#131

The existentially depressed penguin really cleared it all up for me.

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#132

This:

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#134

A thing I didn’t realise about that film: Marion Cotillard plays the girlfriend of the main character.

#135

And the motorcycle equivalent:

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#136

Only lame-o kids were fans of Streethawk.

#137

I guess that’s right, if you were 10 when it came out rather than 5.

Plus it had a Tangerine Dream song as the theme music.

#138

Can’t fault Tangerine Dream (I have my Babylon 5 soundtracks after all) but I recall this being ultimately the most disappointing of the three (Airwolf being the 3rd, obviously).

Was amazed to see there were only 8 episodes of Streethawk or something. Much like Manimal, it’s weird how a short lived show can really stick in your brain when you’re a kid.

#139

You scored a homebase with this one

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#140

Airwolf harks back to simpler times, when any societal problem could easily be solved by the simple application of an all guns blazing ambush with an attack helicopter.

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#141

Don’t forget the cool soundtrack.

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#142

I spent ages teaching myself to play it on my brother’s toy keyboard. Hampered somewhat by only having a bossa nova backing track option.

#143

wow - there were only 8 episodes of Manimal!

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#144

I had a C90 tape with all my favourite theme tunes recorded on to it.

I used to take the tape recorder from the ZX Spectrum and hold it up against the TV speaker when they were on.

Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Airwolf, A-Team, Wide Awake Club, Mask, Transformers, Trap Door, Snooker Loopy, Hold A Chicken In The Air, White Dog Poo…

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#146

I say ‘I had,’ but I know exactly which box it is in at home.

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#147

Is that because you just Googled?

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#148

What?

#149

only very recently I learned that a frown was an upside-down smile. I thought the frown was the thing you were doing with your eyebrows when you were cross?!

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#150

So what did you think “turn that frown upside down” meant?

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