Bond is like The Fall or the BBC. Always the same but also always different in the same way, after going bankrupt and having to rehire new staff.

Brewster's Millions remake except it's a billion and you have to blow it by libelling some tech twit who has an absolutely solid case for sue.

"Religious liberty" only ever meant "the Southern Baptists have a veto on everything".

Here you are
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If you want late 60s/early 70s cynical takes on the pop industry, "The Man Who Had Power Over Women" is also available
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In the same way, "let that sink in" was a perfect Police Squad/Naked Gun gag but didn't work when a business dude tried to do it as a practical joke.

Thanks to AI audio sampling, we will soon have Ivor Novello and Charli XCX.

I think she was going into her born-again phase, raising the issue of whether it was a sincere non-ironic cover of what was originally a parody of rock'n'roll spirituality.

Middle class guy drives like *this*, working class guy drives like *that*.

Kids today get Freddy Fronted-Adverbial, who looks like he's in Mumford & Sons.

One of the songs was covered by Patti Smith on her Easter album.

Sounds like a great premise for a heartwarming British film.

Sort-of where Jenrick is at, based on his recent musings.

I hope you realise we are now at "1995 is the new 1955".

If you truly believe "uncontrolled mass immigration started by Blair" is the cause of everything wrong with UK, then pre-Blair UK was a wonderland of happy Britpoppers. That's what I'm seeing when I dip in FB/X/Morrissey fan forums.

If they were such a big thing they would have had their own Christmas Annual.

I'd forgotten eggs. Wasn't there a version with them in different colours?

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