Thursday, 14th August, 2008

That's it, is it?

This Nationwide item is a legend in my family. I well remember watching it live, aged 9, back in 1974 (Christ!):

(Via BoingBoing)

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Comments:
Keith Beach

Fer crissakes! We used to have an empire...the greatest nation on earth...surely somebody, NATIONWIDE, got killed, arrested or robbed that same day? Much as I love being british, this is so embarassing.

15-Aug-2008 10:55
Nite Owl on the Day Shift

Viv Stanshall was influenced by this to use a similar scenario in one of his Rawlinson End sketches for John Peel (the village populace is jumping on faces etc.)

15-Aug-2008 22:55
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