Episode 13 – The Weird Tentacles of Empire. (26th August 1985, Anglia – Surf, St. Bruno, Shower Electric, Del Monte)

Gather round you triskaidekaphobics out there, and fear not as we take you into the warm and safe bosom of our Them’s The Breaks August Bank Holiday Special! And what a Special show we have. I’m not talking about us, of course - you can expect the usual old slop - but the Jim Davidson Special, which is the host show in question for this break. And what delights he delivers – potentially literally if you buy into the conspiracy theory we get sucked into during this episode.It’s an exquisite irony that a man who was soon to be known for Big Break should give us such a small break. The smallest we’ve so far covered, no less. But less, as is so often the case, is more. We get an abstract expressionist take on laundry powder, whilst checking both our privilege and our wash temperature. We explore the confusing Bernard/ Bruno interface by means of a bit of the old ready-rubbed, all as Jon ponders a pipe dream. We then beat a staccato rhythm to the pleasing, cleansing pulse of a vision of one nation under a hose, getting spruced just for the funk of it. And we round up this cavalcade of joy with what might be our first mock-patrician voiceover telling tall tales of a sweltering Britain, and are given a coy introduction to an 80s ad A-lister. This triggers a memory of when a 7-year-old Martin sowed the seeds of the ethos of this very podcast. Contains the correct amount of swearing.You can find the ad break in question here: https://youtu.be/QMpA_Jet1eE?is=-AagUT02hXEXgktMMany thanks to Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault for releasing this clip into the world. If you remember any of these ads and want to comment on them, or the show in general, you can find us here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568524318900 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.