1: Jimmie Savile.
2: The postcard that appears to show a large toy car and boy standing next to it
3: The songs
4: everything else

I wonder how many actors from It Ain't Half Hot, Mum are still alive?

Is this the new The Curse of Dad's Army?

Accoridng to Wikipedia, these are the only regulars who're still with us.

Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons.
Captain Ashwood.
Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh.
Gunner 'Nosher' Evans.
Punkah Wallah Rumzan.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Accoridng to Wikipedia, these are the only regulars who're still with us.

Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons.
Punkah Wallah Rumzan.

I bet those episodes don't get shown anymore.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

https://x.com/BritComSociety/status/1825834314946277445

I thought that was Norman Tebbitt.

Quote :

Sven-Göran Eriksson, England’s first overseas manager, dies aged 76.

Led national team to quarter-finals at three tournaments
Also won a host of honours with various European clubs

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/aug/26/sven-goran-eriksson-englands-first-overseas-manager-dies-aged-76

And the spit of Gunner Graham.

SRSLY though...

Amiright?

Did John Clegg ever have a go Ulrika Jonsson?


Probably.

SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:

Did John Cleese ever have a go Ulrika Jonsson?

Why not. One more ill-advised relationship can't hurt.

Incredibly loud 2000s rapper Fatman Scoop, of 2003 number one "Be Faithful" fame - and a featured artist aplenty - has collapsed on stage and died, aged 52!


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

He never released a studio album and only had two hits as the main artist, and yet....


Featured singles

2001: "Drop" (Timbaland & Magoo featuring Fatman Scoop)
2005: "Lose Control" (Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop)
2005: "It's Like That" (Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri and Fatman Scoop)
2006: "Take the Lead (Wanna Ride)" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Wisin & Yandel featuring Melissa Jiménez and Fatman Scoop)
2006: "When I Were a Lad (Many Moons Ago)" (Association of Zoos and Aquariums featuring Fatman Scoop)
2006: "Let's Ride" (Chingy featuring Fatman Scoop)
2007: "Behind the Cow" (Scooter featuring Fatman Scoop)
2007: "Layaway Love" (Notch featuring Fatman Scoop)
2008: "Turn Around" (The Crooklyn Clan featuring Fatman Scoop and Afroman)
2008: "Be Faithful" (Welsh Transport Regiment featuring Fatman Scoop)
2009: "Just a Little Bit" (Claudia Cream featuring Fatman Scoop)
2009: "Think About Letting Go" (Fedde Le Grand featuring Fatman Scoop)
2009: "Onslaught 2" (Slaughterhouse featuring Fatman Scoop)
2009: "Love Is Back" (David Guetta featuring Fatman Scoop)
2010: "Go Crazy" (Art Beatz and Ariez Onasis featuring Fatman Scoop and Clinton Sparks)
2010: "That’s What’s Up" (Frauenarzt und Manny Marc featuring Fatman Scoop)
2010: "Gettin' Money" (Doesya featuring Fatman Scoop)
2010: "Stick It to the Man" (B*Witched featuring Fatman Scoop)
2010: "Please Don't Break My Heart" (Kalomoira featuring Fatman Scoop)
2010: "New Years Anthem" (The Disco Fries & DJ Class featuring Fatman Scoop)
2010: "I Wanna Get Drunk" (DJ Felli Fel featuring Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon and Fatman Scoop)
2010: "The Situation" (Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino featuring The Disco Fries, DJ Class and Fatman Scoop)
2010: "Pop & Drop" (Joosuc featuring Fatman Scoop)
2011: "Drop It Low" (Kat Deluna featuring Fatman Scoop)
2011: "Shake It" (Kat Deluna featuring Fatman Scoop)
2011: "Feel the Love" (Marvin Priest featuring Fatman Scoop)
2011: "Wine De Best" (Orange Hill featuring Busy Signal, Fatman Scoop and Kano)
2011: "Umutsuz Vaka" (Demet Akalın featuring Fatman Scoop)
2011: "Rock the Boat" (Bob Sinclar featuring Fatman Scoop, Pitbull and Dragonfly)
2012: "Raise the Roof" (Hampenberg and Alexander Brown featuring Fatman Scoop, Pitbull and Nabiha)
2012: "Bad Girl" (Oun-P featuring Remo The Hitmaker and Fatman Scoop)
2012: "Tonight I'm Your DJ" (Ida Corr featuring Fatman Scoop)
2013: "Crash This Party" (Alex Young featuring Fatman Scoop)[24]
2014: "Recess" (Skrillex and Kill the Noise featuring Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos) UK Number 57[25][26]
2014: "Here We Go Now!" (Tropkillaz & SNAVS featuring Fatman Scoop)
2015: "SQUAD OUT!" (Skrillex and Jauz featuring Fatman Scoop)
2015: "Don't Stop the Madness" (Hardwell and W&W featuring Fatman Scoop)
2015: "Knocks Me Out" (Franques and Tuna featuring Fatman Scoop)
2014/2016/2017: "Bass Dunk" (Charlotte Devaney featuring Fatman Scoop and Lady Leshurr
2017: "Space Jam" (Makj & Michael Sparks featuring Fatman Scoop)
2018: "Level Up" (Ciara featuring Missy Elliott and Fatman Scoop)
2019: "Wild" (Vinai featuring Fatman Scoop)[27]
2019: "Left Right" (Hardwell, Deorro and Makj featuring Fatman Scoop)[28]
2020: "Make Some Noise" (Wolfpack and Mike Bond featuring Fatman Scoop)[29]
2021: "Stampede" (Gammer featuring Fatman Scoop)[30]
2021: "Shining Star" Lil Mo Ft. T-Pain and Fatman Scoop
2022: "Pro Freak" (Smino and Doechii featuring Fatman Scoop)[31]
2022: "To The Top" (BIGMOO featuring Fatman Scoop & Titus)
2023: "NO L's" (Bizzle featuring Miles Minnick and Fatman Scoop)

Quote :

2008: "Be Faithful" (Welsh Transport Regiment featuring Fatman Scoop)

American songwriter Will Jennings, who co-wrote famous songs such as My Heart Will Go On, has died aged 80.

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


Hits

Steve Winwood:
"While You See A Chance"
"Still In The Game"
"Higher Love" (#1, nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1987)
"Back in the High Life Again"
"The Finer Things"
"Valerie"
"Roll With It" (#1 US)
Don't You Know What the Night Can Do? (#6 US)

Eric Clapton:
"Tears in Heaven" (#2, nominated for a Golden Globe award, 1993 Grammy for Song of the Year, 1993 Ivor Novello award from British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors)

Dionne Warwick:
"I'll Never Love This Way Again"
"No Night So Long"

Randy Crawford/The Crusaders:
"Street Life"
"One Day I'll Fly Away"

Barry Manilow:
"Somewhere in the Night"
"Looks Like We Made It" (#1)

Whitney Houston:
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" (#1)

Rodney Crowell:
"Many a Long and Lonesome Highway"
"What Kind Of Love"

Jimmy Buffett:
"Who's The Blonde Stranger?"
"If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"

Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes:
"Up Where We Belong" (#1, American Academy Award, British Academy Award, Winner Tokyo Song Festival)

Celine Dion:
"My Heart Will Go On" (#1, American Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Grammy for Song of the Year)

Tim McGraw:
"Please Remember Me" (#1 Country)

Diana Ross:
"If We Hold on Together"

Street Life is the only one of those songs I don't hate.