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"Coastermania" is a classic 1996 British documentary produced by Meridian Broadcasting, famously exploring the adrenaline-fueled subculture of roller coaster enthusiasts. The film primarily focuses on members of the Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain (RCCGB) as they travel the globe riding iconic rides, including the historic Grand National at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.The documentary captures a unique era of theme park history, showcasing the obsessive dedication of fans chasing extreme thrills. It also famously features segments shot in the United States—most notably at Cedar Point in Ohio—and rare footage of the legendary, gravity-defying Moonsault Scramble coaster in Japan.For a vintage look at how roller coaster enthusiasts and clubs celebrated their favorite rides in the late 1990s:1996

Later... with Jools Holland is a long-running British music television show hosted by Jools Holland. Launched in 1992 on BBC Two, it features unique live performances and intimate piano-side chats with a mix of legendary acts and fresh musical talent. Featuring Everything But The Girl "Missing" Live Performance

I recently interviewed Lou Ferrigno at a Star Trek convention, and what surprised me was just how personal his connection to the original series is.

Ferrigno grew up in Brooklyn dealing with significant hearing and speech difficulties and says he was bullied as a kid, with other children calling him “Deaf Mute” and “Deaf Louie.” Television became an escape, and Star Trek in particular gave him somewhere else to go.

“Being very depressed growing up as a kid, being bullied, Star Trek would escape my imagination, to be free, to be able to give me some excitement,” he told me. “That's why it had such an effect on me.”

Captain Kirk was a big part of that. “I loved Captain Kirk. I loved the way he conducted himself. I wanted to be like him. He's on the ship commanding, and especially his personality.”

There's something pretty remarkable about what happened next. The bullied kid watching Kirk in Brooklyn grew up to become the Incredible Hulk — and eventually became friends with William Shatner.

Ferrigno told me they'd had dinner together just a couple of weeks before our conversation, and while Kirk was his hero as a kid, today it's Shatner himself he admires.

“I'm amazed at his work ethic, his motivation,” Ferrigno said. “He never really takes lapses of time off. He's always doing something to better himself. It's amazing, because I learned so much from him. He has incredible wisdom.”

What I found most interesting was that Ferrigno sees Star Trek fandom and superhero fandom in much the same way: both give people a world they can escape into and characters they can connect with. “You want to be in space. You wish you could be in space. You could fantasize, you could think about the story and you want to be with those people.... That connection never leaves you.” Sixty years later, that certainly seems to have been true for him.

You can read the full interview at https://www.womansworld.com/entertainment/celebrities/lou-ferrigno-on-how-star-trek-gave-him-hope-and-inspired-his-life

Video edit from The iconic "Cwying" scene in Only Fools and Horses occurs in the episode titled "Stage Fright" (Series 7, Episode 3), which first aired on 13 January 1991. (Disclaimer) Subposted for entertainment fun, classic television moments and fair use purposes only.

I’d always watch them with my dad and then I’d get to stay up later 😊

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Another short edit from my old 1996 VHS video cassette tapes Coastermania The tradegy at Battersea Park London. For educational and fair use purposes only

"Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" is the most successful and highest-charting single by the American tropical wave group Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Written by frontman August Darnell, the track was released in May 1982 as the third and final single from their critically acclaimed third album, Tropical Gangsters (released as Wise Guy in the United States) Subposted for entertainment fun, classic television music video memories and fair use purposes only.