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Looks Unfamiliar: Martin Fitzgerald – Robert De Niro And Al Pacino Are Famously Not In Cool Runnings

Dallas (CBS/Lorimar, 1978-91) - listen to Martin Fitzgerald 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 Martin Fitzgerald, who’s determined to prove that the FBI have redacted their files on his eyewitness accounts of Dallas, The Rock’n’Roll Years, Shoot Magazine’s ‘Focus On’ profiles and Jackpot comic. Along the way we’ll be travelling to Knots Landing-616 to meet a monochrome Sue Ellen, questioning whether a larger crowd would turn up to meet Andy Gray or London Zoo’s new pantropical spotted dolphin ‘Harold’, estimating how many titles on the Video Nasties list Ian Wright might have hidden behind the sofa from and trying our best not to win a bathtubful of lemonade.

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141 – Martin Fitzgerald – Robert De Niro And Al Pacino Are Famously Not In Cool Runnings – Looks Unfamiliar

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The Rock'n'Roll Years (BBC1, 1984-94) - listen to Martin Fitzgerald and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Shoot Focus On Kenny Dalglish (1980) - listen to Martin Fitzgerald and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Jackpot Issue 21 (1979) - listen to Martin Fitzgerald and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Dallas (CBS/Lorimar, 1978-91) - listen to Martin Fitzgerald and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.
Jackpot Issue 26 (1979) - listen to Martin Fitzgerald and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Georgy

Martin Fitzgerald is a writer. You can find his book The Umbrella Man And Other Stories here and follow her Bluesky at @4hundredblows.bsky.social.

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There’s lots more about the innumerable permutations in which the Dallas theme was released in Top Of The Box Vol. 2, the story behind every album released by BBC Records And Tapes. Top Of The Box Vol. 2 is available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

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Further Listening

If you’re new to Looks Unfamiliar, you can find a collection of highlights featuring 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 and Justin Lewis on I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels here.

Further Reading

You can find a look at The Rock’n’Roll Years‘ successor Sounds Of The Sixties, and in particular the episode looking at when psychedelic pop started to infiltrate the BBC’s late-night arts shows, in That Sight, Those Sounds… here.

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.

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