oh dear christ, it’s christmas with Damo.
we have a bit of a colonial christmas type thing on the go
timings are still to be finalised, but i’ll be kicking off at 2pm due to not wanting to spread t’lurgy over the innocent folk at the pub. instead i’ll be digging out my corkscrew and tucking into the candy cane mead, occasionally stopping to stick some scampi in the air fryer while sharing a little extra with you good folks who’ve put up with my weird bollocks for quite some time now. (its either coming up to or laying somewhere around the 5 year mark)
the musical train ride through finland will pop up between programmes
14:00 – Nostalgia time: The Two Ronnies Christmas Special (1985)
I nearly put a Mike Yarwood one in here because i’ve never actually watched one, but thought i’d go for something that was on telly every christmas when i was a kid instead)
14:53 – Rutland Weekend Television – Christmas Special (1975)
RWT was probably one of the first things i looked up off the back of finding the old place and finding out where everyone was getting things from. I think George Harrison might have had a hand in this one
15:28 – Ziggy’s Gift
i think this is american, but it could be canadian – a christmas cartoon that wouldn’t have looked out of place on channel 4 in 87 with all the other odd little animation bits that seemed to pop up on there.
15:57 – What Now – 1992 Christmas Special (colonial xmas part 1)
I have no idea what this programme is, but it came from the NZ on Air website. this is a double special of whatever it is, being both a christmas and 10 year celebration. from what i gather it’s a kids entertainment show of some sort
17:38 – The Tube xmas special
cut out of the run on the zeppelin because i wanted to hold it back for this time of year – proving that i can’t read a sodding calendar as it would have been tomorrow my slot would have been broadcast making it an obsolete gesture. anyhow, it’s the tube. what more can i say
19:17 – SCTV Staff Christmas Party (colonial xmas part 2)
Last year i showed the other xmas special from this canadian answer to saturday night live – John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’hara etc… star studded silliness
20:27 – The Comedy Company – Christmas Special (1989) (colonial xmas part 3)
an australian comedy sketch show does its thing. I’ve never watched an episode of this but it looked amusing from what i saw of the blurb around it.
21:19 – Rab C. Nesbitt’s Seasonal Greet (is scotland a colony?)
I genuinely have no idea of this thing’s place in the timeline of the character of Rab C Nesbitt. dunno if this has made an appearance on here before or not.
22:03 – CHRISTMAS EVIL
the “shite movie de jour” – it came from the same vault/sewer i get a lot of this kind of stuff from so it’ll probably be extremely violent or include something lewd.
23:40 – Oddity Archive: Stocking Stinkers (Christmas Special 2024)
The man behind the box reviews some video tape based seasonal ephemera.