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First review in. Most of those criticisms sound like positives to me. What Have I Done? by Ben Elton review – a curious mixture of insight and rampaging ego www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

What Have I Done? by Ben Elton review – a curious mixture of insight and rampaging ego

The Young Ones and Blackadder creator is sharp on the workings of the comedy industry – and not shy about listing his celebrity admirers

www.theguardian.com

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 6d

I have this book and would love to see an update.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 7d

Publication day for #IntoTheGroove!

Thanks for your patience and tolerance in the run-up to this.

I will be on BBC Radio Sheffield at 10.10 and BBC Radio Northampton at 11.40 this morning. BBC Sounds will have them up later.

And here’s me signing copies in Cover to Cover, Mumbles.

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 8d

Woman looks vaguely like Anne Wills. Should have got the actual Anne Wills.

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, I know what you mean. Pre-social media! It’s a fascinating show. Tony complaining about how little comedy is being made. What would he think now?

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve been re-listening to the show for the first time since it went out to sync with this podcast and it is such a joy. I’ll be in bits when it ends.

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 8d

Another extremely enjoyable several hours.

People Want Ducks @peoplewantducks.bsky.social · 8d

It's episode 3, and it's the People Want Ducks TV Special! We're honored to have Get This resident TV historian Andrew Mercado join us to recap much of the television covered in Get This.

Please subscribe:

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...

open.spotify.com/show/25c2RiJ...

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 12d

LOL. They’re not even talking up the one positive of this: a way to deal with some people having no ID to take to the polling station.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15d

As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel

hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...

Air pollution linked with increased risk of autism in children | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution has been linked with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children, particularly if exposure occurs during the third trimester of preg...

hsph.harvard.edu

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 17d

That’s a parody of an English place name, surely!

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 17d

That looks kinda like the house from To The Manor Born.

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 22d

Vale Robert Redford. He was in so many great films but my favourite was All Is Lost, where he had just one word of dialogue. And it’s a corker.

Robert Redford watches his sailing boat sink in All Is Lost

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People Want Ducks @peoplewantducks.bsky.social · 22d

We're back for Episode 2!

We dive deep into the machinations of Rex Hunt. Is it dizzy stuff? You’ll have to tune in and find out.

Please subscribe:

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/25c2RiJ...

#peoplewantducks #getthis

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 25d

Oh definitely. Getting special shelves built would take them to the ultimate level of DVD ownership.

beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 25d

Just realised the millennial’s DVDs are arranged in alphabetical order (by title). Which is correct, unless you have stand-up DVDs, then it’s by the stand-up’s surname, or music DVDs, then it’s by the band’s name or artist’s surname. This is important!

Three shelves of DVDs organised in alphabetical order

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 26d

People who toss the cases are the devil. Especially if the case contains a booklet.

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 26d

My favourite people.

beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 26d

This is absolute amateur hour though:

“There’s a real joy in slowly building up our collection over time. (We've built up a collection of over 200 discs at this point.)”

You aren’t into physical media until you’re in danger of needing to move to a bigger house.

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beanisacarrot @beanisacarrot.bsky.social · 26d

Young people getting on the physical media, apparently.
www.nngroup.com/articles/phy...

A Millennial’s DVD Collection: I’m Returning to Physical Discs

Frustrating streaming apps and smart TV design pushed at least one user (me) back to physical discs for reliability, ownership, and simpler choices.

www.nngroup.com

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