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As decent as we've been, I absolutely appreciate this

Why not longer?

Now that's what I call a Hoedown Throwdown.

It's completely on brand for him in so many respects.

If it helps, tomorrow is the first anniversary of Ronnie Radford's death, so that's something to look forward to.

And I'm like

And then the producer went on to pull the same trick with Milli Vanilli

I saw a lot of Maureen Nolan just this Sunday, as it happens. Trip with the in-laws to see Calendar Girls the musical.

I beg to differ! 1980 had "Woman In Love", "Together We Are Beautiful", "D.I.S.C.O.", "I'm In The Mood For Dancing"... St Winifred's School Choir...

Well that's tonight's tea sorted

Certainly is! I can confirm she's as good a TV presenter as she is a Gillette Venus brand ambassador.

From to

Eliminate the movie/TV/charidee/dead celeb tie-ins and you're left with an excellent top three, to be fair. But yes, not great otherwise.

And yet the PJ & Duncan years are comprehensively documented. There's no justice.

The TOTP repeats on BBC Four have been very good for illustrating that. Of course, I mostly prefer the utter shit...

We're just normal men.

Today's work task is to help train the AI our new overlords want to replace us with. I've been more motivated, I must say.

TOTP moved from Thursday to Friday in 1996, so right in the middle of [gestures] all that. I'd have been going out on Fridays by then too, but we were cheapskates so we'd pre-drink at someone's house before getting the metro in to the Mayfair or wherever between 9 and 10, so we'd definitely watch some of the early evening telly before heading out. I have weirdly vivid memories of the Spice Girls' first performance on TOTP. "Via satellite from Japan". Life-changing.

Well that's a blow for America's manufacturers of mixed-material clothing.

Number 1 in the album charts, as it turns out. Beating Rick Astley in the process. Canny.

Sorted

Same thing

Keep 'em coming!