Snapshots #429: Repeats!

I don't know about you, but I find there's very little worth watching on the blogbox at this time of year: it's all bloody repeats!

15. Sounds like Clarice... and Loggins.

Clarice in Silence of the Lambs was played by Jodie Foster.

Kenny Loggins' old singing partner was Jim Messina.

Jo Dee Messina - Bye Bye

14. It means squat to us.

"Squat to us" was an anagram.

Status Quo - Down Down

13. What's new for Barbie and Sindy?

What's new, Pussycat?

Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush

12. Who's that boy?

Roger Daltrey - Mirror Mirror

11. If only Old No. 7 was a Scotch... it has the DNA!

Old No. 7 is Jack Daniels. If it was a Scotch, it might be McDaniels. Gene is in the DNA.

Gene McDaniels - Chip Chip

10. The most boring part of the school day.

The Assembly - Never Never

9. Michelle Gomez meets John Hillerman.

Michelle Gomez played Missy in Doctor Who. John Hillerman was Higgins in Magnum, PI.

Missy Higgins - Hello Hello

8. The original dandies.

The Beau Brummels - Laugh Laugh

7.  A really mean thing to do at Halloween.

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight

6. Useful when you need a new pram.

Mamas & Papas - Monday Monday

5. Tubular woman wonders why the first too letters are so boring. 

Paula Yates was on The Tube. AB = dull.

Paula Abdul - Rush Rush

4. What good is sitting alone in your room, Monsieur Arouet?

What good is sitting alone in your room - come to the Cabaret, Mr. François-Marie Arouet... aka Voltaire.

Cabaret Voltaire - Hey Hey

3. Starry, starry Knights Templar.

Starry, starry night is the opening lyric to Vincent. Simon Templar was a Saint.

St. Vincent - Now, Now

2. Hunter and Emma are a pair.

Hunter S. Thompson and Emma Thompson are not, as you might expect, twins.

Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor

1. Crazy young bloke.

He's a lad, insane.

Come back next Saturday Saturday for more Snapshots Snapshots.

Saturday Snapshots #50 - The Answers

Welcome, creeps and weirdoes, to the answers to yesterday's Saturday Snapshots. Oh, don't be such a Paranoid Android - I wasn't talking about you!

Thank you all for playing along, and for your nice comments about Saturday Snapshots. Alyson returned to take the victory with some excellent detective work this week. 

Here are the answers. No surprises here...

20. Vigorous bloke wins lottery.

Vigour is verve.

A lucky man would win the lottery.

The Verve - Lucky Man

19. Exciting experiences with no adverts! Slow down.

Exciting experiences would be adventures, minus the ads.

The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

18. Vocal coaches for everyone! We've just started looking.

The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

(Yes, I went there.)

17. Would you rather study the early days of the Hebrides... or see an Olivia Newton-John movie?

The Mull Historical Society - Watching Xanadu

16. Are you fond of my curves?

The Contours - Do You Love Me?

15. That baked helianthus is as old as Taylor Swift.

A helianthus is a sunflower.

Baked beans.

Taylor Swift sang about being 22.

Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo

14. WWI soldier discovers ska punk and gets the number for one of Brandon Flowers' friends.

WWI soldiers were Tommies.

Ska-punk was Two-Tone.

The Killers (Brandon Flowers) sang Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine.

Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 / Jenny

13. Grisly ghouls from every tomb get canonised with paracetamol.

Vincent Price famously rapped about "grisly ghouls from every tomb" in Thriller.

Saints get canonised.

Paracetamol are pills.

St. Vincent - Pills

12. Bloody cheek - coming over here, desperately needing the loo!

Bloody foreigners!

Foreigner - Urgent

11. Peter Wyngarde tries to find the Vapour Rub at work.

Peter Wyngarde was Jason King who worked for Department S.

Vicks make Vapour Rub.

Department S - Is Vic There?

10. Smash a window with a big piece of chicken.

Superchunk - Break The Glass

9. White walrus attacks blokes saying hi on a Rio beach.

Barry White was The Walrus of Love.

Blokes saying hi would be Man-ello!

A beach in Rio is the Copacabana.

Barry Manilow - Copacabana

8. Lad from London tries to remember his pincode. May an early year of rock 'n' roll help?

A lad from London would be a City Boy.

An early year of rock n roll = 57. May = 05.

City Boy - 5705

7. Chubby Checker's relative refuses to put up with all that dancing anymore.

Chubby Checker's dance was The Twist.

His relative is his sister.

If she refuses to put up with it...

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

6. 12 years of hard labour brightens up the capital.

12 years a slave.

The Slaves - Cheer Up, London!

(It's a toss up for Video of the Week between this and Twisted Sister.)

5. Lee Harvey Oswald gets chivalrous all across the States.

Lee Harvey Oswald claimed he was a patsy.

Chivalrous = gallant.

Patsy Gallant - From New York To LA

4. Stomach ache caused by a late encounter with Jerry Dammers.

Stomach ache would feel like a lead belly.

Jerry Dammers was in the Specials.

Leadbelly - The Midnight Special

3. A bunch of converted apostles get surrounded by water.

The Brady Bunch.

Paul was a converted apostle.

Islands are surrounded by water.

Paul Brady - The Island

2. Emergency treatment for cloudy optimists.

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

1. Redial Tim - he's all confused by the lack of action.

Redial Tim is an anagram.



More next week... Karma Police permitting.