Popular Nostalgia

This song was so blatant and rude, the kids loved it. Is it wrong that they played this at our school disco? Ten points to anyone who knows the dance. Careful though, this can get you jailed in some countries. Enjoy it and laugh one more time. Lyrics to “Sex on the Beach” Oh We [...]

He’s way meaner than Postman Pat but “Number One” and the Welsh deliveryman share a love of cats. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, was the inspiration for Austin Powers’ character, Dr. Evil. He appeared in early Bond films as just a pair of hands, a white Persian cat and a voice. His face was provided by Donald [...]

The X Files were, and still are, great. It was the ultimate treat to be allowed to stay up late enough to watch it. Thousands of conspiracy theorists were inspired and galvanised by the FBI cover-up sub-plot. Each episode, however, was a crush fest for young teenagers. David Duchovny became a pin-up off the back [...]

Two pretty blonde twins go to school. One is nice, one is nasty. All sorts of high-jinx ensue as they pretend to be one another. Very similar to Saved by the Bell and Clarissa Explains It All, this was just another fairly poor American teenager series. Jessica and Elizabeth engage in some surprisingly adult humour.

Jaws was one of the funniest villains in the James Bond film series along with Oddjob in “Goldfinger” and Irma Bunt out of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. He starred in “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977) and “Moonraker” (1979). He was played by Richard Kiel who, at 7ft 2 inches, towers over all the [...]

Q was wonderful – fulfilling the dreams of every man and boy. Cars with machine guns, oil slicks, bulletproof windscreens, smoke screens and, most importantly, ejector seats. Watches with ziplines, compasses, plastic explosive detonators, magnets and more. Anything you could dream of was somewhere in the depths of Vauxhall Bridge being worked on by Q [...]

Goldfinger is memorable for several things: the girl painted in gold, the remote control golf ball, Oddjob who throws his hat and decapitates a statue, a chase involving an Aston Martin DB5, Bond being strapped to a table left to the mercy of an industrial laser and, of course, the infamously named, Pussy Galore.

In 1962, the first Bond girl was deemed racy for stepping out of the sea in a tiny bikini. Sales of the new swimwear item went through the roof and the Bond girl genre was established. Fifty-four Bond girls have since graced our screens but Ursula remains the icon of what it means to be [...]

Ahhh the old days of Top Gear, when they actually used to review cars. Nowadays it’s just races, celebrities and silliness. However, at least they recognise that most of the audience are never really going to go out and buy a car. They just like to dream about buying a supercar. So that’s what they [...]

Great proponents of the curtain hairstyle, the Backstreet Boys took the nineties by storm with their urban cool and increasingly complicated shaving regimes. Nick Carter was the pin-up boy of the decade and his little brother very almost succeeded in leeching of his success. I’ll always remember them for their catchy tunes and genuine harmonies. [...]

Let’s croak some toads! Captain Bucky O’Hare was the early 90′s cartoon character who graced our screens with an intergalactic battle against space toads. Remember the psychic cat “Jenny” who could read minds through the purple jewel on her head or the mad eye duck who could shoot with four arms at a time. For [...]

Freddie Mercury died before he could perform at the opening of the Barcelona Olympic Games but his favourite opera singer, Montserrat Caballe went onto perform a spine-tingling live version of the theme penned by Queen.

The sound quality isn’t the best on this video, but I chose it because it showcases the best of sixties and seventies style. How did she get her hair so big? And check out the guy twisting around in the stripy tank top. Are those chops I spot? The flares and the silly dancing are [...]

896 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 [...]

Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil battle it out with Angelica in the sandpit. My abiding memory of Rugrats is that everyone used to know how to play the theme tune on the piano. Angelica also got on my nerves. The babies talked in silly toddler speak with lots of missing teeth and spittal – getting [...]