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Jeremy Smith
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And yet we all thought it was terribly funny when Bill and Ted did it
Bill and Ted, from Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, meeting Socrates, who is similar to the legendary Greek philosopher, but only has two vowels
February 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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And Jeremy, who did NOT get all the answers, still thought this was an excellent way to spend 24 evenings - happy Christmas!
'Enough jokes' says Hans Gruber sneeringly. Today's answers in no particular order: Jackson Five, The Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole, Destiny's Child, and Queen
December 24, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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I had absolutely no idea and then Child 1 leapt in with the answer (am I allowed to field a team?)
Snoopy spins around on the ice, which is certainly THE CURE for the winter blues
December 23, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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And I now for some reason have the 'Four Candles' sketch stuck in my head
A still from the Two Ronnies in which an ironmonger is politely asked for four candles. Or possibly fork handles. We will never know.
December 22, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Not totally sure about this, but trying to get in early for a change
Gromit the claymation dog admires a sculpture of his pal Wallace, who is usually also made out of clay but just this once appears to be carved from snow. Not totally sure about this one, but if the Y axis is in multiples of three inches, then what we are looking at here might be Nine Inch Nails
December 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Late to to this particular party because of all the other parties (honest)
A frame from the 2018 'Grinch' film featuring our favourite green misanthrope (who is not a witch) sneaking up on a very well-padded reindeer with a fringe called Fred. The reindeer is called Fred, not the fringe. And the answer to today's question is The Rolling Stones, I believe.
December 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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Double the chances I would have to google at least one of them...
A still from sadly under-rated film 'Top Secret' featuring the Beach Boys parody Skeet Surfing, as 60s surfing dudes brandish shotguns. On surfboards. In the sea. The Beach Boys being one answer, and Beach House being another.
December 20, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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Oh! Oh! It's something about frequency! But the Y axis is not quite clear enough for me to be able to tell what it is...
Marley and Marley in A Muppet Christmas Carol. Scrooge starts off thinking that the ghost was simply a dream... a state in which he would have experienced Rapid Eye Movement, or REM
December 19, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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I feel more confident in this one! And I look forward to likes from all the official accounts on Bluesky...
Bruce Willis plays a police officer out of his depth in, er, Moonrise Kingdom. Which has only the most tenuous Die Hard connection, and I believe today's hidden answer is The Mamas & The Papas
December 18, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Were these the Elsa and Ana cosplay / Joy Division tribute band I have dreamed about/feared for so long?
Ana and Elsa from Frozen (possibly about to break into a cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart)
December 17, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Is it too soon for Die Hard II?
A frame from Die Hard II with Dennis Franz as the chief of airport police, struggling and out of his depth. Which is a bit like me with this question, really. I considered Coldplay and discarded it very early (not least because of the implication that they have some sort of relationship with 'fun') but frankly I have nothing else.
December 17, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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I'm with Scrooge, muttering with disgust at all these young people's popular music combos
Scrooge leans out of the window, wanting to know what day it is. And not a muppet in sight. Apart from me, thinking the answer is 'Phoenix' without ever having heard of 'em.
December 16, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Never heard of 'em
An office wall with a homemade decoration comprising a silver foil-covered box that looks a little like an air duct, and a print out of Bruce Willis in Die Hard, appearing to be crawling out of selfsame air duct, reminiscent of a painting along the lines of Truth Crawling Out Of Her Well To Shame A Bunch Of Euro-crims. Oh, and the answer to day's question is 'Smoking After Cigarettes', whoever that is.
December 15, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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And even posting through the weekend - that's dedication
Lego model of Nakatomi Plaza by Rauy. And I would guess today's answer is Kanye West, given how the K marker is way over to the left side of the map.
December 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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It's quiet... too quiet
Michael Caine and a bunch of muppets starring in a Muppet Christmas Carol and, sorry, I can't think of any connection to anything else at all. But today's answer is 'The Beatles', right? A waveform intersecting with beetles?
December 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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OH MY GOD that was a tough one
Screengrab of Joe Lo Truglio playing Charles Boyle in Brooklyn 99, wearing the sort of white vest that has become painfully familiar this month. I cannot make any subtle continuity here: the answer is Cypress Hill
December 12, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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The fact that this cheese is called 'Blue Monday' is only the second-most relevant thing about it. To find the most relevant, you'll have to read the alt text.
A slice of a blue cow’s milk cheese - wonderfully called 'Blue Monday', created by Alex James, a former band member of Blur - the band which happens to be today's answer
December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Well, it was either going to be this, or a still of Michael Caine from 'The Italian Job' complaining that the test explosion had been far more effective than planned...
A photo of pin-up bombshell Diana Dors at a photoshoot which she had clearly inadvertently double-booked with her bath night. By complete coincidence, the answer to today's question is 'The Doors'
December 10, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Let's see if Bluesky has a problem with this...
This is a lovely still from Bluey with one of the dogs seeking shelter behind some furniture in much the same way John McClane might duck a barrage of gunfire in Die Hard. The answer to the question is Soft Cell, by the way. At least I really hope it is, as it has now eaten up quite a lot of time.
December 9, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Do you get the 'show' option?

It'll be a pain if I put all that work in and I am kiboshed by a guy in a grubby vest.

(Well, much like Hans Gruber, I suppose)
A picture of what happens when you post an image (in this case of a poet/actor in a Die Hard vest with fake blood stains on it) on Bluesky: a grey 'graphic media' alert with an option to 'show'
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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And today, both 'Die' and 'Hard' might be the complete opposite of the answer we want. Though Andy might also be interested in this picture...
While I believe today's answer is Soft Cell, this is a photo of Richard Marsh starring as John McClane in “Yippee Ki Yay, the parody celebration of the classic film Die Hard,” his one-man live show. Apparently is it presented almost completely in rhyme
December 9, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Yesterday was the winter of our discontent - we're much more cheerful today
Laurence Olivier as Richard The Third. You may be astonished to know that "the third" referred to the fact that 66% of the population was taller than him, which is why he was often referred to as 'Little Richard'. That is actually not true - but it is today's answer.
December 8, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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We're still here and have been eagerly looking out for this
A pic of the Brooklyn 99 cast cosplaying as Jake Peralta's favourite action thriller, Die Hard. After Jon MacLean Spring comes (the answer) Donna Summer
December 6, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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I saw them (sort of) this year!
New Order in concert at Wythenshawe Park, August 2024. My photo of a darkened stage with shedloads of laser lights streaming out of it. Please admire my forbearance in not posting the photo which has the words to Joy Division (that being the answer)'s 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' displayed prominently as I was dead proud of that one.
December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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I was worrying that I might be too obvious. I'm not worried any more.
Scientific-looking diagram titled "deleting a node" that explains... something. An image which has nothing to do with this thread except that it is perfect for sneaking in a terrible pun containing the answer to today's band: we can surely refer to the removal of a node as a "node out" [as I don't think one can put an alt tag on an alt tag, that should be pronounced "No Doubt". Phew]
December 4, 2024 at 11:28 PM