Headful Of Heroes - NME (September 16, 1989)

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Thespians Of The World

Nooks And Crannies

Old Masters

Prisoner of Reading Gaol C.3.3

Back Row

Cathode Raves

  • We Are The Lambeth Boys by Karel Reisz, documentary for BBC Manchester 1959 and 1985
  • A Woman Of No Importance play by Alan Bennett (1982)
  • Maude (1975) six episodes
  • Coronation Street (1960s/70s)
  • venom and spite
  • Man In A Suitcase (1967) 30 episodes
  • Omnibus - Whale Nation (1988)

Handsome Devils

Election Promises

  • 1 Harriet Harman editor of The Sun
  • 2 Ecover products on all restaurant menus
  • 3 Lead-free pencils
  • 4 Bernard Matthews plucked and stuffed
  • 5 Suzie Birchal returns to Coronation Street
  • 6 Jacqueline Du Pre dug up
  • 7 All policemen finally allowed to wear their own skirts whilst on duty
  • 8 Colin Moynihan put in a small box underneath the stairs
  • 9 Gallup investigation in to the alleged sales of Tanita Tikaram's 'Ancient Heart' LP
  • 10 Violet Carson cover of Rolling Stone magazine
  • 11 Clause 28 remains intact but with the word "homosexual" deleted and replaced by the name "Cecil Parkinson"
  • 12 McDonald's bombed and Robert Smith popped (both actions require a similar voltage of explosives)
  • 13 Compulsory cocoa at The Hacienda
  • 14 Thatchers' teeth extracted due to overwhelming demand in Thailand for fancy British trinkets
  • 15 Total ban on any possibility of a fourth Terence Stamp autobiography
  • 16 Anyone found entering a zoo or circus will be obliged to balance a balloon their head for the rest of their life

Daydreams

  • Off to Llandudno with Mary Margaret O'Hara
  • Jerry Hall eaten by her own fur coat
  • James Maker stars in Taggart (all regions): Who was driving the Austin A40 which killed a senior citizen and never stopped?
  • Vini Reilly- Blackburn Rovers centre forward
  • When Cher and Pete Burns exchange passports, air port officials are none the wiser
  • Thatcher asks the Queen: "So, how much ivory in Buckingham Palace?" The Queen snaps, "well how much mahogany at number ten?" and both chime "a helluva lot"

Bigmouths - The Singer Not The Song

Odd Fellows

Bedside Material

Singles To Be Cremated With

(Liberty) "NewOrder? Never'eardof'em … ."HermanıHermits

Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Absolutely Vile

absolutely vile Kathy Tayloron Good Morning Britain, so overbearinglypleasant thatviewerssurelylongfora bitof hate? The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow, morefun than any humanshould beexpectedtoenjoy Lauren Bacall discussing 'Bogie' Anysituation comedywhere Peter Skellernsingsthethemetune Richard Attenboroughacceptingan award The Sugarcubes, sillyputty Fiona Armstrongforbreathing Gilette products Anneka Rice, too happyto be human The Cure, anew dimensionto the word'crap' NoelEdmondsandthe happyhookah

Hopes

Thatthe Japanesecease to harpoon dolphins and turn theirattention for the same purpose to the cast of Neighbours Thatthe Harlots Of42nd Street reform Thatsomebodyspells Vini Really's namecorrectly