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20 YEARS AGO TODAY: the winner of Dick & Dom's Forfeit Auction has to take dictation, a vehicle for Ian Kirkby to show off his tremendous Eric Morecambe impression to an audience that for the majority will likely have no idea who Morecambe is.

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow - Forfeit Auction, Dictation Kid

More messy fun from Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow - This is from the Forfeit Auction, a regular fixture of the Sunday show where various messy tasks would be auctioned to the highest bidder. Here, the task is The Dictation Kid - sadly, the winner doesn't seem to take well to being drenched in mushy pe

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 5h

Some of the comments on this article

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 20h

Not every programme has a "season finale", especially one where the next series starts next week

The Guardian promoting the "season finale" of The Repair Shop

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 20h

Not every programme has a "season finale", especially one where the next series starts next week

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 1d

Best ever World Cup theme

Jonathan Bufton @jonabuft.bsky.social · 1d

I love that there was one week in UK chart history where Destiny’s Child were outsold by the theme tune to ITV’s World Cup coverage #totp

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 1d

Cathy McGowan, Simon Bates, Frank Skinner #pointless

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 2d

Happy memories of the Mitchell and Webb sketch Coverage Of People Deciding Whether To Live In The Bahamas Or Dorking

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 2d

Although my mum learned in her mid-thirties and she is the biggest worrier on the planet, and I went through the lessons thinking if she could, anyone could

Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't learn until I was 24 and now I haven't driven for ten years I really don't think I could do it again

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 3d

Only for this week, due to inconvenient 55 minute drama later

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 4d

After my flatmates frogmarched me to the hairdressers in 1998, I had gone from the Oldest Hanson to the lead singer from Ultra

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 6d

Very much enjoying Angela Rippon reading out pop culture stuff on Pointless, her delivery of "True Steppers with Dane Bowers" today was a delight

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Saturday Mornings Day! This was a pleasure to do to mark the fortieth anniversary. Let's hope there's something special to mark the fiftieth www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/h...

Saturday Morning Fever

As Multi-Coloured Swap Shop turns 40, guest blogger Steve Williams remembers those Saturday mornings spent watching telly until lunchtime.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 7d

A few years ago I almost got to use a Simpsons quote in real life as someone had referred to the composer Jerome Kern in a billing as Jerome Kerns, and if it had been the other way round I could have said "It's Kerns, stupid!". But it wasn't

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 7d

"I don't see why not!"

I love this episode because Bart is really clever and funny and Homer is really smart as well

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 7d

Love the phrase "on the phone"

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 7d

My other half amazed just now when I said my gran wasn't on the phone until the late nineties, but that was quite common in those days, wasn't it?

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 7d

This is great fun, especially Ant confirming the crossbows are in place ("Hmm, it'll do, Dec!")

Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 7d

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: the ITV 50th anniversary celebration continues in its own lane as Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon moves on to The Golden Shot. Spoiler: the contestant most likely to have watched it at the time wins.

Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon (01.10.2005) The Golden Shot

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

Yoghurt lid had a hole in it this morning

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

Used to be the comedy discourse used to repeatedly alternate between "the sitcom is dead/the sketch show is dead" ad nauseum

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

Man Stroke Woman was the better show, if only for this sketch which is absolutely brilliant youtu.be/NY3pl-lEA50?...

man stroke woman - court

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

Seem to recall both the Beeb and C4 put out pitches for new sketch shows at the same time, with this on C4 and Man Stroke Woman on the Beeb running concurrently

Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 8d

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: Simon Farnaby, Kerry Godliman, Kevin Bishop, Tom Goodman-Hill and Josie d'Arby are some of the ensemble making up Spoons, a wildly variable in quality sketch show co-written by Charlie Brooker themed around twentysomething dating.

Spoons Series 1 Episode 1 (2005)

Spoons was a comedy sketch show first broadcast on the United Kingdom's Channel 4 from 30 September 2005. In the United States, Spoons is broadcast on BBC America. The relationship themed show combined recent trends in sketch shows—dark content, strong language, and recurring catchphrases. It was p

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

The ultimate Carlton show was probably Lose a Million with Tarrant, which attempted to subvert light entertainment while also being light entertainment, some of their stuff was a bit too arch for mainstream ITV

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

You can also include all of Mick Robertson's kids shows like Wise Up

Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 8d

They did some decent sitcoms, like Is It Legal, and there were all the Clive James programmes

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