Nov 05
It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Spontaneous Combustion Party!
Good Show Sir Comments:
1. Is this the end of Martin Scorsese?
2. Mama mia thatsa spicy meatball!
Published 1985
It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Spontaneous Combustion Party!
Good Show Sir Comments:
1. Is this the end of Martin Scorsese?
2. Mama mia thatsa spicy meatball!
Published 1985
November 5th, 2019 at 9:44 am
1: C’mon, who doesn’t like Blipverts?
2: He’s over-gesturing! He’s going up!
November 5th, 2019 at 11:27 am
1. The good old days when states could carry out executions any way they damn well pleased, even by giant magnifying glass.
2. Luckily Janes apartment came equipped with an anti wacky neighbor system.
November 5th, 2019 at 12:20 pm
1. I would be reaching for that pint of stout right about now.
2. Uh-oh, looks like Juventus just gave up a penalty.
November 5th, 2019 at 1:45 pm
1. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, in retirement.
2. He’s not on fire. He just fell into the houseplants.
November 5th, 2019 at 1:51 pm
1: “The producer said to me, he said, Ronnie, you’re going nuclear, ah, ha ha…”
November 5th, 2019 at 2:08 pm
“Ooo, that vindaloo….”
November 5th, 2019 at 2:32 pm
Both reasonably accurate depictions of the book’s content (spontaneous combustion – caused by inadvertent teleporting froom the Sun) and, at the time, the UK cover was rumoured to be based on Brian Aldiss.
November 5th, 2019 at 2:46 pm
#1 “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a firestarter … twisted firestarter.”
#2 Ah burning love I’m just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
November 5th, 2019 at 2:47 pm
Spontaneous combustion is an embarrassing way to go: you usually make an ash of yourself.
The woman in the second picture looks more annoyed than anything else at the presumable screams of the man burning alive in the other room: “basta, basta: stop yelling, I’m bringing the espresso as fast as I can.”
November 5th, 2019 at 3:05 pm
#2 The embarrassment of premature spontaneous combustion.
November 5th, 2019 at 4:00 pm
@THX 1139
Yes, but which Ronnie? Or have Big Ronnie and Little Ronnie been merged “The Ronnie” in a freak teleporter accident? Now, don’t get me wrong, I loved The Two Ronnies when I was a kid but this pretty much illustrates what I’d wish would happen to Little Ronnie during the tedious monologue in a chair segments.
Also, Bob Shaw deserves much better.
November 5th, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Ah, spontaneous combustion, it’s been a while. What awful depictions of the subject matter.
November 5th, 2019 at 6:57 pm
There — much better Guy Fawkes effigies.
November 5th, 2019 at 9:27 pm
“Autocombustione”! What a great Italian word. Can we just add this to English?
“Look out, I’m having a bad day. I’m autocombustione!“
November 5th, 2019 at 10:00 pm
@Raoul—GSS!
All around great comments today. I’ve nothing good to contribute. Somehow I just can’t warm to these covers, non é autocombustione oggi!
November 6th, 2019 at 3:31 am
@Raoul – My Bing Translate tells me “autocombustione” is Italian for “road rage”.
November 6th, 2019 at 4:57 am
1. Static build-up from polyester is a major hazard.
2. Arthur Brown now makes house calls to shock people individually.
(Never mind Daleks, THIS is what sent me behind the sofa in 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE )
November 6th, 2019 at 6:15 am
Heartburn is much more serious in SF, I guess. Another case of “even if it illustrates the plot perfectly, it can still look daft”.
@BC: I can’t find anything to add, either. The curse of getting here too late. GSS to all.
Although I did learn about Arthur Brown, which I really could have done without.
@FB: my thought about Bob Shaw as well.
@Bruce: She does look annoyed, not worried. “First he bitches for coffee, now after I’ve made it, he spontaneously combusts. That’ll be impossible to clean up. I’ll never get my security deposit back now!”
@Tat: The Death of Brian As Performed On An Aldiss Lamp?
(I’ll get my coat)
November 8th, 2019 at 11:00 pm
@GSSxn: I saw Arthur Brown live twice in the nineties, partly, I admit, because the venue was in walking distance, and he put on a good show. Everybody including Arthur had a good night. Due to mellowing with age and/or fire safety regulations, there was no burning headdress though.
November 11th, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Bow Bash
ER-Fit Parent
“TV-dinner war in Travinio lineage.” — Stymied Anus
Can’t do the Italian one.
November 12th, 2019 at 3:46 am
@anon: presumably “TV dinner-war” refers to the chap’s bad dinner igniting him as he sits in front of the tube?