Alison
@alisondennison.bsky.social
@AlisonDennison on twitter (with the tree pic)
art history, TV, Sparks, film history, Marx Brothers
art history, TV, Sparks, film history, Marx Brothers
You can't say that now; you can't have a great fall without sounding like a fictional egg. Perfectly good phrase ruined by yolk
Mr. Moore and I to St. Gregory’s, where I escaped a great fall down the staires of the gallery: so into a pew there and heard Dr. Ball make a very good sermon, though short of what I expected, as for the most part it do fall out.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
You can't say that now; you can't have a great fall without sounding like a fictional egg. Perfectly good phrase ruined by yolk
One first class dank please
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
One first class dank please
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Anyone enjoying the current re-runs of vintage Call My Bluff on BBC Four might like to check out the show's cameo appearance ten minutes into this barking mad NF Simpson parody. I remember watching this in 1973 and being flabbergasted.
Elementary My Dear Watson (1973)
YouTube video by TV Gold
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November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Anyone enjoying the current re-runs of vintage Call My Bluff on BBC Four might like to check out the show's cameo appearance ten minutes into this barking mad NF Simpson parody. I remember watching this in 1973 and being flabbergasted.
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Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
I've just realised spenny is short for expensive. I thought it was short for spendy
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I've just realised spenny is short for expensive. I thought it was short for spendy
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1. Ha!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
1. Ha!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
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Watch it on #BBCiPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Watch it on #BBCiPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Oh wow, watching the Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future doc on BBC and it's shifting my perspective on so many things - AI (to an extent), meta glasses, driverless cars: They're all capable of transforming the day to day life of someone who can't see. For that, they're really wonderful
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oh wow, watching the Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future doc on BBC and it's shifting my perspective on so many things - AI (to an extent), meta glasses, driverless cars: They're all capable of transforming the day to day life of someone who can't see. For that, they're really wonderful
Just once when something cool happens in Bewitched, like Paul Lynde appearing in the mirror, it would be great if Darren could crack a smile instead of being a right git about everything
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just once when something cool happens in Bewitched, like Paul Lynde appearing in the mirror, it would be great if Darren could crack a smile instead of being a right git about everything
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Finally watching Better Call Saul. I love its Philip Marlowe qualities and everything else about it, not least that it fits nicely into Joel Morris's brilliant yellow cars in comedy theory
And here is my thesis on the prevalence of yellow cars in comedy. Nobel Prize pending.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/yellow-car
joelmorris.substack.com/p/yellow-car
Yellow Car
Yellow cars are funny, right?
joelmorris.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Finally watching Better Call Saul. I love its Philip Marlowe qualities and everything else about it, not least that it fits nicely into Joel Morris's brilliant yellow cars in comedy theory
Any Doctor Who?
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Any Doctor Who?
Well well well, old Alison can use Canva
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Well well well, old Alison can use Canva
The Paris metro had 1st Class until 1991?!
Love that the older women they interview here about the only real advantage - being able to get a seat if you need one - are incredibly glamorous
youtu.be/zIgujFBXlZc?...
Love that the older women they interview here about the only real advantage - being able to get a seat if you need one - are incredibly glamorous
youtu.be/zIgujFBXlZc?...
1991 : La fin de la première classe dans le métro | Archive INA
YouTube video by INA Paris Vintage
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The Paris metro had 1st Class until 1991?!
Love that the older women they interview here about the only real advantage - being able to get a seat if you need one - are incredibly glamorous
youtu.be/zIgujFBXlZc?...
Love that the older women they interview here about the only real advantage - being able to get a seat if you need one - are incredibly glamorous
youtu.be/zIgujFBXlZc?...
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Uncle Fester was briefly married to Betty Grable?!
November 20, 1937: Actor Jackie Coogan (23) weds actress Betty Grable (20) at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Uncle Fester was briefly married to Betty Grable?!
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This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Oh my god - four grand in 1999 for a small diamond stuck in a blue plastic thing
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Oh my god - four grand in 1999 for a small diamond stuck in a blue plastic thing
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Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
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Episode 1 of Kevin Eldon’s Speakers is available now from all good podcast shops.
No-longer-living Beatles Producer George Martin, United States Citizen Leon, and DIY expert Steve Cobham are all here to speak to you, and you alone.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
No-longer-living Beatles Producer George Martin, United States Citizen Leon, and DIY expert Steve Cobham are all here to speak to you, and you alone.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Episode 1 of Kevin Eldon’s Speakers is available now from all good podcast shops.
No-longer-living Beatles Producer George Martin, United States Citizen Leon, and DIY expert Steve Cobham are all here to speak to you, and you alone.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
No-longer-living Beatles Producer George Martin, United States Citizen Leon, and DIY expert Steve Cobham are all here to speak to you, and you alone.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
I read the HG Wells book The Wheels of Chance, an 1895 cycling themed romcom. It's dated in two fun (to me) ways. At one point the protagonist describes seeing someone riding an "ordinary." This is what penny farthings were briefly known as when the safety bike first came in
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I read the HG Wells book The Wheels of Chance, an 1895 cycling themed romcom. It's dated in two fun (to me) ways. At one point the protagonist describes seeing someone riding an "ordinary." This is what penny farthings were briefly known as when the safety bike first came in
Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
The OBE BOE joke on Sunday Brunch just now was solid gold
#Sundaybrunch
#Sundaybrunch
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The OBE BOE joke on Sunday Brunch just now was solid gold
#Sundaybrunch
#Sundaybrunch
Anyone ever actually done the old...
A: "Shh, listen to that!"
B: "[...] I don't hear anything"
A: "Exactly - silence, isn't it wonderful"
...bit?
I wonder how many times A could get away with it in the first hour of a holiday before being locked in the toilet
A: "Shh, listen to that!"
B: "[...] I don't hear anything"
A: "Exactly - silence, isn't it wonderful"
...bit?
I wonder how many times A could get away with it in the first hour of a holiday before being locked in the toilet
November 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Anyone ever actually done the old...
A: "Shh, listen to that!"
B: "[...] I don't hear anything"
A: "Exactly - silence, isn't it wonderful"
...bit?
I wonder how many times A could get away with it in the first hour of a holiday before being locked in the toilet
A: "Shh, listen to that!"
B: "[...] I don't hear anything"
A: "Exactly - silence, isn't it wonderful"
...bit?
I wonder how many times A could get away with it in the first hour of a holiday before being locked in the toilet
Just saw a bloke with a moustache happily jiggling a baby he was carrying on his chest in a big black and white stripy sling. In the half light I was certain he was a Frenchman and I'd gone accordion-deaf
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just saw a bloke with a moustache happily jiggling a baby he was carrying on his chest in a big black and white stripy sling. In the half light I was certain he was a Frenchman and I'd gone accordion-deaf