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A younger Michael Richards as 'Combat Kid' on ABC's 'Fridays'. This was what SNL used to be, high energy, edgy and hip. SNL had become tedious and chances are that if you thought the same about Friday's you were just too young to understand the comedic references. SNL had become a media institution at that point, like Rolling Stone, which used to be considered part of The Underground Press, and if you had a media product to peddle it was simply a base that had to be touched by the star or written into the sketches. Friday's didn't care about any of that. From the announcer's screaming greeting 'Liiiiiiiiiive, from the Los Angeles basin!' to music by that day's hippest bands, Friday's showcased some of the most outrageous comedy to be found on TV. Most people remember Darrow Igus's Rasta Gourmet 'Do we bake it?' 'No no no no!' 'Do we fry it?' 'No no no no!' 'til finally 'We SMOKE it!' 'ya ya ya ya', exclaimed Igus' gourmet, whose only spice was Ganja. Michael Richard's Battle Boy got sicker and sicker as he developed the character, finally taking his little Sister hostage, burying her in the ground and threatening to torture her Barbie. Then there were the times he set his Army men on fire, complete with simulated screams. Very bizarre, but funny!
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fridays
michael
richards
abc
late
night
comedy
Added: 10th January 2008
Views: 3778
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Posted By: Naomi |

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A haunting tune by the Irish group Clannad. Used as the main theme to the 1982 series Harry's Game, about an undercover army agent sent to try and infiltrate the IRA. A very powerful drama for it's time.
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Clannad
Harrys
Game
TV
UK
Added: 13th January 2008
Views: 1482
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Posted By: donmac101 |

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I remember living here with my wife in the early 80's 2 years there. We were both in the Army. What a treat!
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Remembering
Germany
Added: 28th April 2008
Views: 1015
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Posted By: Marty6697 |

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That's right..60 MPG!!! The Bantam was the successor to the American Austin, built at Butler from 1930 to 1934. Both cars were small, fuel-efficient and attractive in design. Bantam branded its cars with names like
'Riviera' and 'Hollywood' in direct contradiction to its shoestring budget. Perhaps Bantam's most enduring achievement was the production of the first successful 'Jeep' for the U.S. Army in 1940. The huge military contract, however, went to Ford and Willys. Bantam ended car production in 1941.
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bantam
60
automobiles
antique
cars
jeeps
butler
Added: 24th January 2008
Views: 6472
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Posted By: Naomi |

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If you don't enlist in the British Army in the First World War, you'll have some explaining to do to your children in a few years! That was the unmistakable message of this famous British recruitment poster.
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First
World
War
poster
British
Added: 4th February 2008
Views: 13533
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Posted By: Lava1964 |

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During the First World War, the British army executed more than 300 of its own soldiers who were convicted of cowardice. Many of these troops had suffered mental breakdowns because of the horrors of trench warfare. A movement is now afoot to have them posthumously pardoned.
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executions
British
First
World
War
Added: 21st July 2008
Views: 1181
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Posted By: Lava1964 |

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This song was a spin off from the 70's TV show, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, in which an army concert party were posted to the jungles of Burma. Don Estelle and Windsor Davies bring a quirky style to this UK No.1 which was originally a sung by the Ink Spots way back in the forties.
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Windsor
Davies
Don
Estelle
Whispering
Grass
UK
TV
Added: 9th February 2008
Views: 1258
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Posted By: donmac101 |

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