Looks Unfamiliar: Mic Wright – This Is The Kind Of Thing You Do Not Get From Jane Fonda

Party Animals (BBC2, 2007) - listen to Mic Wright 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 journalist Mic Wright, who’s rummaging around in a crisp bag in search of Cargo by Men At Work, Rocko’s Modern Life, Party Animals, Solitary Fitness by Charles Bronson and Tazos. Along the way we’ll be discussing how to avoid Ebeneezer Goode Syndrome, ruminating on The Thinking Man’s Pog, trying to swap a duplicate Michael Parkinson Tazo for three Matt Smiths and revealing just how close Tupac Shakur came to appearing in Ballykissangel.

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Tazos - listen to Mic Wright and Tim Worthington talking about them in Looks Unfamiliar.

Rocko's Modern Life (Nickeldoeon, 1993-96) - listen to Mic Wright and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Cargo by Men At Work (Columbia, 1983) - listen to Mic Wright and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Mic

Mic Wright is a journalist and writer. You can find his newsletter Conquest Of The Useless here and follow him on Bluesky at @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social.

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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.

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Further Listening

You can also find Mic on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Adventures Of Pete And Pete, Army And Navy Sweets, Emergency by 999, Rock On by David Essex, Thunderbirds comic and the murky origins of a certain unsavoury playground rumour here and I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape by The Times, Clarissa Explains It All, 2000 AD strip Nikolai Dante, Sharky And George, Jeff Lint and The Game here. You can aso find Mic on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Around The World With Willy Fog here.

Mic has also appeared on Tim’s Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about The Punisher here, Thor: Ragnarok here, Ironheart here. X-Men ’97 here, Logan here, The New Mutants here, Fant4stic here, Kraven The Hunter here and the Christmas Special of the X-Men animated series here.

Mic also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Joanne Sheppard on Fax, Mitch Benn on The Deceivers, Mark Thompson on Your Party Needs You, Donna Rees on The Monty Python Matching Tie And Handkerchief, Georgy Jamieson on Go For Broke!, Steve Berry on MB Games’ Hangman, Tim Worthington on Outa-Space! and Ben Baker on Roland’s Yuletide Binge, which you can find here.