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Hi and welcome to my blog about comics from other people’s childhood! It is dedicated primarily to British humour comics of the 60s and 70s. The reason they are not from my childhood is simply because I didn’t live in the UK back then (nor do I live there now). I knew next to nothing about them until fairly recently but since then I’ve developed a strong liking for the medium and amassed a large collection, including a number of complete or near complete sets. My intention is to use this blog as a channel for sharing my humble knowledge about different titles, favourite characters and creators as I slowly research my collection.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

NON-COMICS POST



Although this blog is supposed to be mostly about British comics, I’ll share something completely different this time. The other day I watched episode 4 of the first season of American TV series Magic City, and it ends with this absolutely brilliant version of Elvis’ “Don’t Be Cruel”. Courtesy of Google, it didn’t take me long to find out that the singer was an American chap Billy Swan who released the cover version in 1975. The preacher’s dance had me laughing out loud, but if you take the trouble to watch the video to the end, you’ll be gobsmacked by the political incorrectness of the final scenes! Comics-related service will (probably) resume soon :) 







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  1. KidMarch 7, 2017 at 10:45 PM

    Er, maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, Irmy, but what were the non-PC scenes? Nice version of the song by the way.

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    1. IrmantasMarch 8, 2017 at 1:44 PM

      I thought the cowboy and the preacher bash and kick the woman leaned towards political incorrectness. Nowadays it would certainly be considered inappropriate to include a scene like that in a music video where I live :)

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    2. KidMarch 8, 2017 at 6:19 PM

      Oops, I missed that bit - I should have watched full-screen. My old eyes aren't what they used to be.

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  2. Peter GrayMarch 8, 2017 at 11:04 PM

    Its an interesting take on the song...

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