Re: Breaking learning thread

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Wed 1 Dec 2021 - 12:52

Zaxxon got it's name from AXONometric projection, the 3D thingy it was pioneering in computer games.

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by Butterfield Wed 1 Dec 2021 - 15:08

Viz is still going! How on earth does it still survive in today's world?!

by Fangirl Three Thu 2 Dec 2021 - 9:31

By being a lot less misogynistic than it used to.

I was leafing through some issues from the late 90s while in my storage unit the other week, and I was quite surprised by how much the tone of acceptable discourse had changed since then.

They were still quite funny to read though, especially the surrealistic Davy Jones strips.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu 2 Dec 2021 - 10:27

Butterfield wrote:Viz is still going! How on earth does it still survive in today's world?!

Fangirl Three wrote:By being a lot less misogynistic than it used to.

It's not as funny as it used to be.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu 2 Dec 2021 - 15:39

Pre-Golden Girls Bea Arthur and Betty White both 'stared' in remakes of Fawtly Towers.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 2 Dec 2021 - 21:48

https://twitter.com/MLKessel/status/1466416660458491913

by Butterfield Fri 3 Dec 2021 - 15:39

SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:Pre-Golden Girls Bea Arthur and Betty White both 'stared' in remakes of Fawtly Towers.

I watched clips of Bea Arthur as Basil last year when I was having a lockdown Channel 5 Golden Girls binge.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri 3 Dec 2021 - 16:19

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 3 Dec 2021 - 16:45

Didn't Raquel Welch star in a remake of Fawlty Towers too?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 3 Dec 2021 - 16:47

Apparently, not, although she did say, "I’ve been trying to put together a sitcom for myself, and I’m always going back to study Fawlty Towers. Its tempo and the ensemble playing make it so funny and appealing — much more clever than American comedies."
https://ew.com/article/1993/05/21/raquel-welch-returns/

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 7 Dec 2021 - 9:31

https://twitter.com/LarsJohanL/status/1467831351323807749

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu 9 Dec 2021 - 18:49

Rosie from Strawberry Switchblade was on a Steve Bronski album

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Not available anywhere.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 16:39

There is a Ever Decreasing Circles wiki gasp

https://ever-decreasing-circles.fandom.com/wiki/A_Strange_Woman

by Butterfield Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 16:50

by Butterfield Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 16:54

Geraldine Newman, who played Hilda on the right, is still alive aged 87!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Newman

They'd have only been 49 when it started.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 17:10

Wasn't the character she was playing probably a bit younger?

by Butterfield Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 17:14

I always thought they were pensioners. shifty

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 17:44

Middled aged with a growing bitter resentment for not having children smouldering under the surface. I always thought.

I might have overthought it.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun 19 Dec 2021 - 17:38

Yoko Ono made an album called 'Yes, I'm a Witch'

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by Butterfield Thu 23 Dec 2021 - 21:49

I was flicking through the channels the other night and The Apprentice Australia was on, with "Lord" Sugar. I think it must have been a celebrity version as one of the contestants was someone I hadn't seen on TV for ages - North East comedian Ross Noble - who it turns out now lives and works in Australia with his family. gasp

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