Looks Unfamiliar: Justin Lewis – I Prolonged J.R.

The Uncyclopedia Of Rock (Capital Radio, 1986-87) - listen to Justin 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 writer Justin Lewis, who’s hanging a sign on the back of his car to confirm that he remembers I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels, The Uncyclopedia Of Rock, Friends by The Police, Philip Glass’ Sesame Street composition Geometry Of Circles, Walk Right Through by Raissa, Nicholas And The Gang by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé and Very Hard Questions. Along the way we’ll be celebrating Michael Nyman’s Pac-Man High Score, debunking the Great Andy Summers Video Nasty Hoax, remaking the Bitter Sweet Symphony video with the bloke out of The Wurzels, soliciting The Jesus And Mary Chain’s theories on Who Shot J.R.? and finally revealing just how many biscuits Elon Musk is actually entitled to.

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Friends by The Police (A&M, 1980) - listen to Justin Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Geometry Of Circles from Sesame Street (Children's Television Workshop, 1979) - listen to Justin Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Walk Right Through by Raissa (Polydor, 2000) - listen to Justin Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Nicholas And The Gang Again by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé (Beaver, 1977) - listen to Justin Lewis and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Justin

Justin Lewis is a writer and editor. You can find Justin on Bluesky at @whenisbirths.bsky.social and his website here. You can get Justin’s book Into the Groove: The 1980s – The Ultimate Decade in Music History here.

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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. 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. We are unclear on whether Andy Summers likes to drinks it.

Further Listening

You can also find Justin on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D’Arby, In One Ear, The London Symphony Orchestra version of Tommy, Orbit, Pop Score and the Welsh Language dubbed version of Trumpton here, and the original Only Fools And Horses theme tune, Anglo American by Golden, The Rock Year Book, Joy by Isaac Hayes, Thomas, Stand In Line by Impelliteri, Selwyn and the Glamorgan Tiles advert here. You can also find Justin talking about Emu’s Broadcasting Company on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.

Justin also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Suzy Robinson on Crown Court, Danny Kodicek on Fox Tales, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on Why Don’t You…?, Paul Abbott on Disneytime Rotadraw, Genevieve Jenner on Fruitopia, Adam S. Leslie on I Heard Your Name by Martin Rev, which you can find here.