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    So .. What Do You Watch On TV?

    I find Happy Valley a bit grim for me. Which is saying something. My suspension of disbelief can extend quite far (as you'd probably assume from a Dr Who fan) but it has its limits. For example, in Peter Jackson films the CGI is wonderful, yes, but there's moments, especially in his King Kong, when the sequence of events couldn't physically actually happen if it was a bunch of real life dinosaurs and a giant gorilla there. They can in the film, because its just computer graphics, but when I'm reminded it IS computer graphics it loses me. On the other hand, I can easily lose myself in Terminator or Jurassic Park. I know they're both Stan Winston models, hell, I've seen some of the model work, but you can just suspend your disbelief entirely and take in that T Rex or the robotic Terminator being bloody real. Police dramas I prefer stuff like Columbo or Taggart to your NCIS's and what not. One episode Taggart spends an episode in his office going over hours of witness statements and spots a lie which turns out crucial. Top work, but it shows why most of the time they just left that off screen.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2023

    Remember a few years ago when I said the idea of that theme teams year getting near my age of birth was disturbing. Well, more so now its younger than me.
  3. Replied with my own editorial comments instead!
  4. 43 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 37 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 35 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 32 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 32 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 29 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 28 Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls 26 Rick Astley — Never gonna give you up 25 Los Lobos – La Bamba 24 Bee Gees - You Win Again +4 24 MARRS - Pump up the volume 23 T´Pau – China in your hand 23 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 22 Berlin – Take my breath away 22 Madonna – La isla bonita 21 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 21 Mel & Kim – Respectable 19 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 19 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 18 George Michael – A different corner 17 Ben E. King – Stand by me 14 Wham – The edge of heaven 12 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 09 Madonna – True Blue 09 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 08 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body 06 Boy George - Everything I Own -6
  5. Really, Biblio, I had no idea, I thought Spitting Image was gripping documentary... If something is annoying, does it matter if its ironic annoying? Get rid. imo.
  6. 36 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 35 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 32 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up 32 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 29 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me ) 29 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 28 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 26 T´Pau – China in your hand 26 Bee Gees - You Win Again +4 26 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume 24 Los Lobos – La Bamba 24 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 22 Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls 21 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 21 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 21 Mel & Kim – Respectable 21 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 21 Berlin – Take my breath away 19 Madonna – La isla bonita 18 George Michael – A different corner 18 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body 15 Ben E. King – Stand by me 15 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 14 Europe – The Final Countdown 14 Wham – The edge of heaven 13 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett – I just can´t stop loving you 12 Boy George – Everything I own 12 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 10 Madonna – True Blue 07 Spitting Imagine - that fucking Chicken Song -6 05 Boris Gardiner — I want to wake up with you
  7. Just to add the obvious that gigantic/health issues tend to be linked to folk Giant Gonzalez size ie folk suffering from acromegaly, who wind up vast outliers. Just over 6 foot, which is the height of around 22 million Americans alone, isn't that far off average.
  8. 37 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 35 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 28 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 28 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up 26 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 25 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 24 Bee Gees – You win again 24 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) +4 24 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume 23 Berlin – Take my breath away 23 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 22 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body  22 Los Lobos – La Bamba 22 Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls 21 T´Pau – China in your hand 21 Mel & Kim – Respectable 21 Europe – The Final Countdown 21 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 21 Madonna – La isla bonita 21 Ben E. King – Stand by me 20 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 20 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 18 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 18 George Michael – A different corner 16 Wham – The edge of heaven 16 Madonna – True Blue 15 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garret – I just can´t stop loving you 14 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 14 Boris Gardiner – I want to wake up with you -6 14 Boy George – Everything I own 12 Madonna – Who´s that girl 11 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song 10 Ferry Aid – Let it be 07 Cliff Richard & the Young Ones – Living Doll 02 Pet Shop Boys – Always on my mind
  9. 2000 odd Karens born in Scotland last twenty years compared to 8000 in the last twenty years of the 20th Century. Bet you're glad I looked that up. Thanks to uni (and Doctor Who) I tend to associate the name with hot redheads before the meme, tbh. But in general, most "popular" names are decreased these days compared to then.
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    Dead Pop Stars

    I was going to say there's a quarter of a century age difference between me and my niece, but then I double counted and realised it was even bigger than that. Willz old enough to be my dad, I'm old enough to be Clorox's dad, in a decade or so on the DL Clorox will have the exact same feeling with some new younger Scottish regular. Circle of getting fucking auld...
  11. I'd love Warren Zevon making it into the HOF, ngl.
  12. 32 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 32 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up 28 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 26 Ben E. King – Stand by me 24 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 24 Bee Gees – You win again +4 24 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 24 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body 23 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 22 T´Pau – China in your hand 21 Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls 20 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 20 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 20 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song 20 Boris Gardiner – I want to wake up with you 20 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 20 Berlin – Take my breath away 20 Europe – The Final Countdown 20 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 20 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 20 Mel & Kim – Respectable20 Madonna – La isla bonita 20 Los Lobos – La Bamba 20 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume19 Madonna – True Blue 18 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 18 George Michael – A different corner 18 Wham – The edge of heaven 17 Boy George – Everything I own 14 Pet Shop Boys – Always on my mind 14 Madonna – Who´s that girl 14 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 14 Ferry Aid – Let it be -6 13 Cliff Richard & the Young Ones – Living Doll 9 Firm – Star Trekkin´ 9 Chris de Burgh – Lady in red 8 Nick Berry – Every loser wins
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    Hollywood Possibilities

    I think we all know John Astin is DL famous. This is only a debate for one poster.
  14. 72 George Michael – Careless Whisper 64 Madonna – Into the Groove 51 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 30 Eurythmics – There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) 26 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax -6 25 Duran Duran – The Reflex +4 23 Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 16 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes 5 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover
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    Shove Off, Eh?

    It was one of the old QOs before TMIB cut down on them. I brought all the old ones back when the FFBI ban came in. We were also aware that obits like this would get in when they wouldn't otherwise, but with FFBI gone we wanted to reward your notable but not front page news type picks (basically the Philip Latham specials) who suffered in the past. It's not an aggregator - someone specifically uploads the obits to the UK version. It's about as lenient as the Cmme were going to get when I was there because, despite many requests, the British DDP wasn't going to accept the New York Times as an obituary. But if the NYT obit is picked up by the British Yahoo, well, so be it. This happens considerably fewer times than you'd think though. It's not the fix all panacea folk think but it does rescue about a dozen notables from the LOTL each year, so was worth it. imo.
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    Shove Off, Eh?

    Please please let her get a QO as her story would make a great @Death Impends obit.
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    24. Jean-Marie Le Pen

    Hopefully. Is he dead yet? (Notes for Lafaucheuse, it's deliberate irony, as popularised by many great French writers...)
  18. 64 George Michael – Careless Whisper 62 Nena – 99 Red Balloons +4 58 Madonna – Into the Groove 33 Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Two Tribes 33 Eurythmics — There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) 30 Duran Duran – The Reflex 26 Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Relax 24 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover 24 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart -6 22 Chaka Khan – I Feel for You 18 Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 14 Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Can't believe you sods killed Midge!
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    Inverse Dead Pool 2023

    I'm still waiting for those "Howard Marks wont die" curly wurlys.
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    Crashing Companies

    They were meant to fly like a bee. Instead they flew like a whale.
  21. Top news there, looking forward to hearing about all the campanologists, sonologists and myrmecologists you hear have died in 2023.
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    Hollywood Possibilities

    Ice Cold in Alex is excellent too. The Queen, less so, but she's great as the Queen Mum in it. (Willz or Biblio should mention Ghost Light any moment now too.) A fine actress indeed, this is sad news, even if 89 is a fine age.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2023

    Therein lies the rub. Expanding the QO further wouldn't help Hellstrom or Sonny Caldinez or others who should get obits but don't! Because they didn't exist!
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    Derby Dead Pool 2023

    Willz requested The Stage as a future QO during Latham Gate. We looked into it at the time. They didn't date their obits at the time and it was behind a paywall. The Cmme in general was wary that is a bit too specialist - if The Stage is allowed, why not the Racing Post? And so on. Radio Times got on because it was the best seller in its field and as a make-do for not having The Stage. Which has since provided 0 obits - but I like having it there as legacy media.
  25. Yeah if you look at 2004-6 I think there's about 5-10 (at a stretch) number ones I liked, which doesn't tell the story that there was a lot of music I liked at that time which just didn't make it to the top, or even into the charts all together.
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