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Looks Unfamiliar: Andy Lewis – It Was As Though Someone Had Phoned Through A Description Of What Coke Tasted Like

Johnny Hallyday's theme single from The Aeronauts (ORTF, 1967-70) - listen to Andy Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is musician Andy Lewis, who’s searching through a telescope for any signs of French adventure serial The Aeronauts, Spy In Space – A Scott Saunders Space Adventure by Patrick Moore, early interactive toy robot Sir Galaxy, stop-motion monster movie Gorgo, dubbed imported Cold War allegory children’s serial The Secret Of Steel City and Vintage Anti-Enoch Powell Graffiti, plus some additional natter about repeats of The Goodies. Along the way we’ll be reviewing the Gault’s Brain Playset, meeting The First Cat Not In Space, recalling the classic studio jams by Garner Ted Armstrong and Wreckless Eric and definitely not drinking any ‘Sola Cola’.

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040 – Andy Lewis – It Was As Though Someone Had Phoned Through A Description Of What Coke Tasted Like – Looks Unfamiliar

Sir Galaxy (Mattel, 1979) - listen to Andy Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Gorgo (1961) - listen to Andy Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Spy in Space - A Scott Saunders Space Adventure by Patrick Moore (Armada, 1977) - listen to Andy Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
The Secret Of Steel City (Ceskoslovenská Televize, 1979) - listen to Andy Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Andy

Andy Lewis is a musician and broadcaster; you can hear Andy’s show on Soho Radio here and follow him on Twitter at @andylewisuk. You can find some of Andy’s current music at his Bandcamp here.

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You can find much more about dubbed imported children’s serials including Belle And Sebastian and The Flashing Blade in Well At Least It’s Free, a collection of columns and features with a retro slant. Well At Least It’s Free is available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. If they did a Sola Coffee, I’m… not interested.

Further Listening

Similarly Cold War-allegorising dubbed imported children’s serial The Legend Of Tim Tyler features Looks Unfamiliar with Martin Ruddock here, while Gabby Hutchinson Crouch introduced us to the delights of Cricklewood by The Goodies here.

Andy also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Bob Fischer on Giant Hogweed, Gillian Kirby on Teletext After Hours, Tim Worthington on Patterson, Paul Putner on Treborland, Chris Shaw on Rock School and Tim on Round The Archives talking to Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge about Chigley; you can find it here.

Further Reading

Can’t Beat The Real Thing is a not especially affectionate look back at the various non-Coke/Pepsi colas that were frequently offered as ‘alternatives’; you can find it here. It’s Not Hard To Find, You’ve Got It In Your Mind is a feature on the music heard in – and only in – the early series of The Goodies; you can find it here.

Looks Unfamiliar - a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

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