Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Got mine on Saturday, cheers TGC - a top quality product. I've watched a couple of hours of the Grandstand build-up so far, and its bloody hilarious.
David Coleman is absolutely obesessed with the fact that its raining "quite hard" and that the Albion are (gulp) flying in by helicopter (shock horror). I guess back in 1983, helicopters just couldn't deal with the rain - barely 5 minutes elapses without a concerned update on the weather from dear old Coleman. We're also gravely told that there was "some really heavy lightning earlier..." HEAVY lightning eh ? Blimey.
To help pad out the 3 hours before kickoff, the Beeb are also trying out a revolutionary (for 1983) feature where they get viewers to phone in and ask to see a recording of a favourite sporting event. We'll see "the girls operating our busy switchboard" (despite there clearly being at least 2 blokes manning the phones as well, but their hairs quite long I suppose). Believe me, some of the requests get obscure. David will have a chat with someone on the phone, who says something like: "I'd like to see footage of Ann Whelker winning gold in the 3000 metre steeplechase at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics". Cue an excruciating and protracted conversation between David and the caller, while we see some bloke with an enormous video recorder (with those big whirling tape wheels) searching frantically for the requested footage. What doesn't seem to help is the fact that it appears the BBC's entire sporting archive is held on ONE BIG TAPE, so it takes feckin AGES to find anything. Finally we're rewarded with some grainy black and white footage, before its on to the next call. "Can I see the winning flick in the 1971 Tiddlywinks World Series in Dudley please David...."
You see Eric Morcombe embarrassing the hell out of Kenny Dalglish at an awards ceremony...you see Bobby Robson presenting Ian Rush with the "Young Player of the Year" award, and rambling on for 10 minutes of gushing platitudes with poor young Ians hand gripped firmly in his, and Ian just not knowing WHERE to look...you see Neil Smillie hook a tee shot horrendously into the rough (followed by Steve Gatting showing him how its done)...You see Fozzie and Grealish in a joke shop trying to laugh at some lame bits of plastic they're buying (the funniest thing being the fearsome amount of facial hair they have between them - just like a couple of Yeti's shambling about)...
Disturbingly, everyone in the squad bought a carriage clock as a gift to each other (they're from Debenhams, says a straight-faced Melia, in case we were concerned it was a cheapo from Woolies). Bob "The Cat" Bevan spins some truley awful, cringeworthy gags at a dinner. Big Ron, looking tanned and confident, when told the Albion are flying in by helicoptor, quips "Just don't let any of the irish lads tun the fan off then".
This DVD is an absolute MUST - I'll never get bored of the naffness of TV in 1983. Not even got to the football yet either.
David Coleman is absolutely obesessed with the fact that its raining "quite hard" and that the Albion are (gulp) flying in by helicopter (shock horror). I guess back in 1983, helicopters just couldn't deal with the rain - barely 5 minutes elapses without a concerned update on the weather from dear old Coleman. We're also gravely told that there was "some really heavy lightning earlier..." HEAVY lightning eh ? Blimey.
To help pad out the 3 hours before kickoff, the Beeb are also trying out a revolutionary (for 1983) feature where they get viewers to phone in and ask to see a recording of a favourite sporting event. We'll see "the girls operating our busy switchboard" (despite there clearly being at least 2 blokes manning the phones as well, but their hairs quite long I suppose). Believe me, some of the requests get obscure. David will have a chat with someone on the phone, who says something like: "I'd like to see footage of Ann Whelker winning gold in the 3000 metre steeplechase at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics". Cue an excruciating and protracted conversation between David and the caller, while we see some bloke with an enormous video recorder (with those big whirling tape wheels) searching frantically for the requested footage. What doesn't seem to help is the fact that it appears the BBC's entire sporting archive is held on ONE BIG TAPE, so it takes feckin AGES to find anything. Finally we're rewarded with some grainy black and white footage, before its on to the next call. "Can I see the winning flick in the 1971 Tiddlywinks World Series in Dudley please David...."
You see Eric Morcombe embarrassing the hell out of Kenny Dalglish at an awards ceremony...you see Bobby Robson presenting Ian Rush with the "Young Player of the Year" award, and rambling on for 10 minutes of gushing platitudes with poor young Ians hand gripped firmly in his, and Ian just not knowing WHERE to look...you see Neil Smillie hook a tee shot horrendously into the rough (followed by Steve Gatting showing him how its done)...You see Fozzie and Grealish in a joke shop trying to laugh at some lame bits of plastic they're buying (the funniest thing being the fearsome amount of facial hair they have between them - just like a couple of Yeti's shambling about)...
Disturbingly, everyone in the squad bought a carriage clock as a gift to each other (they're from Debenhams, says a straight-faced Melia, in case we were concerned it was a cheapo from Woolies). Bob "The Cat" Bevan spins some truley awful, cringeworthy gags at a dinner. Big Ron, looking tanned and confident, when told the Albion are flying in by helicoptor, quips "Just don't let any of the irish lads tun the fan off then".
This DVD is an absolute MUST - I'll never get bored of the naffness of TV in 1983. Not even got to the football yet either.
If there is a need for another 15 or 20 then it might be worth it. But I would need to order more disks, cases and envelopes as well as printing more covers.
Thought it would all be like that for a few seconds?
