Looks Unfamiliar: Al Kennedy – All The Personality Of A Damp Ryvita Crispbread

The High Life (BBC2, 1994-95) - listen to Al Kennedy 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 podcaster Al Kennedy, who’s clapping the Nega-Bands in the hope of swapping places with someone who remembers The High Life, MB Games’ Flipsiders, ZX Spectrum clone the SAM Coupé, BBC Scotland’s hill-based quiz show The Golden Cagoule, British Home Stores’ space toy range Explorer 12, Ladybird role playing puzzle book Steeleye And The Lost Magic and the forgotten Captain Marvel Genis-Vell. Along the way we’ll be navigating the warring tribes of Blokes Getting In The Way In HMV, evaluating the commercial feasibility of Travel Twister, campaigning for equal pay for female action figures and revealing how to fool your parents into putting on Kick by INXS as a witty practical joke.

Genis-Vell #1 (2022) - listen to Al Kennedy and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Steeleye And The Lost Magic by Jason KIngsley (Ladybird, 1987) - listen to Al Kennedy and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Lorraine Kelly winning The Golden Cagoule (BBC Scotland, 1992) - listen to Al Kennedy and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Al

Al Kennedy is a podcaster; you can find Al’s comics podcast House To Astonish here and his Terry Pratchett podcast Desert Island Discworld here, and follow him on Twitter at @housetoastonish.

Buy A Book!

If you’ve enjoyed this, then you’ll enjoy Tim’s book Can’t Help Thinking About Me, a collection of columns and features with a personal twist. 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. In an Air Scotia mug, obviously.

Further Listening

Al has also appeared on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Alias The Jester, Steve Jackson’s Battle Cards, Marblehead Manor, Joe’s Apartment, Channel Hopping, Puddle Lane and Advanced Lawnmower Simulator here, and on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about What If…? here and the Silver Surfer animated series here.

Paul Abbott joined us for a chat about the SAM Coupé’s close rival the Commodore Plus/4 here. There’s more about Genis-Vell’s known associates with Anna Cale on Captain Marvel here and Una McCormack on Captain Marvel here and Ms. Marvel here.