Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Art & Design, Australia & New Zealand, Before my time, Rest of World, Sport, UK & Ireland, US & Canada on Jul 23rd, 2008
1896 ATHENS, Greece
Dates: from 6 to 15 April 1896.
Participants: 14 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 43 events, 241 athletes (men only).
Officially opened by: King George I.
The Games of the Olympiad in Athens were financed by a donation of approximately one million drachmas from a rich businessman, Georges Averof, and by the sale of souvenir stamps and […]
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Christmas would not be complete without repeats of this fantastic series of films. There are so many memorable moments, the Chinese orphan, Short Round, driving a car with boxes tied to his feet in Temple of Doom, the fight next to aeroplane propellers in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the infamous Venice boat chase […]
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The cartoon series that most of us will remember ran from 1983 until 1990 and was a US production. The popular 80’s cartoon “Alvin and the Chipmunks” - featured the Chipmunks as a band with Alvin as the popular, good-looking one, Simon as the intellectual and Theodore as the cute baby-faced brother. Dave was their […]
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Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Before my time, Rest of World, Sport, UK & Ireland on Apr 4th, 2008
A comprehensive history of the Grand National from its official beginning in the 1800’s. From paintings to photo finishes and radio commentary to internet broadcasting.
1839
The Grand National was run at Aintree for the first time on Tuesday, February 26 and a horse named Lottery took the honours. Captain Martin Becher was unseated from his mount, […]
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On the 21st of July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. He walked into the Sea of Tranquility at 0256 GMT and reported back with the words: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
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Clueless typifies teenage girls in the 90’s. Well, how every girl wanted to be in the nineties anyway. For some reason, I always thought that Alicia Silverstone (who plays the main character Cher) was the same actress as Joan Hart (who plays Clarissa and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch). Compare these two images yourselves.
Every young teenage […]
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Sharky and George was originally a French Canadian animation that was then translated into English. The two fishy detectives solved underwater crime, Seacago style. The show is full of marine puns on everyday words -like Silly-Clam Valley
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I always wondered why Clarissa was so badly dressed despite having the world’s biggest wardrobe. And why Melissa Joan Hart kept appearing on TV as the same character (she later played Sabrina the Teenage Witch). Clarissa and her Amiga tackled the issues of the day with the help of Sam and a small alligator.
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Ren & Stimpy was an incredibly rude cartoon from the 1990’s full of violence and innuendo. I was even banned from watching an episode by youtube until I had confirmed my birth date!!! This stuff was going out on Nickleodeon.
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Pinky and the Brain were two scheming mice that wanted to take over the world in a tried and tested slapstick fashion. Like a nicer version of Ren and Stimpy, this Steven Spielberg classic
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The do-it-yourself art program presented by Neil Buchanan, who apparently never had an art lesson in his life. The best bit was where he created giant installations out of related materials e.g. a toilet made out of toilet rolls and such like.
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Everyone remembers the spontaneous emotion displayed by the last governor of Hong Kong -Chris Patten. He was upset to leave the place he loved and it showed. He later left the Foreign Office.
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Following the death of King George VI on 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth immediately became Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. She was the first monarch in over 200 years to succeed to the throne whilst abroad. However, the desire for a sunny day and a big party to accompany the coronation […]
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OJ Simpson flees the scene of his wife’s murder and the chase is caught on camera. OJ goes on to plead not guilty to the murder and is set free after hiring some of the country’s best lawyers.
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I remember watching on the news as French and British workers shook hands in a miracle of engineering after having tunnelled all the way underneath the English Channel. They exchanged flags and posed for photographs as Britain prepared itself for an end to its 8,000 year-old isolation. Phillipe Cozette was the lucky man to drill […]
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