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Monday, 29 June 2020

Nightmare At 20,000 Feet (Pop Will Eat Itself)

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If you prefer your aerophobic anthems to be up to their ears in ghoulish humor (assuming that mordant religious chant at the end of ...
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Tuesday, 23 June 2020

The Wreck of The Fairchild (aka Some Fruit Are Sweet And Some Are Poison)

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As we saw from Marge Simpson's hair-raising encounters with air transportation, the case of the Andes Flight 571 disaster represents...
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Thursday, 11 June 2020

Hero (aka Where Have All The Good Men Gone And Where Are All The Gods?)

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Note: This entry was written for the Disaster Blogathon being hosted by The Midnite Drive-In and Dubsism from 10th - 12th June. Also,...
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Friday, 5 June 2020

Fear of Flying (aka The Wreck of The Fairchild)

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Let's talk about a Simpsons sight gag that I believe merits more appreciation. In Season 6's "Fear of Flying" (2F08), ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Pepsi '95: Casper vs Aluminum

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It goes without saying that there's no such thing as peacetime between the colas. The Cola Wars peaked in the 1980s and while neither...
Monday, 25 May 2020

Hilltop Reunion '90: Can't Beat The Feeling

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Coca-Cola's iconic "Hilltop" spot might have come in many years before my time, but it's still an ad tremendous nostal...
Friday, 22 May 2020

Burger King '85: Herb's The Word

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The New Coke fiasco wasn't the only questionable marketing strategy to be deployed by a major corporate brand back in 1985. Kicking ...
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