I too missed the very beginning, but caught some of the Jilted John segment, which showed Graeme as John Shuttleworth (performing Austin Ambassador from 500 Bus Stops) and also as Brian Appleton, but I felt this clip showed Brian to be a really cheesy 3rd rate comic act. The Appleton act is well done, from what I've seen in Edinburgh.

oh well.

Anyone see it all?

The Jilted John album "True Love Stories" has been released on CD, and is an excellent buy. It even includes the cardboard "mice and ladders" insert. Excellent!

I taped it for my Dad last time it was on, and while sorting through my tape collection the other day, found it in it's entirety, literally a matter of minutes before he asked me if I was taping it for him. Bizarre.

Does anybody remember One more try by Timmy T? The half hit wonder? Anybody? And what about Blancmange? More hits over here than in the Fatherland?

Blancmange were quite successful for a couple of years in the UK, I thought? I liked them enough at the time, but then again I liked most synthpop...

>Blancmange were quite successful for a couple of years in the UK, I thought? I liked them enough at the time, but then again I liked most synthpop...

My abiding memory of Blancmange is "Blind Vision" debuting on the charts and Tommy Vance saying something about "those New York sessions bearing fruit". I've forever had this image of some hot-shot NYC producer adding soul-vocals and choppy rhythm-guitar to flesh out the weedy limey synth-sound - like that's where you go if you want some 'proper' musicians on your record.

But yes - from '82 to '85 they had a clutch of hits - including an Abba cover ("The Day Before You Came").