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Guinness · 24-06-2006, 00:41

Nobody has posted about the demise of this show, long before MTV and associated satellite channels the only music show on television was Top of the Pops. Others came and went..Ready, Steady, Go, the Six-Five Special, Thank Your Lucky Stars, (There was also one in the 70's with Mike Mansfield going 'cue bay city rollers' cant be bothered doing a search)....But TOTP survived it all.

Who can forget Dexy's Midnight Runners singing Jackie Wilson Said with a background of...the wonderful little fat scottish dartplayer Jocky Wilson or Pans People ( dances by Flick Colby) dancing to Flowers in the Rain wearing raincoats and holding a bunch of flowers..(Who the hell had a name like 'FLICK' in the 60's) or Jimmy Saville with his hair dyed (yes dyed there were no temporary paints in those days) half black and half white on the day TOTP went colour, crap miming, people picking their nose in the audience, young lads in the audience ogling at girls in hot pants without realising the cameras were on them, miscues, bad miming, floor managers with 'scream now' boards in shot..Status Quo, crap to watch on TV, crap to listen to on your CD, but absolutely fantastically unbelievable to watch live (which incidentally is why they survive decade after decade) , being on it 106 times and holding the record

RIPTOTP.... yet another end of an era

24-06-2006, 00:41	#1
Guinness Senior Member Texas Holdem Poker Champion! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,134 Liked: 929 times Rep Power: 79785	Totp Nobody has posted about the demise of this show, long before MTV and associated satellite channels the only music show on television was Top of the Pops. Others came and went..Ready, Steady, Go, the Six-Five Special, Thank Your Lucky Stars, (There was also one in the 70's with Mike Mansfield going 'cue bay city rollers' cant be bothered doing a search)....But TOTP survived it all. Who can forget Dexy's Midnight Runners singing Jackie Wilson Said with a background of...the wonderful little fat scottish dartplayer Jocky Wilson or Pans People ( dances by Flick Colby) dancing to Flowers in the Rain wearing raincoats and holding a bunch of flowers..(Who the hell had a name like 'FLICK' in the 60's) or Jimmy Saville with his hair dyed (yes dyed there were no temporary paints in those days) half black and half white on the day TOTP went colour, crap miming, people picking their nose in the audience, young lads in the audience ogling at girls in hot pants without realising the cameras were on them, miscues, bad miming, floor managers with 'scream now' boards in shot..Status Quo, crap to watch on TV, crap to listen to on your CD, but absolutely fantastically unbelievable to watch live (which incidentally is why they survive decade after decade) , being on it 106 times and holding the record RIPTOTP.... yet another end of an era __________________ The only problem drinker is the one that doesn't stand his round Last edited by Guinness; 24-06-2006 at 00:51.