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Tilt Araiza

@tiltaraiza.bsky.social

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Once and future podcaster from The Sitcom Club. I also edit (and somehow swung a co-producer credit for) A History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs. From Yorkshire, living in California. ''Practically Mexican'' according to my late wife (she liked to exaggerate)

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · Nov 15

FYI, my following back policy is capricious and has no internal consistency

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 7h

Me too. I'm built significantly worse than most.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 11h

He did that Dawg impression so far beyond the generation who would remember the original that he might just as well have imitated Disraeli.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 11h

youtu.be/BvZGzpczTX4?si=LhHCqpQpsOeWR3tu

THE LITTLE AND LARGE SHOW

YouTube video by BLOB 88

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 11h

He's dressed like Jimi Hendrix now.

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 12h

I don't remember either Dylan OR Springsteen being a murderer on Columbo, so I'd slow down with rating artists on the Cool Scale

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 11h

Less than 5 minutes in and he's worked in a Deputy Dawg impression.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 12h

Eddie Large is on my TV impersonating Prince.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 23h

Brand new on Dirty Feed: what was special about the Fawlty Towers episode "Basil the Rat"?

Short version: it had two days in the studio, while every other episode only had one.

Long version: www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/10/tc8-...

Fawlty Towers, "Basil the Rat": the Major spots the offending creature in the bar.

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Creepyosaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 13h

Bangles on #TOTP giving me another excuse to post this...

Susanna Hoffs in an Instagram post showing how she could still fit in to a dress from 1989 over 30 years later, stating "The last time I wore it was on The Arse..."

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 1d

Probably, but I doubt anyone got laid as a direct result of it.

Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 1d

Under "the game" Doyle was Watson's literary agent.

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 1d

If you're interested in Columbo, I've finished posting the Tumblr notes from our old podcast, Just One More Thing, covering the first two TV movies and the first season -- Prescription: Murder through Blueprint for Murder. That's a lot of murder! There are also links to the relevant podcast episodes

Hello, I'm Calamity Jon

calamityjon.blogspot.com

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John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 1d

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Alex Morris @asjmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Experiment successful.

The cast of TV sitcom Cheers, Cliff, Coach, Carla, Sam, Diane and Norm, but they're all been quickly faceswapped with Cher's face. The title above reads 'Chers'.

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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 28d

Deer (oil pastel)

A scribbly colourful energetic drawing of the front half of a small young deer, with effortful strokes

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Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?

A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 1d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 1d

You guys would have liked Mrs Araiza, she was an American whose opinion on British food was "I'm jealous of the range of cheeses".

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1d

I thought that Solo film was rubbish. I mean Felicity Kendall wasn't even in it.

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 1d

All four of the main cast of The Good Life got sitcoms of their own after the series finished. Some took longer to arrive than others, but they all got one. Sometimes more. I'd say at least three of them are top of the first division, premier level shows. That's a ridiculously high hit rate.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 2d

I think if this was a thing, Mrs Araiza or one of my in-laws would have brought it up.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 2d

This is the first I'm hearing of this controversy.

Doug Garrison @dhgarrison.bsky.social · 2d

I think the way British people pronounce “tacos” is racist. Like c’mon folks, you use the rounded A (a) sound for just about every voiced A you’ve got. But suddenly “tacos” gets a short A (æ)…

Feels deliberate.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 2d

Written by *that* Roy Clarke!

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 3d

Making a start on a Bee Gee movie classic.

Based on an idea by Barry Gibb and David English

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 2d

You're all going to feel pretty silly when the recovered Doctor Who episodes turn out to be from the David Burton Season 27.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 2d

My wife was Mexican-American and thus found the town of Chingford* hilarious. The only time I remember her US pronunciation tripping her up was when I was looking at possible British TV show to buy on DVD and she asked me "What's Zee-Cars?".

*chingar is the Spanish verb "to fuck" but you knew that.

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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 2d

Helps to spell it right.