Looks Unfamiliar: Jonny Morris – There’s No Robots, I’m Not Interested

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra - Galaxy Gold (PRT, 1980) - listen to Jonny Morris 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 for an interstellar funk spectacular is writer Jonny Morris, who’s setting the controls for the heart of the disco with Galaxy Gold by Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra, Battlestar Galactica action figures, the disastrous second season of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, H.G, Wells’ The Shape Of Things To Come, Fall Out by DATA and Space Wars – Fact And Fiction. Along the way we’ll be finding out what happened when Doctor Who met Henry’s Cat, why nothing is more dystopian than Bryan Pringle wandering around a Midlands University, the origins of Barry Morse’s feud with Elon Musk, and why Taran Wood Beast costumes were all the rage at Studio 54.

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Space Wars - Fact And Fiction (WH Smith, 1979) - listen to Jonny Morris and TIm Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Jonny

Jonny Morris is a novelist and dramatist. You can find Jonny’s website here and follow him on Twitter at @jonnymorris1973.

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If you’ve enjoyed this, you’ll enjoy Tim’s book Can’t Help Thinking About Me, a collection of columns and features with a personal twist with plenty more about the Disco Sci-Fi era and its associated tacky trappings. Can’t Help Thinking About Me 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. Though if it’s served by some sort of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century Series 2-style robot I’m sending it straight back.

Further Listening

Jonny has also appeared on Looks Unfamiliar talking about the BBC Micro Welcome tape, Jack Silver, Mr Spendy, The Carmen Ejogo Show, Dead Ernest and Jesta Giggle by The Barron Knights here.

Jonny also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Joel Morris on the View-Master Demonstration Reel, Joanne Sheppard on Colorado Beetle panic, Emma Burnell on the stage musical version of Dirty Dancing, Samira Ahmed on The Fun Food Factory, Matt Lee on They Might Be Giants’ ‘Dial-A-Song’ service, Shanine Salmon on Neopets and Anna Cale on Diana Dors’ Dors’ Dozen; you can find it here.