David Pascoe
greasepaintpeel.bsky.social
David Pascoe
@greasepaintpeel.bsky.social
Bluesky feed for The Smell of the Greasepaint and the Sound of John Peel. Cornish amateur dramatics and John Peel mixtapes, together at last!

https://greasepaintpeel.blogspot.com/
At least that one sounds like it knows what kind of movie it wants to be. And probably decides it in far less time than Todd Field took to not actually commit to any of the themes he tentatively brought up in his movie.
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Whatever the Middlesbrough version of The Falmouth Packet or The Smethick Telephone is will doubtless be publishing a story in the coming week.
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Close the nominations for skeet of the year, now.
January 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I always associate it with its use in Match of the 70s under footage of Clough being sacked by Leeds. Was pretty nifty work by the production team given that, as I remember it, they split Match of the 70s into two separate series, so his achievements at Forest came along 6 months later.
December 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Is that Alan Pardew behind Cherie?
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I love the extra emphasis he puts on the line “And me TOES were getting sandy!”
December 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“I think Jimmy Superfly is gonna win it. Cos he is the best….Ooh! Ooh!”
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“If I was as rich as Rockefeller, I’d be richer than Rockefeller.”
”How?”
“I’d do a bit of window cleaning on the side.”
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Doctor No Thanks, I’ve Got One.
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Merry Christmas and thanks to all of you for what you do.
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It all serves to make what was a lovably amusing character into something cloyingly nauseating.
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If they called it I’m Walking Backwards to Christmas, then standards are slipping all over the board…
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Mint or Orange Club.
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
George Carey again. Great wicketkeeper, but a lowlife of a man.
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I did feel sorry for Fred Bumble though. I also wondered whether the trauma of what happened in the beauty contest undid Paula’s rediscovered self confidence. I think she’d have won it otherwise*

*Well of course she would given that she looked like Valerie Leon circa 1973.
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Drop the height down a bit and it can be used with the woodland desk terminal in your banner image.
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM