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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 8m

In 1974(I think) BBC2 had a early evening season of sci-fi movies. Forbidden Planet, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Them , The Incredible Shrinking Man and a few others. It was brilliant and obviously put together by someone who knew and loved sci-fi movies( and knew what kids would love)

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A couple of weeks ago on 6Music( I think it was Cerys) played the complete version of the Wombles theme tune - it was like an amazing song that had been left off Sgt Peppers

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I always liked it because it meant you were watching telly at school instead of boring lessons.

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

When I worked in Pizzaland(UK ‘pizza’ restaurant) , they had a fish and chip pizza . As disgusting as that might sound it tasted like a fish finger and chip sandwich covered in melted cheese- yep , that good.

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yep, and the thing is it has the right pedigree- The cast , Richard Lester , Spike Milligan- but just meanders from one scene to another. Radio 4 did it as a play a few years ago , adapted by John Antrobus and Paul Merton ( I’ve not listened to it , so don’t know if it’s any good or not)

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Bed Sitting Room is pretty tedious- amazing cast though

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Oh god! There play f**king Opus -Live is Life!! I hate that record more than I hate Trump

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I need your 70s double breasted suit, your slip/on Union Jack loafers and five million quid

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

About his night under a leaky roof!

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My memory of this was it was pretty much the same formula as The Fugitive/Invaders/Incredible Hulk. Arrive in a town , meet someone who can help them , sandman turns up etc.. And they had a hover car that you only really saw moving from the windows up

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It’s nice to know that Mr Witt from ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ got himself a decent job on the BBC news after a fairly rubbish stint as a hit man

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I wonder if some kids super glued his hat to his head as a prank and he can’t remove it. The only other reason is he thinks it looks cool , and if he does then he’s a total fanny ( which we all knew anyway)

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

There’s quite a few scheduled trips

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

And at this time of year , the boat trip out the Craigleith and the Bass Rock is amazing- Puffins, Cormorants, Guillemots , Shags etc…

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Deeply boppers in 1985? Is this TOTP from behind the Iron Curtain?

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

People say that kids were slimmer in the 80s because there was less junk food. It’s because we spent 2 hours every Friday night furiously running on the spot to Ska at the Legion Hall disco

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The stuff he bought is weird , like he gets an idea in his head and is obsessed with it - vacuum cleaners, pens etc..- and if you can be bothered scrolling through the 107(!!) pages of stuff on the BBC he appears to have bought about 100 cappuccino mugs over 4 years

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Did they have a hit with a cover of ‘John I’m only dancing’ ( I could check google but thought I’d ask first)

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It’s a great record , but Eddie Tudorpole is a drama student backed by a pretty decent band

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I tried re- watching Heat a couple of weeks ago and it was like a bad 80s tv movie-the dialogue is terrible, the acting awful. Michael Mann has only made one decent movie - The Keep

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

OK- I guess I don’t have the personal experience. So if he can also make his books a cautionary tale then that’s a good thing

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yeah , he was and I get that. I’ve tried reading some of his later books and it sort of dominates them and distracts from the actual story - Doctor Sleep- although I guess the Shining was also about alcoholism.

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I re-read it a couple of years ago and it wasn’t that bad- it’s pretty much ‘Quatermass and the Pit’ , and very readable. But apart from preachiness about booze , he should never make his characters poets (Gard in TommyKnockers)or singers e.g. ‘Baby can you dig your Man?’ from The Stand

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

He looks like he’s been sculpted out of lard

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Well , I watched She-Hulk because it was good fun

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Although obviously well acquainted with his own palm

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My pal Myles Auchinleck made that gate .

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

From the mighty JCC I've seen the poison letters of the horrible hacks About the yellow peril and the reds and the blacks And the TUC and its treacherous acts Kremlin money - All right Jack I've seen how democracy is under duress But I've never seen a nipple in the Daily Express

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Yeah me too. I’d always thought ELO were really naff( my dad always said they were Beatles rip-offs- which they sort of were). But I think I always secretly liked them. Great use of Peace Frog and Let me Roll It in Liquorice Pizza as well. Plus it’s great hear those songs through cinema speakers

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Livin’ Thing at the end of Boogie Nights is perfection

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The coastal path between Ellie and Crail is well worth a walk ( in either direction). Not too far , not too strenuous, lovely villages and sights -Caplie Caves , St Monans castle-and a sky that goes on forever . And if you like a pint , nice pubs at both ends.

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I keep expecting her face to fall off , like Yul Brynner in Westworld

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Right .. I didn’t realise that. In that case they need to do a new show

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Mike D and Ad-Rock did a brilliant show on 6 music last Saturday , shame they don’t do it every week

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I remember an episode where they went to a museum and it had a suit of armour. Even as a kid I thought ‘How does that work?’

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

The SW building is like the future as imagined in 1982. I always expected to see someone walk out of there in a Logan’s Run style trouser suit

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

My cat certainly lets me know what he doesn’t like , he completely freaked out at Dr John -Twilight Zone the other night and actually bit of the speakers

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

In Fife it was a term of affection-‘He’s a guid cunt, that hoor’

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Do they actually think Rob Schneider is some sort of win? ( or that other guy , whoever he is)

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stanmanley.bsky.social @stanmanley.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It’s quite good fun looking up who they actually are - all of them look like they put the c**t into country

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