tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post5741506837882058808..comments2024-03-28T23:09:18.798+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: The Lunatics (Have Taken Over Top of the Pops)Angelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-56108068897022296212016-06-08T18:56:34.771+01:002016-06-08T18:56:34.771+01:00The jigsaw and its similar counterparts are an abs...The jigsaw and its similar counterparts are an absolute joy to construct. Rather that than shedloads of pieces of sky and trees!!!<br /><br />Yes, I recall the Super Mousse 'ridges' too!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-68078484321933816142016-06-08T13:26:44.829+01:002016-06-08T13:26:44.829+01:00Bar Six was made by Cadbury. There are some intrig...Bar Six was made by Cadbury. There are some intriguing offerings here – the long-lost Weekend selection, a minty Caramac, a plain chocolate Toffee Crisp, a plain chocloate Flake, lesser efforts by Sharps and Mackintosh, and a number of bars I’d either forgotten about or never heard of.<br /><br />Right, I’m off now to play some Jigsaw and Sweet as a tribute!<br />Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-48030131462069799312016-06-08T08:06:47.358+01:002016-06-08T08:06:47.358+01:00thanks sct for that brilliant link. i remember mos...thanks sct for that brilliant link. i remember most of those chocolate bars and indeed ate many of them - no wonder i've hardly got any teeth left now! i'd love to try the long-since-discontinued ice breaker and bar six ones again (who made the latter by the way?). and look how cheap they all are compared to now where they're 10 times more expensive (well, if you buy them the same way as you did back then in newsagents and corner shops - i suspect many purchase them cheap in bulk in supermarkets these days, as i do) - was the average wage also at least ten times as much now as then?<br /><br />also: from memory, didn't the super mousse bar have ridges going from one end to the other on the top?wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-32571005220634303852016-06-07T22:07:00.220+01:002016-06-07T22:07:00.220+01:00Indeed. This should jog a few memories although no...Indeed. This should jog a few memories although no Super Mousse!<br /><br />https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gibsons-Memories-jigsaw-puzzle-pieces/dp/B001T318QC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465333492&sr=8-1&keywords=sweets+1970s+jigsawsct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-48884597040104372772016-06-07T21:35:07.559+01:002016-06-07T21:35:07.559+01:00I don't think there's any legal issue here...I don't think there's any legal issue here - just a case of company X attempting to imitate company Y's successful product and letting the public decide whether there's room for both. (Cadbury's launched Roses two years after Rowntree launched Quality Street with more success). Incidentally Cadbury's launched nd withdrew other products in this period - Country Style and Ice Breaker spring to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-71678998549457629202016-06-07T10:10:51.694+01:002016-06-07T10:10:51.694+01:00i have the vaguest of memories for the super mouss...i have the vaguest of memories for the super mousse bar - interesting that cadburys had their own version of the milky way, as they did with with the mars bar (aztec). neither lasted very long, so i wonder if there were some legal copyright issues going on on?wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-64129455375148929012016-06-06T23:23:55.696+01:002016-06-06T23:23:55.696+01:00I know we're way off tangent here (but thanks,...I know we're way off tangent here (but thanks, folks!) but I love the way the SM initials are tattooed onto Super Mousse's torso - or is it (possibly opening another can of the proverbials) an Action Transfer?Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-57462260496656270252016-06-06T22:15:49.104+01:002016-06-06T22:15:49.104+01:00I used to have the Birds Eye Super Mousse for pudd...I used to have the Birds Eye Super Mousse for pudding. It was definitely a kind of mousse, and used to be topped with cream - or what looked like cream, anyway! Quite often we would have eaten a Findus French Bread Pizza beforehand - a more 1980s tea is hard to imagine...John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-32321977359160310342016-06-06T21:36:18.126+01:002016-06-06T21:36:18.126+01:00....just found this on the net.
http://s989.phot.......just found this on the net. <br /><br />http://s989.photobucket.com/user/Knockoutcomic/media/KNOCK1/A3.jpg.html<br /><br />So it was 1971 when these delicious treats came out and I was a regular reader of this long discontinued comic....and yes I did cut out the coupon and claim my freebie!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-40192290411346901962016-06-06T21:06:28.672+01:002016-06-06T21:06:28.672+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-55386323210068820552016-06-06T18:43:48.017+01:002016-06-06T18:43:48.017+01:00Arthurs thanks. Super Mousse bars were delicious. ...Arthurs thanks. Super Mousse bars were delicious. How can I describe the flavour in modern bar terms? Sort of Milky Way. The adverts featured a spoof comic strip of 'Mr Mousse' and the original wrappers were just the navy blue with yellow lettering without the picture of Mr Mousse. Anyone with a circa 1972/3 collection of Cor!!! comics may find these ads - I threw mine out years ago sadly.sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-14966153552642668032016-06-06T17:56:49.159+01:002016-06-06T17:56:49.159+01:00"Blankety Blank", starting at 7.55."Blankety Blank", starting at 7.55.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-30424195223278823842016-06-06T16:51:49.079+01:002016-06-06T16:51:49.079+01:00So what was on the TV schedules after TOTP, that t...So what was on the TV schedules after TOTP, that they had to fade out the playout song before the end, and play less of it than what we can see now in the repeats in 2016?Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-87052928987799443102016-06-06T16:22:04.799+01:002016-06-06T16:22:04.799+01:00Tommorows World was still shown before Pops at tha...Tommorows World was still shown before Pops at that stage. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164497915486217540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-53529957557000147952016-06-06T09:35:47.766+01:002016-06-06T09:35:47.766+01:00With thanks and copyright credits to the relevant ...With thanks and copyright credits to the relevant people, here's what I meant, a Cadbury's bar...<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/3638062064Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-88675598957334626562016-06-06T07:07:27.535+01:002016-06-06T07:07:27.535+01:00I forgot, there were actually two products called ...I forgot, there were actually two products called Super Mousse! The one you mentioned was made by Birds Eye.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-60937724326936655902016-06-05T23:59:52.992+01:002016-06-05T23:59:52.992+01:00I remember Super Mousse, I basically used to exist...I remember Super Mousse, I basically used to exist on it because it was a cheap pudding for cash-strapped mums to buy. Don't recall it being a bar, though, it was a dessert in plastic tubs with a cardboard lid you peeled off, like yoghurt only 75% air and 25% whatever the flavourings and colourings consisted of.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-75292387757550255702016-06-05T23:40:57.958+01:002016-06-05T23:40:57.958+01:00Another lumpy performance from Steve Wright - han...Another lumpy performance from Steve Wright - hand on hip again, still nodding his head like a Thunderbirds puppet, pisspronouncing Julio’s name and apparently asking Trevor Walters to love him tonight while feeling sad by his song!<br /><br />Ooh! The rare sighting of both a double-neck guitar and a double-neck bass in the mugshot photo for Rush.<br /><br />Here come the former Leyton Buzzards in a spot of Where’s Wally. Talking of the animal costume, does anyone else remember a short-lived Milky Way-type bar in the 70’s called Super Mousse which had a laughing moose emblem on the wrapper?<br /><br />Olive oil oozed out of my set when Senor Inglesias was on. I wonder how many of those backing singers he’d, erm, done the beguine with?<br /><br />Nice box, Chrissie – erm, I meant under your foot! Who’s the Ramone on bass? Nice to see Martin Chambers’ infeasibly high cymbals again, used on a fine song emotively sung.<br /><br />Brilliance again from ABC (number 5 in this week’s album chart with “Lexicon of Love II”, fact fans) with an early Malcolm from OMD-style drumkit and the first of three acts singing into a very upright mic.<br /><br />Diana Ross. Song – tackyville. Location –Ultratackyville, recently advertised as a shag capital, claiming it as a place where your accent is an aphrodisiac. Yuk!<br /><br />Upright mics again with the FB3’s doomy “Stereotype” vibe track, plus we get to see where Beaker of the Muppets’ hairstyle and the beret from Linx’s Sketch went to.<br /><br />Right, Steve, so Trevor’s song was a reggae love song? That’ll be lovers rock, then. Yet another upright mic. Shame about the intruders stage left, right and in front – what a waste of Bacofoil.<br /><br />Intriguing to see Marc Almond’s clothes matching the wallpaper and a moody acting part for David for one of those hits where the title isn’t in the lyrics.<br /><br />The rest of the song was intriguing to me. FF for the number one and the Stray Jets.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-26439882049664190982016-06-04T21:43:44.466+01:002016-06-04T21:43:44.466+01:00I think Under Pressure is a dance song of a kind, ...I think Under Pressure is a dance song of a kind, but the dance put to it just didn't fit at all. They did at least look more like a dance troupe rather than just individuals, and the moves looked interesting if inappropriate.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-56018086627961687302016-06-04T19:42:59.988+01:002016-06-04T19:42:59.988+01:00Moosehead is Canada's oldest independent brewe...Moosehead is Canada's oldest independent brewery. Apparently, it would have been the first name of former Canadian tennis player Carling Bassett or her sister if her dad had worked there instead of at the Carling brewery at the time!Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-65413556340765767102016-06-04T19:00:31.141+01:002016-06-04T19:00:31.141+01:00Good show tonight with one of my favourite hosts.
...Good show tonight with one of my favourite hosts.<br /><br />Modern Romance – Ay ay ay Moosey – The keyboard player has the idea here; wear a moose head (wasn’t that a Canadian beer?) and the audience are in ‘locomotion’ mood. Rousing way to start the show with Steve showing his moves too.<br /><br />Julio Iglesias – Begin the beguine – Same film as before….and then he appears next to Steve looking exactly like he did in the video. ‘Inglesias’ it is pronounced….so now we know!<br /><br />Pretenders – I go to sleep – Pleasant tune with a different bridge to the rest of the song and is not sleep inducing. Chrissie looks cool in her white slacks.<br /><br />ABC – Tears are not enough – Still brilliant after all these years. Worthy repeat.<br /><br />Diana Ross – Why do fools fall in love – Hated this on release. Now it’s ok, but prefer the original. Flashy video.<br /><br />Fun Boy Three – Lunatics – If ever there was a more inappropriately named group! There is nothing ‘fun’ about this song and it reminds me of Hotlegs ‘Neanderthal Man’. Usual deadpan delivery from Tel while the other chaps wear sensible attire for a hot TV studio.<br /><br />Trevor Walters – Love me tonight – Nothing to add about this song except that Steve’s ‘Yes it is’ badge disappears at the end! He introduces the song wearing it and then it’s gone afterwards.<br /><br />Soft Cell – Bedsitter – Another one that is better given the passage of time. St Johns Wood station is of course where you alight to go to Lords Cricket ground. Prior 1979 this was part of the Bakerloo line with the Jubilee line taking over in 1979, so this video is in the ‘Jubilee’ era. <br /><br />Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure – Sublime, wonderful, superb song. What can I say that hasn’t been said already? (forget Vanilla Ice Ice Baby). The Zoo interpretation is another kettle of fish. Simply awful. Mercifully cut short before the “cos love’s such an old fashioned word..” section. TOTP let this down badly, but to be fair it’s not a dance record, so maybe a photo montage would have been better.<br /><br />Jets – Yes tonight Josephine – Another extended playout that’s probably not been seen I full before.<br /><br />Footnote – Worth watching the Carpenters Greatest Hits programme broadcast on 03/06 on C5. Yes, I’ve seen the videos before but some of the snippets on the captions were news to me. Karen dated Barry Manilow? Never knew that. Karen’s favourite track is ‘I need to be in love’ and Richard felt that they shouldn’t have recorded ‘There’s a kind of hush’ as the original (Herman’s Hermits) was so good. Maybe that’s why it’s been omitted from a lot of Carpenters compilations. Oh one goof I spotted; the caption said that ‘Hurting each other’ was the first single taken from the 1973 album ‘A Song for you’. In fact the record was released in 1972. Strangely ‘Goodbye to love’ was not featured at all.<br />sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-14660166756651131772016-06-04T13:45:23.033+01:002016-06-04T13:45:23.033+01:00I thought the Modern Romance guy had quite a weird...I thought the Modern Romance guy had quite a weird top on, preferred his earlier look.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-72297808769529057012016-06-04T13:43:32.722+01:002016-06-04T13:43:32.722+01:00I was wondering if the ABC track was different to ...I was wondering if the ABC track was different to the original recording as well, there just seemed less power to it. I know it was redone for the album too. Maybe the sound quality of the TV show just lends it less power than what I'm used to.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-25468323807379901842016-06-04T13:41:22.334+01:002016-06-04T13:41:22.334+01:00The Diana Ross song has a tune but lacks the soul ...The Diana Ross song has a tune but lacks the soul of the original. It's the same kind of middle of the road US cover as the Manilow Let's Hang On, also without the soul of the original but at least more inventive than this Diana Ross effort.<br /><br />Bedsitter actually starts very boringly for me, it's meant to have some kind of energy but it just sounds bored. Then it turns to something completely different in the chorus and definitely more expressive and interesting. Say Hello Wave Goodbye is better.<br /><br />Fun Boy Three I started off rather diffident about, it's a mood song than a melody one. It seems perkier in the verse and more downbeat in the chorus. As it goes on they seem to give a bit more oomph to the chorus. Ok if not special.<br /><br />The Pretenders cover is ok but I remember liking the Ray Davies version more, more soul to it. This version has more sleepiness which is another way of looking at it, though it might seem less edgy and more middle of road in comparison.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-68146996937121191542016-06-04T08:29:09.754+01:002016-06-04T08:29:09.754+01:00I definitely liked this episode more than the next...I definitely liked this episode more than the next one, even with the same number 1. There's just more tunes.starrynoreply@blogger.com