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Paul Putner

@realpaulputner.bsky.social
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Actor/writer/ comedian/processed snacks enthusiast Expect some light drivel but sunny spells later.

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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 7h
In the consumer TV show, That's Life, Doc Cox was a co-presenter. His alter ego was Ivor Biggun. I wonder how he got that job considering his scatological, smutty music career. It'd be like if BBC's Watchdog hired K**t & The Gang to perform cheeky songs at people in Fulham North End Road market too.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finally squeezed into a pair of black jeans that haven't fitted me in an age. When I did up the button, I could've swore I just heard some fireworks going off and a burst of the Hallelujah chorus.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I see the latest 007 movie is finally in the cinemas. I reckon Brad's character is 'a Daniel Craig man', but the dog? It's Roger Moore all the way! Which one will save them?
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's a nice little original LP I picked up in Harrogate not so long ago. We all like a bit of a 1978 journey into discoid funk recorded by the former drummer of The Shadows in our lives, no? www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHa5...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just received this Halloween cardigan pop up ad. We live in strange times.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's a disgrace this single wasn't a hit in 2002. They paved the way for Electric Six, I'm telling ya! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1CS...
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esQuire- Brandy & Xanax Music Video
YouTube video by darkallio
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine if your name was Suspected Spam. Nobody would ever take your calls.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More of me old tat from the attic. A talking rat I purchased for a dollar fifty at a Walmart store sale in Florida in 2008. It ain't worked in years because the batteries had acidified, but after a dab of white vinegar tonight, it speaks again!!!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Things I have learnt today. Pt1. 'Assuage' is an anagram of 'sausage'.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Still watching old Doctor Who. Up to The Mask Of Mandragora. Really good and eloquent, but quite nasty for Saturday teatime viewing. I can slightly understand Mary Whitehouse's concerns at the time; especially when Tim Pigott-Smith drops the C-bomb, which I've had to edit out this clip.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Soundtrack find of the week. A reissue of a 1968 score for Italian comedy thriller, The Girl with a Pistol (La ragazza con la pistola). Nice coloured vinyl too. It sounds exactly how you'd imagine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY3B...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Stephanie Cole R.I.P. I feel lucky to have worked with this brilliant woman on R4 'Cabin Pressure' some years back. She was a right laugh, and told me all the goss on how she got shafted on a certain show where she was unceremoniously booted off by some precious producers. Shhh!🤫
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Six things I don't think I've ever said in earnest: 1)"Everybody make some NOISE!" 2)"...above my pay grade." 3)"...in my personal journey." (unless to do with travel arrangements) 4)"Not on my watch." 5)"...the soundtrack of my life" 6) "Over to you." Over to you. Ah, bollocks.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wonder if there was ever a researcher at some ancient wheel making firm who warned humanity that the technology and speed of its advancements was "genuinely frightening" proclaiming "One day, traffic accidents, air pollution and twats in balaclavas on e-bikes will kill us all!"
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh no, a new secondhand record shop is opening a two minute walk from my flat. It will be the much lamented Pure Groove records on my doorstep in the '00s all over again. Pop out quickly to get a pint a milk, come back an hour later with three new albums and've forgotten the milk.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just one more thing. Is doing an impression of Columbo in a public space technically illegal, because you're impersonating a police officer?
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Picked up this original 1969 LP at Leeds Record Fair this year. It wasn't cheap, but shaping up to entering my top forty of best soundtracks evurrr! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnmw...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Spotted on Holloway Road yesterday. My old trailer from filming CBeebies 'Football Fantastics' earlier this year. No, of course not. Massive though, innit? I should've clung onto the back of it and when arriving on set ask for a role that's not been cast yet. Another missed opportunity, Putner.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yesterday, I picked up this 1971 LP beauty for a touch in the local market. Funky enough for ya? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAg0...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"6-7" has to be the most arcane children's fad ever. Why didn't we have 'Oh, Jimmy Hill' chin shaped squishies in our day?
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mmmm, these new hip hop themed crisps are absolutely avaricious!! It's not like the old Tudor crisps slogan is it?
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've just found an old production still from the first episode of the first series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2009). A sketch about Paddy McGinty's goat. Looks like I've stepped out a Lucio Fulci movie. Bene!!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chazza shop album covers spotted today that I've no intention of purchasing as I'm not particularly a fan of schmalzty C&W or Romanian 80s pap pop. In memory of the much lamented Neil Kulkarni. Which out of these two men would you prefer to make you a sandwich? @chartmusictotp.bsky.social
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remember Eddie Silverman today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4H5...
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larry + 9/11
YouTube video by Violet Brown
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just had a game of naked hide and seek. Embarrassing. I didn't know where to look.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Look what each adult American will receive in the mid-terms if they vote Republican. Why can't we do cool stuff like this in Britain? Imagine at the polling station being handed an egg mayonnaise bap made of solid gold with some platinum flavoured crisps. Yummy! I'd need no persuading how to vote.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A recent nice chazza shop LP find. A 1967 "quintessentially English" album of songs and spoken word. Got a hint of 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End' about it. LINKED is my fave track about college hazing. One can imagine Blur covering this as a B-side in 1993. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcIU...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just heard that whoever stole those Renoir paintings will have great difficulty trying to sell on the famous works of art. Maybe, they've no intention of parting with them and just want something a bit classy to hang in the downstairs loo? Prints can be quite costly, you know?
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Why have I never seen this 1970 sitcom opening titles before this morning? Fabulous theme tune, shot for shot absolute perfection, some brilliant comedy cast names, Diana Dors at her most sizzling, and an old woman with missing teeth gurning into camera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Vx...
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Queenie's Castle S1 Ep. 2 - The Great Debate (1080p) starring Diana Dors
YouTube video by Forgotten British TV
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This new record shop that's opened near me is rubbish. Although, the Inspiral Carpets section is pretty comprehensive, as is the Roy Wood one.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh, Richard, I so wanted to be you as a kid. Whatever that meant? R.I.P. Is this one of the greatest theme tunes ever??? that the man composed himself? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZEV...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Watching an old Doctor Who the other night, I cheered when I heard my favourite ubiquitous 1970s BBC sound effect. It was almost the Beeb's equivalent of 'The Wilhelm Scream', as it would turn up regularly in stuff from kid's shows to sitcoms to serious TV dramas. Smashing!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Answer to the question I asked in my previous post is apparently, the classical actor, Alan Howard. Thanks everybody, especially to @kevinsargent.bsky.social who suggested AH.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Paging retro TV nerds. A mate is trying to find out who provided the voiceover for this 1987 advert. He tried searching online but to no avail. Any clues? www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
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Electricity Council Commercial: Morning | Catalogue | History of Advertising Trust
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In Sainsbury's tonight. When Things Get Knocked Over, Spill, Or Fall Out Of Cupboards BEETROOT !!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I see affordable Swedish wardrobes are brazenly plying their trade again in my manor. Bold as brass!!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Champion chazza shop find in Leeds recently. Tenner. A local TV kids drama for local people. I love the cover, even the horse has a 1970s hair style. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVo7...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This week is the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to @seanreynard.bsky.social for bringing it into my life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqq...
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The Wooden O Orchestra on Pop Shop TV (April 22, 1971)
YouTube video by CLASSIC TRASH
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You wait for a Gladys Knight & The Pips gag and two come along at once. How come I have never seen this sketch before? Inspired, like The Amish Sex Pistols sketch. Thanks to Al from @chartmusictotp.bsky.social for putting it my way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95R...
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And The Pips - medley
YouTube video by Tony Alessi
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Yesterday, I said I bought an old vinyl that might be my album find of the year. Today, I may have picked up this contender for that prize! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qihZ...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I hear Days Of Thunder (1990) sequel is finally coming soon. Now, all we need is Rain Man 2:Absolutely Pissing Down Man. Make it happen, Tommy!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Do you think anyone has ever bought a ticket for the Reading Festival thinking it's a literary festival because they didn't know how to pronounce Reading? It must have happened at least once over the past sixty five years.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Picked up this rare vinyl Italian soundtrack LP comp today. Weren't cheap, but it's AMAZING! (if you like this sort of thing) Think Vampyros Lesbos OST (1971). I've strategically placed my comb over "il petto". The YT video thumbnail is NSFW. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyG...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just heard Gladys Knight is retiring. Made me think of one of my favourite Viz comic one panel gags. For me, the set up is so archaic is what makes it funnier today.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Things I didn't have on my bingo card in 1979. I was not expecting this chart topping lady to be performing nearly half a century later in a pub a five minute walk from where I live. See you down the front.
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In the '70s, Fanta pop meant going on holiday, sipping on a straw from that cosy reassuring brown bottle outside a country pub en route to a caravan park. Now, it looks like it wants to shank me in the kidneys. I blame Phil Redmond, alternative comedy & rap music to how the UK has turned out!
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Blimey! That's a first. While waiting just now at a zebra crossing in Holloway, a car pulled up with Kaw-Liga by The Residents blasting out the stereo. Made my day. Can't believe this track is 40y old this year. It was a Balearic Beat hit in the clubs too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iljx...
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The Residents - Kaw-Liga
YouTube video by ZTTFGTH11
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
FAO: my library music nerdy fellowship here. Picked up this beauty in a Yorks record shop this month. The tune, 'Exotica' evokes a romantic moment between some ghosts in a 1970s HTV drama. youtube.com/watch?v=Plyn...
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Farewell to the magnificent Tim Curry. R.I.P. For me, his finest performance(s) was playing the Bracket family in the 1993 Tales From The Crypt episode, 'Death Of Some Salesmen' www.youtube.com/shorts/yRNE2...
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tim curry never misses
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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Do any Cantabrigians know the backstory for this place I spotted in Cambridge on Sunday? It appears to be an air B'N'B studio flat according to internet. Was it once a record shop or a record label's office or did any members of the political ska pop band, The Selector live here?
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