by Graeme Cumming | May 8, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
In the early 1970s, I didn’t even know Cockney rhyming slang was a thing. By 1975, I was much more familiar with it, and that’s down to one TV series: The Sweeney. Then again, apart from learning that Sweeney Todd rhymed with Flying Squad, along with the rest of the...
by Graeme Cumming | Mar 24, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
I wrote recently about watching Stingray, and how exciting it was to me as a child – and even as a grown-up. But, good as it was, it still couldn’t compare to the next series Gerry Anderson came up with. From that countdown to the preview of what’s coming next, to the...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 24, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
As a child in the 1960s, was there a phrase likely to get you more excited? Thunderbirds is undoubtedly more famous now, but Stingray had the ability to grab you by the throat and drag you along with it for the predicted thirty minutes. It was full to the brim with...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 17, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
A key part of 1960s TV shows was the pre-title sequence. There were some exceptions, but during that period there was a particular style designed to draw the viewer in. It would set the tone, but also compel you to find out what was going to happen next. For me, one...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 19, 2018 | Movies, Nostalgia, Television |
Clearly, I have reached that stage in life. With increasing frequency, the people who have formed the backdrop to my formative years – musicians, movie stars, TV personalities, authors – are shuffling off this mortal coil. Last year alone saw Leonard Cohen, Roger...
by Graeme Cumming | Aug 30, 2017 | Gogglebox, Television |
It seems like an age ago, but back in June I was at the Bloggers Bash in London. It was my third and, like the others before it, was a great day out with some fantastic people. Some of them I’d met before and they’d become good friends, others were new to me and no...
