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I Go Ape
Comic creator, animator, cover designer, illustrator, music video director, and songwriter Jamie Hewlett first came to national attention as part of the Tanbridge House School team that appeared in a road safety quiz on the lunchtime BBC television program Pebble Mill.
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Well It Was Certainly A Surprise To Me
The 2000AD series fronted by its editor, Tharg’s Future Shocks, was inspired by the Curtis Mayfield song of the same name (Future Shock that is, not Tharg).
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Like Father Like Son
Jim and Vic Reeves are the only father and son to have had individual UK number one hits.
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Unplugged
Firefly Existed Because Of The English Trad Jazz Revival
Though the ‘カウボーイビバップ’ is often suggested as the inspiration for the short lived Joss Whedon TV show ‘Firefly’ it was actually Steve Miller’s ‘Space Cowboy’1 that gave the initial impetus which itself was based on The Beatles’ ‘Lady Madonna’ which in turn borrowed heavily from Humphrey Lyttleton’s ‘Bad Penny Blues’.
Incidentally the piano on ‘Bad Penny Blues’ was played by Johnny Parker who later led The Sessionaires.
- In combination with the UK TV series ‘Blakes Seven’. ↩