Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 One of the things I like about the A-Team is Face pointing at the Cylon with a look of recognition on his face as he walks past. Nowadays we get inside references to other shows all the time, but in the 1980s i think it was something of a rarity. Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 6 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: One of the things I like about the A-Team is Face pointing at the Cylon with a look of recognition on his face as he walks past. Nowadays we get inside references to other shows all the time, but in the 1980s i think it was something of a rarity. Apparently Dirk Benedict asked for it to be done in the episode as they were on the Universal lot filming that episode. Yes, I spotted they were all on Prime so am bingeing them at the moment. It's not aged at all well. Quote
Paid Members seph Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 On 6/7/2026 at 4:17 PM, wordsfromlee said: (along with awful music video): It's got Joel Veitch / rathergood all over it. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted June 8 Members Posted June 8 For the last 20 years, the voice of McDonald's adverts has been Dexter Fletcher! Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted June 12 Paid Members Posted June 12 (edited) There's a Korean phrase that translates to "Leeds days" which means a person's peak, stemming almost unbelievably, from the career of footballer Alan Smith, who was good at Leeds, but seemed to lose his mojo when he joined Man United. How Leeds United star's Manchester United transfer spawned Korean phrase - BBC News https://share.google/8w24v0HLYN72V5ZzY Edited June 12 by gmoney Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted June 19 Paid Members Posted June 19 The other day I learned, like probably a lot of the footy fans here did, that the two men to have scored in three World Cups for England, David Beckham and Harry Kane, were born in the same hospital in Leytonstone, went to the same school in Chingford, and both played for youth team Ridgeway Rovers. Ought to be impossible. Best part? The hospital where Becks was born is called Whipps Cross. Quote
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted June 19 Paid Members Posted June 19 On 3/10/2026 at 8:28 PM, Arch Stanton said: Today I learned that David Beckham was born in Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone. WHIPPS CROSS! Ahem... Quote
Paid Members mim731 Posted June 19 Paid Members Posted June 19 3 hours ago, air_raid said: The other day I learned, like probably a lot of the footy fans here did, that the two men to have scored in three World Cups for England, David Beckham and Harry Kane, were born in the same hospital in Leytonstone, went to the same school in Chingford, and both played for youth team Ridgeway Rovers. Ought to be impossible. Best part? The hospital where Becks was born is called Whipps Cross. I used to live up the road from there. Graham Gooch was also born in that hospital so obviously something in the water for sports there. Alfred Hitchcock was born just up the road too, although his old house is now a petrol station. There is a hotel named after him near the hospital though. I recall running past that once and being very confused. Quote
lanky316 Posted June 19 Posted June 19 At one point weren't there several England players who came through Ridgeway? I vaguely recall a fluff piece on the news... I was going to say a few but it was probably about 20 years ago now... FFS. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted June 19 Members Posted June 19 34 minutes ago, lanky316 said: At one point weren't there several England players who came through Ridgeway? I vaguely recall a fluff piece on the news... I was going to say a few but it was probably about 20 years ago now... FFS. You may be possibly thinking of Senrab who had Campbell, Defoe, King, Terry among others. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted June 19 Paid Members Posted June 19 48 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: You may be possibly thinking of Senrab who had Campbell, Defoe, King, Terry among others. It’s Barnes backwards!! Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 19 Paid Members Posted June 19 1 hour ago, air_raid said: It’s Barnes backwards!! It's no Rellik, though Quote
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted June 25 Paid Members Posted June 25 The collective noun for a group of rats is a 'mischief'. Lovely Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 26 Paid Members Posted June 26 TIL that the actor who played Fred Rumsen in Mad Men is Bill Murray's younger brother, Joel. Quote
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