Absurd old TV / movie things

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Dec 08, 2025 1:51 am

Pogo Patterson (S7) is like Gonch, but without the charm or likeability.
Jimmy McLaren is the sharpest dressed bully ever in GH and probably became a disgraced Tory MP.

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Dec 10, 2025 3:50 pm

This looks fascinatingly dreadful:

Behind the Bike Sheds
https://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2 ... sheds.html

And it also has a connection to Grange Hill!

Zammo's best mate in his early school years was Jonah, but when the actor playing Jonah found out his character was going to be killed off in the following series, he left the show and his character was written out. The actor then turned up in Behind the Bike Sheds playing a schoolboy character not a million miles away from Jonah (or so it appears).

Right, I'll shut up now!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 7:35 pm

I will not be silenced!!!

Behind The Bike Sheds Ep4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg0gQqWtgYE

It is fairly bad, but the worst part is those overly brightly lit sets, which give me the FEAR!

Post by **dng** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 10:05 pm

i've never even heard of this

Post by **dng** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 10:05 pm

and im glad i think

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 10:48 pm

You should be!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Dec 25, 2025 4:01 pm

Watching Mrs McCluskey cane a pupil on the hand rather than expel her, was shocking.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Dec 26, 2025 8:57 pm

One of the stroylines at the moment is abaht making school unifroms compulsory (once again). I liked our unifrom, but it couldn't have been easy for those who had to wear burgundy or bottle green blazers. Never mind charitable causes overseas, it was pupils who had to wear blazers in those colours who needed the real help and support...

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:53 pm

Half of one episode of Strange Hill was devoted entirely to an amateurishly filmed football trial match. I presume whoever penned that episode ran out of time writing it, and just wrote: FOOTBALL TRIAL MATCH 10 MINUTES RUNNING TIME, and handed that in to the show's production team.

Post by **dng** » Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:38 pm

excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Dec 31, 2025 1:04 am

Tucker Jenkins is like Ace Rimmer from Red Dwaf - an overrated character.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 2:55 am

I've now watched/completed the first 12 series (222 episodes or so) of Grange Hill. It's a fine achievement, imo!

Post by **dng** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:55 am

you should be in the guninness book of records

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 1:14 pm

Eternally pursued by a sausage on a fork.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jan 23, 2026 3:56 pm

CandyDarling wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 5:33 am I think I may have mentioned this before, but I have very fond memories of a Grange Hill storyline from around 1991 / 92 (right at the tail end of it being a show people would bother watching).

It was all about some of the students trying to save some foxes from having their little home destroyed by some bastard developer. The pupils of Grange Hill succeed over the bastard, and then the storyline is concluded with them looking from afar at this adorable little lot of baby foxes with their mother... the latter of which had clearly been filmed in 1972, on scratchy 16mm. And the students were clearly from present times (i.e. 1991 or whenever this was), on pin-sharp DigiBeta, with early 1990s hair.

The following morning at my school, everyone was laughing about it. It was effectively the "This room is surrounded by film" bit from Monty Python, but it had been attempted as if nobody would notice, when even in the early 70s people noticed it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBOI0pcgGA

I watched this particular episode yesterday, and your post immediately sprung to mind!

Also, I've just watched S15 (yay!), but nearly lost my shit when I couldn't locate S16 on YouTube. After phoning up the Police, they suggested I tried Daily Motion, and S16 is on there, albeit in manky quality, but it's good enough to put an end to my killing spree.

FOR NOWN!!!

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:04 am

This is what I did on Friday:

The Michelle Lyons Is Crying

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:25 am

...I posted this in the wrong thread. Fuck's sake

Post by **dng** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:38 pm

I tried to move it into the correct thread (or at least what I assume would have been the correct thread) but it seems I have no idea what i'm doing anymore

Post by **dng** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:42 pm

also i hope you're well, michelle. best wishes, etc that all sounds thoroughly awful (in multiple different ways of awful, obviously)

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 9:24 pm

I am okay, or as about as okay as anyone can be these days

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Sun Feb 08, 2026 5:13 am

CandyDarling wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 9:24 pm I am okay, or as about as okay as anyone can be these days

I feel that.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Sun Feb 08, 2026 1:07 pm

❤️

All we can do is keep going.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Feb 08, 2026 2:49 pm

CandyDarling wrote: Sun Feb 08, 2026 1:07 pm All we can do is keep going.

Ain't that the truth. x

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Feb 08, 2026 2:54 pm

CandyDarling wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:04 am This is what I did on Friday:

The Michelle Lyons Is Crying

Awww Michelle.

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Feb 11, 2026 3:56 pm

Just polished off S17 and S18 of GH. S18 had an unseen headmaster, which seemed an odd creative choice.

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 12, 2026 12:19 am

like wonton in darkplace

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:57 am

Ha, ves!

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:20 am

I might also begin watching Byker Grove.

I'm pretty sure I'm having a very slow and somewhat genteel breakdown.

Post by **dng** » Tue Feb 24, 2026 1:47 am

oh god, byker grove. don't do it homfrus

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:37 pm

Bwaaahh!!!! Haaaa!!! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Post by **vom** » Tue Feb 24, 2026 8:15 pm

enjoy this song that mentions Byker Grove instead of Byker Grove itself

(because it's lovely and i love it)

https://youtu.be/FxKA_F2St50?si=ZFJfCbIMWA_4WMoC

Post by **dng** » Tue Feb 24, 2026 8:36 pm

It is lovely. Really lovely. Hooray

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 25, 2026 3:12 pm

Today I've been watching some jacques tati films. It's like accidentally playing Charlie Chaplin at half speed

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Feb 25, 2026 9:05 pm

Heh! Also, it's a very cunning French strategy as you require only half the material to pad out to movie length.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 1:51 am

I've seen Play Time (as I think you're meant to write it out) and it was amusing, but weirdly gentle as a comedy. There were a lot of moments where it seemed everyone involved was really trying not to let things go too crazy or mad, which was a disappointment. Most of the jokes are things like "someone's shoes are making a weird squeaking sound" or "this tag on a suitcase is spinning around very fast like a propeller". Not much laughs, but immaculate "vibes"

Post by **vom** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:24 pm

yeah it's really impressive and ambitious but I'm not sure it's really all that funny. I laughed more at Monsieur Hulot and Mon Oncle is maybe the best mix of mad ambitious design stuff and actual comedy? I have a couple of others in a box set to check out eventually

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 4:48 pm

I rewatched Logan's Run last night, and it's amazing how Star Wars made it look horribly out of date just a year later. They almost look like they were filmed a decade apart.

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:04 pm

Yeah but Star Wars doesn't have any cats in it

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:07 pm

But yes, I was thinking about this recently with clash of the titans, which is newer but feels much older than Star Wars. Star Wars is the start of modern fantasy film making I suppose and clash of the titans the end of old film fantasy film making

Post by **endar** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:39 pm

Clash of the Titans looks like a 50s film

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:12 pm

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:12 pm

which is why it is best (even though it is clearly not best in any way at all)

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:12 pm

except the medusa scene, which genuinely is the best

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Mar 03, 2026 1:47 am

dng wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:07 pm But yes, I was thinking about this recently with clash of the titans, which is newer but feels much older than Star Wars. Star Wars is the start of modern fantasy film making I suppose and clash of the titans the end of old film fantasy film making

But Stra Wars doesn't feature Harry Hamlin and his beauteous hair!

Also, agreed.

And Raiders of the Lost Ark came out in 81, which again feels much more modern than Clash of the Titans from the same year.

Post by **vom** » Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:30 am

I love Logan's Run so much.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:47 pm

vom wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:30 am I love Box so much.

Ha! Ha! Ha!

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Mar 08, 2026 1:32 am

The last episode of GH I watched had a Breakfast Club homage/rip off. But less problematic, thankfully.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Mar 09, 2026 10:43 pm

Grange Hill has been relocated to... Liverpool?!? :O WTAF? :O And Tucker is in it?!? :O

Um... okay...

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 09, 2026 11:57 pm

grange hill should have moved to a different city every year

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 09, 2026 11:57 pm

and a different time setting