The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: What Were They Copying In That – Goonreel?

Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar - a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington chats to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. Featuring Joel Morris, Joanne Sheppard, Emma Burnell, Samira Ahmed, Johnny Morris, Matt Lee, Shanine Salmon, Anna Cale, and some bonus chat about Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren's comedy album.

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.

This is a collection of highlights featuring 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, Jonny Morris on Battlestar Galactica action figures, Matt Lee on They Might Be Giants’ ‘Dial-A-Song’ service, Shanine Salmon on Neopets and Anna Cale on Diana Dors’ Dors’ Dozen. Along the way we’ll be nominating our suggestions for what we’d like to see in the View-Master Netflix Universe, revealing how to spot a supervillain transporting a ‘formula’, learning about the influence a giant floating image of Patrick Swayze had on the civil rights movement, considering whether it’s possible for Dirty Dancing to have too much dancing in it, revealing how not to wow the opposite sex by listening to the b-side of Birdhouse In Your Soul and debating just how many hours of airtime Graham Norton devoted to a robot dog walking very very slowly across the studio floor. Plus there’s something you may not have heard before – Tim on Goon Pod talking to Tyler Adams about Peter And Sophia by Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren.

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Joel – Joanne – Emma – Samira – Jonny – Matt – Shanine – Anna

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Further Listening

You can find the full version of Goon Pod: Peter And Sophia here. You can also find Joel on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Scooby Doo, Where Are You! here as well as Emma on Grange Hill here, Jonny on Crackerjack! here, Joanne on The Baker Street Boys here and Anna on Press Gang here.