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Daniel McGachey @daniel-mcgachey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

'Eeeeurgh! Breakaway!' Here's @ericidle.bsky.social nudging up sales of chocolate biscuits in the 1970s. (Thanks to @squidyuk.bsky.social for the heads up that this is on YouTube.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui1p...

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Kaleidoscope Advert Archive Rowntrees Breakaway Eric Idle Nudge Nudge 1970s

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

At last, for the first time ever anywhere, the most sought after holy grail in television comedy - Oh No, Not Them, the 1989 unseen US pilot of The Young Ones. patreon.com/posts/143210147

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Oh No Not Them - The Unaired US Version Of The Young Ones - 1989 | Nigel Planer

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

At last, for the first time ever anywhere, the most sought after holy grail in television comedy - Oh No, Not Them, the 1989 unseen US pilot of The Young Ones. patreon.com/posts/143210147

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Oh No Not Them - The Unaired US Version Of The Young Ones - 1989 | Nigel Planer

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 17/06/2025

The ToughPigs Pride Month fundraiser is past the halfway point - you still have time to donate to some great causes and win Muppety prizes!

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

There's never been anything like this online before, collating all the various scraps of info on Oh No, Not Them. I guarantee you'll learn something you never knew before. I'm so proud of this if you're a friend DM me and I'll send you a trial membership so you can read it free.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

New post exclusively on Nigel Planer's Patreon! Even a casual comedy fan has heard rumours the US made an unaired pilot of The Young Ones. But what do we actually know? I've spent 36 years digging around the internet sorting the myths from the truths. www.patreon.com/posts/129927...

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Oh No, Not What?: Exploding The Myths Of The American Young Ones | Nigel Planer

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ALFsplaining - the ALF Podcast @alfsplaining.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Next week sees a very special edition of ALFsplaining. Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I don't know how to get an animated image on a t-shirt, but I somehow must.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

On this day in 1985 the Brit Awards gave out their only prize for Best Comedy Single. Find out who won (spoiler: it was Neil) plus some exclusive reminiscences from Nigel Planer on his Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/97638016

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I heard it in RadioActive but misremembered it as Burkiss Way, muddying the trail. It was @outonbluesix.bsky.social who realised RadioActive was the source.

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Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Bizarre thing happened to me yesterday that my teenage self would not believe. I was playing at the gig to celebrate the life of the genius that was Neil Innes. Whilst waiting backstage to go on, Michael Palin sang the lumberjack song to me, in German.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Chilling. That portable video game was all we had before smartphones.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Watched it for the first time in full recently, after only it's fourth airing in the UK ever. Fuck me, it's bleak. Though my school days did look like that.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I love that they realised they don't have to cram every character into an episode, and can even add more if they want. Also actual character development rather than returning to the status quo.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

They turned a kids' show into one for adults.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

In the nicest way, Twin Peaks vibes.

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Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024