And we're back with more of The 350 Most Nostalgic Things EVER! - the list that makes Robert Webb's A Load Of Tedious Observations About Clips From Really Obvious Films look like something on BBC3 that nobody's put any thought or attention into. And as we were going to press, news was just emerging that John Whittingdale had openly admitted that he found falling head first into a burning bin full of drawing pins a 'tempting prospect'. Pity, as we'd been saving that bin for George Osborne.
275. Bermuda Shorts
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Almost-but-not-quite knee-length shorts briefly adopted by fashionistas in a vague after-effect of the post-'Crocodile' Dundee clamour for all things quasi-Australian - indeed their most prominent exponent was Roo Stewart from Home And Away, though as you can see the only available screengrab shows her from halfway-up-t-shirt-up -but later taken up by fans of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Kingmaker et al as an anti-authoritarian badge of, erm, not wearing long trousers. And this is the third consecutive entry to feature something fashion-related and, as iconic as such outmoded items of apparel may be, they aren't exactly easy to be interesting or funny about. Still, at least we've not had to cover anything to do with sport (as opposed to 'Sport') as yet...
274. Liverpool FC Being Any Good
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Well, that's just petty point-scoring about a percieved lack of point-scoring, and frankly has no place on this list. It's not even really possible to extrapolate any of that football fan faux-nostalgia about Cheese and Bovril Soup and scarves being knitted slightly differently from it. Honestly, haven't any of you lot ever heard of Those Spidery Octopus Things That Rolled Down Windows?
273. Leather Jackets
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Evidently not. Honestly, the actual styles of the jackets themselves may have changed with fashion, and their popularity may have waxed and waned (and indeed waxed and waned) with the rising tide of animal rights issues, but has the leather jacket ever dipped in visibility to the extent that it's even possible to think about waxing and indeed waning nostalgic over them? Of course not. Now can we please have no more of this list-confounding clothing-based stuff and move on to something utterly and bewilderingly 'of its time'??
272. Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo
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That's more like it. Dance craze-centric video shop-friendly attempt at creating a sequel to an already pretty flimsily concieved cash-in Hip-Hopsploitation movie, and with the novelty of - gasp - breakdancing on the big screen having worn off, they had to try and work some semblance of a plot into proceedings, which apparently had something to do with the first movie's rival gangs putting aside their differences to fight the bigger foe. Which in this case was a corrupt city official whom they fought by, erm, breakdancing at him. Quite how or why this could be considered to constitute 'Electric Boogaloo' was never specificed. File next to Street Dance by Break Machine, in a bargain bin in WH Smiths, for the benefit of some posh youngsters looking for 'breakdancing music' about three years after that term meant anything to anyone anywhere. Meanwhile, if any politically motivated youngsters out there would like to try breakdancing at Peter Bone MP, please be our guest. It can only help.
271. Ruby Spears Cartoons
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Second division substitute bench licensing-crazy inspiration-deficient animations called into service whenever the money for buying in Hanna-Barbera efforts ran out, usually to be found parachuted into such prestigious slots as first thing on a Saturday morning (some regions only), and later bought in bulk to expand the quality and choice of those Murdoch-owned stations they all keep telling us we'd be better off watching. Notable contributions to our rich cultural tapestry included Plastic Man, Fangface, Heathcliff & Marmaduke, The Puppy's New Adventures, The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Pac-Man, Rambo And The Forces Of Freedom, Police Academy The Animated Series, the explanation-defying 'issue'-battling extra-curricular exploits of Mr. T, and the truly inexcusable Rubik The Amazing Cube. No, really. Now let's never sneer at Pipkins again.
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275. Bermuda Shorts
Almost-but-not-quite knee-length shorts briefly adopted by fashionistas in a vague after-effect of the post-'Crocodile' Dundee clamour for all things quasi-Australian - indeed their most prominent exponent was Roo Stewart from Home And Away, though as you can see the only available screengrab shows her from halfway-up-t-shirt-up -but later taken up by fans of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Kingmaker et al as an anti-authoritarian badge of, erm, not wearing long trousers. And this is the third consecutive entry to feature something fashion-related and, as iconic as such outmoded items of apparel may be, they aren't exactly easy to be interesting or funny about. Still, at least we've not had to cover anything to do with sport (as opposed to 'Sport') as yet...
274. Liverpool FC Being Any Good
Well, that's just petty point-scoring about a percieved lack of point-scoring, and frankly has no place on this list. It's not even really possible to extrapolate any of that football fan faux-nostalgia about Cheese and Bovril Soup and scarves being knitted slightly differently from it. Honestly, haven't any of you lot ever heard of Those Spidery Octopus Things That Rolled Down Windows?
273. Leather Jackets
Evidently not. Honestly, the actual styles of the jackets themselves may have changed with fashion, and their popularity may have waxed and waned (and indeed waxed and waned) with the rising tide of animal rights issues, but has the leather jacket ever dipped in visibility to the extent that it's even possible to think about waxing and indeed waning nostalgic over them? Of course not. Now can we please have no more of this list-confounding clothing-based stuff and move on to something utterly and bewilderingly 'of its time'??
272. Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo
That's more like it. Dance craze-centric video shop-friendly attempt at creating a sequel to an already pretty flimsily concieved cash-in Hip-Hopsploitation movie, and with the novelty of - gasp - breakdancing on the big screen having worn off, they had to try and work some semblance of a plot into proceedings, which apparently had something to do with the first movie's rival gangs putting aside their differences to fight the bigger foe. Which in this case was a corrupt city official whom they fought by, erm, breakdancing at him. Quite how or why this could be considered to constitute 'Electric Boogaloo' was never specificed. File next to Street Dance by Break Machine, in a bargain bin in WH Smiths, for the benefit of some posh youngsters looking for 'breakdancing music' about three years after that term meant anything to anyone anywhere. Meanwhile, if any politically motivated youngsters out there would like to try breakdancing at Peter Bone MP, please be our guest. It can only help.
271. Ruby Spears Cartoons
Second division substitute bench licensing-crazy inspiration-deficient animations called into service whenever the money for buying in Hanna-Barbera efforts ran out, usually to be found parachuted into such prestigious slots as first thing on a Saturday morning (some regions only), and later bought in bulk to expand the quality and choice of those Murdoch-owned stations they all keep telling us we'd be better off watching. Notable contributions to our rich cultural tapestry included Plastic Man, Fangface, Heathcliff & Marmaduke, The Puppy's New Adventures, The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Pac-Man, Rambo And The Forces Of Freedom, Police Academy The Animated Series, the explanation-defying 'issue'-battling extra-curricular exploits of Mr. T, and the truly inexcusable Rubik The Amazing Cube. No, really. Now let's never sneer at Pipkins again.
