I remember when Chris Evans used to collect supermarket trolleys. One of my mates used to call him 'Trolley Wally', but look who's laughing now! Still me!
Never noticed at the time but the headline referring to the 'footpath enthusiast' is right behind Fiona Armstrong. Funny the things you notice almost 30 years later. Glad this was uploaded, it's practically an historical document and should be preserved.
The petard was a small hollowed-out fuse lit bomb that often was set before castle gates. The phrase to be "hoisted by your own petard." meant being blow-up by your own bomb.
It was, all Jimmy Savile jokes from the BBC are, everyone in the BBC knew the truth, but kept shtum to protect their jobs. The worst was Esther Ranzen, she founded childline while at the same time keeping quiet about Savile to protect her position with the beeb.
John Lydon clearly knew about him as far back as 1978. It seems pretty certain that literally everyone knew about it by 1993. You just weren't allowed to talk about it. Except, Angus Dreayton had no fear (although, apparently he should have). It's just amazing that the editors allowed that line through -- they were on the BBC, weren't they?
It really was an open secret, people like Angus Deayton (who also wrote some of his scripted parts for this series) we’re trying to shed light onto their crimes the only way they could. It was the same with Weinstein and his crimes, If you get a spare ten seconds take a look at Seth MacFarlane’s 2013 Oscar joke, just look at the anger in his face as he tells it…
And as Greg Mark says, John Lydon definitely tried to shed light to things with Savile and even the BBC presenter immediately says (paraphrasing)“we aren’t going to air libel”
My God, that Jason Donovan running gag has been playing on so many HIGNFY episodes of this era. As an Aussie, I don't actually remember the British defamation case where he sued for being called gay ... but jeezus, HIGNFY sure won't let him forget it!
oh yeah I remember my 30th birthday, my last 24 hour, started partying the night of the 21st, all through the 22nd, to the evening of the 23rd. and then I found out Older Bodies do not recover like Younger Bodies. OLDE SUXXX
Do you really want a telephone that tells when the other person is lying? That will be fun when speaking to your relatives, bosses, friends, or bill collectors. the new standard answer will get the "F" off my phone. I have no interest in talking to you for a couple of years."
The police in both instances were badly trained and ill disciplined.Properly trained officers would know how to safely restrain a suspect without harming the suspect or themselves.These cops were just lazy and malicious.
