Tomorrow's World/Saturday Superstore/Top of the Pops 1984

[matelot95]

Madonna had a pink wig on IIRC

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 2:20 To 3:00, It Was BBC-TV's Top Of The Pops Video Open From January 26, 1984.

[PinkFloydFan74]

Clearly the day the music died :)

[andykb7]

thats a spectrum 48k, the original with the rubber keys heh

[cte]

Very funny/cool lol. 1984 my fave ever year.

[crompton33001]

It's "Look Around You"

[NameCC8687]

A great posting! I'd forgotten how frighteningly bad those science-is-cool progs could be. However I do remember those talent shows on Saturday Superstore as being the most random collection of willing victims ever to appear on telly. Some of those kids must have been teased without mercy on Monday. However, I once thought a girl who sang Xanadu as good as my major crush at the time (Olivia N-J) might get a career or at least a single out of it, but 25 years later I'm starting to doubt that.

[martin3801]

ignore the computer geeks- feel the funk!

[dunkiep]

This is is so 'Look Around You' that it's untrue.

[Markjuk]

Those "trendy" dudes Mike Smith and Richard "London Cabbie" Skinner opening a 1984 TOTP. Those where the days.....before it got progressively crap.

[Glamking1]

I definately have that episode, but the opening credits is missing at the start and i only have it in full when Richard Skinner and Mike Smith introduce The Alarm.

The other part is Cyndi Lauper and The Smiths still on YT which is now blocked by WMG.

[Markjuk]

I love that way all the BBC programmes had the same style end titles in the early 80's. Look at a TOTP of this era and you will notice the font is exactly the same.

[thaibox07]

zx spectrum i owned one love those rubber keys the hours i spent typing in a list of commands pressing run and getting "syntax error on line 1120" and finally getting a ball to bounce on the screen ahh those were the days..

[paulspydar]

yay!! zx spectrum , is it the 81?

[bealerDSB]

yep

[BNCA70]

can't believe how proud we were of our new technology in the early 80s! ha ha. In contrast though, the TOTP intro was great.

[russ7510]

this is well funny

[thesimplesimon]

I love these random sections of TV from the past!! Makes me feel like I'm watching the TV back then as a little kid. :)

[caturn88]

That whole clip was great!

[gregmack4]

Great! Wish I could have done that with my Speccy back then...

[hogberto]

The Alarm. Utter Shite.

[rupertgo]

Oh blimey - that's me in the orange jumpsuit behind the Spectrum! You haven't got the whole segment, have you?

[thaibox07]

hahaha so u were da computer programmer then lol

[phweakwilled]

the line between computer "user" and "programmer" was very blured in those days

[grahamgregson]

'cor modern technology eh?

[col2006ie]

The announcer is Bruce "This is Sky Sports" Hammal.

[strecos]

LOL

[Heston68]

Cheers, just sampled this for my band.

[paulspydar]

how about playing yourself you lazy bastard!

[sheepboy37]

Brilliant!

[fuzzface100]

Love the MIDI 'Pop Video'! LOL xD

[SozLike]

Isn't that Gaz Top between Smith and Skinner chatting away to his mate through the entire introduction?

[davidmcn]

I refer you to the previous comments :) Yes, Gaz Top, roadie for The Alarm before he was famous.

[SozLike]

I should maybe read the comments before making duplicate ones. Oops...

[SozLike]

Amazing clip by the way.

[fraserkatie]

Havent seen the flying disc sequence for Top of the pops for ages! Best intro ever that one!

[Wolverhampton1]

Thatcher's World more like!

[agonyuncle]

wow 128 k of frobbing power!lol

[0to9taurus]

This is Look Around You

[GJOnSpeed]

Note Gaz Top (and Gaz Top Look-alike) Rob Bevis Behind Mike Smith during the Alarm intro. FACT!

[draculapw]

well what can we say? answer, nothing! we just laugh! :D

[kjo78]

that song is f-ing awfull.

[waderm810]

oh my god!!!!!! i actually remember this! mum was doing the ironing and the chip van come into the close just after top of the pops. oh they were the days. so happy. now im on here getting mildly drunk as usual thinking back.

[JasonC1782]

Why has Richard Skinner gone for the 'dodgy cab driver' look?

[chezzeeX]

Very good.Brings back memories!