Richard Luck
@rmgluck2017.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Substack: As Luck Would Have It (https://richardluck.substack.com/publish/home)
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A favourite Jesse Jackson memory - the reverend reading Green Eggs And Ham on SNL... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIA...
Weekend Update: Jesse Jackson - Saturday Night Live
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February 17, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A favourite Jesse Jackson memory - the reverend reading Green Eggs And Ham on SNL... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIA...
A favourite Jesse Jackson memory - the reverend reading Green Eggs And Ham on SNL... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIA...
Weekend Update: Jesse Jackson - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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February 17, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A favourite Jesse Jackson memory - the reverend reading Green Eggs And Ham on SNL... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIA...
Peter Cook, A Dandy In Aspic, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 9pm.
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Peter Cook, A Dandy In Aspic, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 9pm.
New to @primevideouk.bsky.social, Pasolini's The Decameron. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
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An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's classic work including tales about an aspiring painter, nuns, a gardener, a priest and a husband.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
New to @primevideouk.bsky.social, Pasolini's The Decameron. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
'Happy Pancake Day!' Are we actually saying that now?!
February 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
'Happy Pancake Day!' Are we actually saying that now?!
Farewell to the incomparable Robert Duvall.
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Farewell to the incomparable Robert Duvall.
With the original Red Dawn on 5Action from 9pm, here's a Premium Substack post in which I discuss the film with its director, the inimitable John Milius (that's him wearing the Red Army hat, with Patrick Swayze)... richardluck.substack.com/p/john-miliu...
John Milius - Guerilla Filmmaker
The great man on Red Dawn, the film that pitted Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen against the USSR.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:53 AM
With the original Red Dawn on 5Action from 9pm, here's a Premium Substack post in which I discuss the film with its director, the inimitable John Milius (that's him wearing the Red Army hat, with Patrick Swayze)... richardluck.substack.com/p/john-miliu...
Had a shock watching Nigel Kneale's supernatural drama Murrain when I realised the mad woman in the cottage is none other than Una Brandon-Jones, aka Mrs Parkin, the mad woman in the cottage in Withnail & I! If only someone had pointed out that they weren't from London...
February 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Had a shock watching Nigel Kneale's supernatural drama Murrain when I realised the mad woman in the cottage is none other than Una Brandon-Jones, aka Mrs Parkin, the mad woman in the cottage in Withnail & I! If only someone had pointed out that they weren't from London...
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📽️ If, like me, you enjoy Soho sci-fi with your cornflakes, make sure to catch “The Night Caller” (1965) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tomorrow at 6:15am. Doncaster’s favourite son @cevni.bsky.social of @househammerpod.bsky.social talked about it way back in ep 21 sohobitespodcast.com/episode/21
Excerpt from Soho Bites episode 21
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February 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM
📽️ If, like me, you enjoy Soho sci-fi with your cornflakes, make sure to catch “The Night Caller” (1965) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tomorrow at 6:15am. Doncaster’s favourite son @cevni.bsky.social of @househammerpod.bsky.social talked about it way back in ep 21 sohobitespodcast.com/episode/21
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Many happy returns, Ollie!
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Many happy returns, Ollie!
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Many happy returns, Matt Salinger - small-screen Captain America and son of JD.
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Many happy returns, Matt Salinger - small-screen Captain America and son of JD.
Many happy returns, Matt Salinger - small-screen Captain America and son of JD.
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Many happy returns, Matt Salinger - small-screen Captain America and son of JD.
Many happy returns, Ollie!
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Many happy returns, Ollie!
Well put, Charles Darwin.
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Well put, Charles Darwin.
Bye bye, Bud Cort - excellent in so many things but awesomely odious as the corrupt restaurant manager in Michael Mann's Heat. Unbilled, too. #BudCort
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Bye bye, Bud Cort - excellent in so many things but awesomely odious as the corrupt restaurant manager in Michael Mann's Heat. Unbilled, too. #BudCort
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Ahead of this Saturday's Sixth Nations Scotland-England clash, a Premium Substack piece on memorable occasions the auld enemies have taken to the field... richardluck.substack.com/p/england-sc... #SixNations #CalcuttaCup
England - Scotland: Auld Enemies
The tries, the tears, the Slams, that semi-final - when England and Scotland take to the rugby field, it's not sport, it's moider.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Ahead of this Saturday's Sixth Nations Scotland-England clash, a Premium Substack piece on memorable occasions the auld enemies have taken to the field... richardluck.substack.com/p/england-sc... #SixNations #CalcuttaCup
Ahead of this Saturday's Sixth Nations Scotland-England clash, a Premium Substack piece on memorable occasions the auld enemies have taken to the field... richardluck.substack.com/p/england-sc... #SixNations #CalcuttaCup
England - Scotland: Auld Enemies
The tries, the tears, the Slams, that semi-final - when England and Scotland take to the rugby field, it's not sport, it's moider.
richardluck.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Ahead of this Saturday's Sixth Nations Scotland-England clash, a Premium Substack piece on memorable occasions the auld enemies have taken to the field... richardluck.substack.com/p/england-sc... #SixNations #CalcuttaCup
In the 1930s, a right-wing cabal tried to overthrow the French government. This in itself isn't surprising, right-wing coups being all the rage in '30s Europe. What is remarkable, however, is that the coup was organised by the chairman of L'Oreal. The boycott begins now...
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
In the 1930s, a right-wing cabal tried to overthrow the French government. This in itself isn't surprising, right-wing coups being all the rage in '30s Europe. What is remarkable, however, is that the coup was organised by the chairman of L'Oreal. The boycott begins now...
The mighty Roy Scheider died on this day in 2008. In this Premium Substack piece, I investigate his decision to have a facelift later in life...
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Roy Scheider - When Tough Guys Get Facelifts
The star of Jaws, Marathon Man and The French Connection seems an unlikely candidate for cosmetic surgery...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The mighty Roy Scheider died on this day in 2008. In this Premium Substack piece, I investigate his decision to have a facelift later in life...
richardluck.substack.com/p/roy-scheid...
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Remembering Jan-Michael Vincent who died #onthisday in 2019.
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Remembering Jan-Michael Vincent who died #onthisday in 2019.
Another FREE Substack post, since I couldn't allow the Winter Olympics to go on much longer without singing the praises of the incomparable Jean-Claude Killy... #winterolympics #downhill richardluck.substack.com/p/king-of-th...
Jean-Claude Killy - King Of The Mountain Men
Celebrating the genius of the French skiing great.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Another FREE Substack post, since I couldn't allow the Winter Olympics to go on much longer without singing the praises of the incomparable Jean-Claude Killy... #winterolympics #downhill richardluck.substack.com/p/king-of-th...
I see @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social is repeating Give Us A Clue. Can't say I was that interested but then I caught an episode in which Emma Thompson - yes, *that Emma Thompson - tackled The Falcon And The Snowman and I've been obsessed ever since!
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I see @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social is repeating Give Us A Clue. Can't say I was that interested but then I caught an episode in which Emma Thompson - yes, *that Emma Thompson - tackled The Falcon And The Snowman and I've been obsessed ever since!
Burt Reynolds, Deliverance, BBC Two, 11.50pm.
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Burt Reynolds, Deliverance, BBC Two, 11.50pm.
"American football - like rugby without any rhythm." - Robbie Coltrane
February 8, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"American football - like rugby without any rhythm." - Robbie Coltrane