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- Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:04 pm
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He's done it to troll, too. Can't remember who it was exactly, but some reasonably famous actor died and rather than talk about any of their career defining performances, Dicky said that their career highlight had been a villain of the week on Minder.
Indeed. He's had to explain the rules of Pointless on more than one occasion although that could just have been padding.Cyclist wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:34 pmThis is a classic example of why Shittlejhon is so popular - his references chime with his audience. They 'get' what he's saying straight away. He uses the lowest common denominator of "retro" popular culture. Everybody over a certain age is aware of Minder, The Sweeney, Dad's Army etc. No complicated explanations (which his readers probably wouldn't understand anyway) are necessary.
He's done it to troll, too. Can't remember who it was exactly, but some reasonably famous actor died and rather than talk about any of their career defining performances, Dicky said that their career highlight had been a villain of the week on Minder.
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