Natalie Imbruglia Left of the Middle; Robbie Williams You've Come a Long Way Baby; Stereophonics Performance and Cocktails; The Corrs Talk on Corners, and more)
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I know things aren't going to go back, but streaming has obliterated the music business and a lot of jobs that go with it, hasn't it? Thinking back to the mid/late 90s in a small place like Wakefield, you'd have the choice of HMV, Our Price, Woolworths, WH Smiths plus all the independent shops.
I went out and bought The Simpsons, Futurama and Back To The Future Box sets on DVD when they first came out, so I'm pretty sure I would have paid full price for them. 😬
Dec 2003: The Complete Blackadder 4DVD ad from HMV
(+Audrey Hepburn Collection: 5DVD; 24 Season 1: 6DVD; The Godfather DVD Collection: 5DVD; Rocky Anthology: 5DVD; The Blue Planet: 3DVD; Fawlty Towers Series 1 & 2: 3DVD; Back to the Future Trilogy: 3DVD, and more)
«Great value gifts»
(+Audrey Hepburn Collection: 5DVD; 24 Season 1: 6DVD; The Godfather DVD Collection: 5DVD; Rocky Anthology: 5DVD; The Blue Planet: 3DVD; Fawlty Towers Series 1 & 2: 3DVD; Back to the Future Trilogy: 3DVD, and more)
«Great value gifts»
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I went out and bought The Simpsons, Futurama and Back To The Future Box sets on DVD when they first came out, so I'm pretty sure I would have paid full price for them. 😬
An American Werewolf In London when I was about 7 or 8 and The Thing when I was about 10. After that I soon became desensitised to horror.
What horror movie did you see WAY too young?
Mine was Poltergeist.
Mine was Poltergeist.
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An American Werewolf In London when I was about 7 or 8 and The Thing when I was about 10. After that I soon became desensitised to horror.
RIP Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
RIP Diane Keaton.
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
(Yes, really)
(Yes, really)
September 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
(Yes, really)
(Yes, really)
Some recent crackerjack episodes of The X Files watched in the last couple of days. 'Irresistible', with a creepy as f**k performance from Nick Chinlund and some great jump scares.
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Some recent crackerjack episodes of The X Files watched in the last couple of days. 'Irresistible', with a creepy as f**k performance from Nick Chinlund and some great jump scares.
Even though you ended up with all kinds of stuff during the DVD era, I don't think anything matched the peak era of VHS Christmas gift oddities; Bat Out Of Hell II Picture Show to go along with your Danny Baker's Own Goals & Gaffs video perhaps.
Dec 1994: Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell II Picture Show Video ad from Woolworths
«Go like a 'Bat out of Hell' for Woolworths this Christmas.»
«Go like a 'Bat out of Hell' for Woolworths this Christmas.»
September 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Even though you ended up with all kinds of stuff during the DVD era, I don't think anything matched the peak era of VHS Christmas gift oddities; Bat Out Of Hell II Picture Show to go along with your Danny Baker's Own Goals & Gaffs video perhaps.
