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Nice seeing Mark Bennington (Memory Banks) in The Madadvert...who hasn't thought of that gag seeing peoples feet in the fish tank..hope we see more of Marks work again..

also love the Dave channel joke in Harry Hill and seeing Bill and Ben!!

Maths doesn't add up in the second panel of Harry Hill. That adds up to 90%, not 100%! Whoops!

I liked the reference in the first panel though: "It's Friday night, 5 o'clock, the weekend starts here!" - didn't LWT used to say that? Postman Prat was good as well, and were Desperate Dan and the Bash Street Teacher in the Beano thinking the same thing or what? Both stories involved hot air balloons.

The Weekend Starts Here was the catchphrase of Ready Steady Go and It's Friday, Its Five O'Clock Its Crackerjack! was er Crackerjack's opening phrase (later changed to five to five). I remember Leslie Crowther as Peter Glaze's original stooge. And Peter's catchphrase: Doh! (Originated by Jimmy Finlayson?)

stevezodiac wrote:The Weekend Starts Here was the catchphrase of Ready Steady Go and It's Friday, Its Five O'Clock Its Crackerjack! was er Crackerjack's opening phrase (later changed to five to five). I remember Leslie Crowther as Peter Glaze's original stooge. And Peter's catchphrase: Doh! (Originated by Jimmy Finlayson?)

Aahh! You just beat me there! I hadn't noticed the 'Ready, Steady, Go' reference in there, but had easily noticed the Crackerjack one. I'm actually too young to remember it myself, but strangely enough, had been talking about it this morning with my parents, before I went to get my Dandy.
This was the first time in a while that I have bought a Dandy and enjoyed it (I've now re-started my subscription to both this and The Beano). I liked the Harry Hill strip, which was a surprise, as last time I remember buying The dandy, I was finding most strips (including Harry) quite boring/annoying. I guess this happens as you get older, it can be hard to get used to the new stuff and try not to miss the oldies. Also like the 'What A Conundrum' and 'Postman Prat'.

r3tr0_gam3r wrote:You just beat me there!

Just? By my calculations Steve beat you by over twenty-four hours. Mind you, this might just be fate. Having disposed of English grammar and spelling issues, perhaps we could now have a thread on arithmetic.

I know only one thing about Greg the supposed presenter of MasterChuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeyUGZt8nk

Phoenix wrote:Having disposed of English grammar and spelling issues, perhaps we couldnow have a thread on arithmetic.

Well, let's start here:

Digifiend wrote:Maths doesn't add up in the second panel of Harry Hill. That adds up to 90%, not 100%! Whoops!

12+23=35
35+39=74
74+20=94
94+5=99
99+1=100

Rest assured, if there had been a numeracy-related problem I'd have been on here complaining about it within five seconds! (As opposed to... er... three days. I could tell you what I've been up to but you'd all find it terribly dull.)

Digifiend wrote:Maths doesn't add up in the second panel of Harry Hill. That adds up to 90%, not 100%! Whoops!

Any chance of somebody posting this panel?

Pretty irreverent celebrity stuff this week again. Celeb or Slob was funny, liked conundrums too.

All my local shops don't seem to stock Dandy anymore. I asked for it, and the newsagent said something about the order gets automatically cancelled if the comic gets returned too often.

Then I asked if they had Beano, and was told that it was kept behind the counter because they didn't have room for it on the comic shelf.

Phoenix wrote:

r3tr0_gam3r wrote:You just beat me there!

Just? By my calculations Steve beat you by over twenty-four hours. Mind you, this might just be fate. Having disposed of English grammar and spelling issues, perhaps we could now have a thread on arithmetic.

Haha! Guess I should have had a look at what exact time and date he had posted it. Never mind, I send my deepest apologies for any upset this may have caused you Steve.

Phoenix wrote:

Digifiend wrote:Maths doesn't add up in the second panel of Harry Hill. That adds up to 90%, not 100%! Whoops!

Any chance of somebody posting this panel?

Why not lash out the £ 1.50 to see that panel together with everything else in the latest Dandy?
You may be surprised to know that there is more in it than just one sum, which is apparently all James could find. And by the way, he's wrong, the sum is correct.

NP wrote:You may be surprised to know that there is more in it than just one sum, which is apparently all James could find. And by the way, he's wrong, the sum is correct.

Yes, I already pointed that out. And I don't know what you mean by "apparently all James could find", since in that post he also wrote:

Digifiend wrote:I liked the reference in the first panel though: "It's Friday night, 5 o'clock, the weekend starts here!" - didn't LWT used to say that? Postman Prat was good as well, and were Desperate Dan and the Bash Street Teacher in the Beano thinking the same thing or what? Both stories involved hot air balloons.

Advice to buy the Dandy seconded, however. There's 19 pages of comics in this week's issue - we last had that many in issue #3544, and issue #3544 was one pound more expensive! Quick, get it before half term starts...

Ginger wrote: I don't understand why the Mr Meecher guy hasn't been given another strip or two, seems odd, as he has proven popularity

It looks like my wish is coming true! Rocky's Horror Show, eh? Intrigued!

Ginger wrote:It looks like my wish is coming true! Rocky's Horror Show, eh? Intrigued!

I knew about Rocky's Horror Show for quite a few months now, can't wait to see it in next week's, I think it begins with a two pager!

WizzKid97 wrote:I knew about Rocky's Horror Show for quite a few months now, can't wait to see it in next week's, I think it begins with a two pager!

You are clearly the man in the know! Two-pager, eh? Excellent!
'Begins with' implies that it opens with a two-pager, but then moves to a one-page format? Would I be correct in my assumption?