VHS:WTF Unlucky Dip

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[@Ceej_MM]

The producers of the 90s Mario movie missed a trick here. Hoskins and Leguizamo? Nah mate, Thorne and Lineker.

[@zoekm]

Better than being bald anyway.

[@smoni19]

11:14 "are your mates coming over for your party? No? Shall I just pop the vhs on then?" - mum really made sure I'd enjoy my 32nd

[@dinogoldie9716]

Michaela Strachan in her birthday suit, showing us her birthday box? I'm in.

[@Ceej_MM]

It might not look like much, but inside is a whole world of fun and excitement.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

@@Ceej_MM @12:46 Michaela's got a magic hoofer-doofer 🤣but we already knew that!

[@Alkatrask]

I’m sure she’s got a lovely wee doot. Michaela.

[@thatidiotmonro22]

To her dying day, my mum always referred to Thorne as "My Mate Willie." Purely on the back of meeting him while she was working on a very definitely legitimate charity snooker circuit.

[@StuartMillard]

Gary's gonna be fuming when he reads this

[@thatidiotmonro22]

@@StuartMillard She loved a minor celeb, did my mum. As soon as she met one, they became "my mate." She was like Mean Gene Okerlund. She went on Bargain Hunt once, and never ever stopped talking about David Dickinson ever again.

[@StuartMillard]

My mum was the same seeing Emmet from Keeping Up Appearances using the photocopier at the local library

[@tonywhite3835]

@@StuartMillardwhich library? 😅

[@andrewdavid9846]

Mum and me nearly got run over by Willie Thorne back in the 90's,He came sweeping round a corner in a massive Mercedes as we were crossing the road to visit my Grandma and just missed us!

[@fattomandeibu]

Video shops really were the Netflix of the '80s and '90s. Once you get past the blockbuster movies and classic TV shows, you're wading through crap that makes you think "who thought this was worth making?"

[@rootleft7928]

"music by Fierce Noise". not usually a jazz fan but this is class

[@goodnightvienna8511]

Yeah they were a bunch of nutters on tour apparently. Aphex Twin named them as an early influence

[@misterr279]

I would genuinely love to meet someone who bought, watched and RE watched this.

[@medievalist]

In another startling example of how old people looked in the 20th century, Thorne was only 38 in this.

[@jackdubz4247]

Jeez-oh. I'm 44 and I look younger than he did.

[@medievalist]

@@jackdubz4247 Yes, I'm 45 and I just about look like I could be his daughter.

[@tonycowin]

I thought his mum was his wife until I read the caption.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@tonycowin Me, too! He looked old enough to pass for Lineker's Dad.

[@noka1979]

Jesus,

[@Return26-p4t]

"Bad press is foreign to Lineker"...The 80s was a long time ago wasn't it.

[@B3tanTyronne]

Hey, I've got a great idea for a Christmas video - 'two boring blokes and a snooker table'. This time next year Rodney, we'll be millionaires!

[@Grouse-n-Harridge]

David Carradine as 'Barry Lineker'

[@RJAY63]

I remembering seeing the John McCririck lottery video for sale at Virgin Megastore. Best thing about it was the following disclaimer on the case: "Neither Labyrinth Video nor Flick Pictures represent that this video will in any way guarantee success in the National Lottery".

[@theflyintheointment]

Quite strong stalker vibes from 'Michael' (hmmm, his name is almost Michaela too), buying up old Michaela Strachan vids in 2014 and bemoaning her lack of screen time.

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Yes i thought that

[@chichilatte]

2:39 Gary involuntarily kicking along a bit of rubbish his best mate Willie dropped. Bit disappointed @StuartMillard didn't mention it. He probably kicked it all the way to the Crucible changing room.

[@PeteMorrow]

I am so here for trackingcore

[@theflyintheointment]

I see the Lineker/Thorne video was narrated by Tony Francis, who also narrated Vinny Jones’s ‘Soccer Hardmen’ video, also profiled by Stuart. Obviously Tony was the go-to guy for these early ‘90s, high end VHS releases.

[@kildogery]

All my friends are chomping at the bit to watch a video about Lineker and Thorne.

[@MattFurniss]

Hey Stuart, that's one of my Amiga tunes playing in the background 😁 I love your channel and videos!

[@getmetothegeek4066]

The first video is an absolute gift for this channel, expertly exploited by Stuart.

[@j0hnf_uk]

You can definitely tell those kids on the Michaela Strachan video were all from stage schools, by the way they persistently look at the camera with, 'happy smiles', in the vain hope some talent agent might see them and think they're more, 'special', that they already think they are.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

They won't be smiling like that when they are invited onto the casting couch...yikes. Run for your lives! I cannot understand parents who push their kids into the theatre, it's full of predators.

[@Kenneth-cn8dx]

Two guys are friends, let's make a video!

[@markdavidson9100]

3.08 it’s Gary Stevens who scored the equaliser in 1983 cup final…I so wish Gordon Smith had sneaked in the winner for Brighton too

[@csurname]

16:08 I remember the golfer writing in to Chris Morris' radio show about this

[@akumasan42]

I had that National Lottery video as a kid. I have no clue why. I can confirm, its tips didn't work.

[@kisbie]

I unapologetically and unironically love that Lineker/Thorne documentary. It’s honest, pure and sweet. I just wish there was a similar show with Maradona and Castro.

[@theflyintheointment]

Graeme Souness and Dale Winton. What a missed opportunity now that Winton is no longer with us.

[@kisbie]

Just remembered that QPR’s Kevin Gallen and Morrissey genuinely became pals for a while. Might still be for all I know.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@theflyintheointment Don't forget Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle! They released a single together in 1987. Not sure if they were bezzie mates or if they simply got paired together because their last names rhymed...🤔

[@kisbie]

@@katewolfspirit6722Counterintuitively, the most ridiculous thing about Hoddle & Waddle’s pop career is they insisted on their artist name being ‘Glenn & Chris’.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@kisbie How odd...

[@tonycowin]

"Not a pet, in fact it's nothing human". Is Michela keeping human pets?

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Thanks for the shout-out @11:00!

[@StuartMillard]

Thanks for the brilliant/terrible recommendation

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@StuartMillard I was in a charity shop today (quite a scruffy one) that still sells VHS tapes, if there is anything that you would like I'll keep an eye out for you and send it on. I love weird and wonderful obscure stuff! :-))

[@retrogiftsuk4812]

3 VHS videos in 1 KZbin video. It's a compilation of a compilation. If this KZbin video is ever included in a compilation I think my head will implode.

[@TrippyNoodles]

10:08 Pre merger AMG S class Mercedes. Willie had great taste in motors.

[@kildogery]

Excellent as usual. Michaela is a legend.

[@smudge67uk]

Imagine being the kid looking up your birthday star on the list and it being Peter Sutcliffe, what an inclusion to a kids birthday video

[@I_Am_The_Paulrus]

"Darkwing Duck's grandad" 😂

[@bfyrth]

the strange thing is that those numbers displayed by Mccrick came up in a 2002 draw

[@robertsutton7949]

This video is better than being bald.

[@Toooldforthis78]

Thank you as always Mr M, always enjoy these - for 80’s stars how about a video on impressionist Phil Cool? Or a video compilation on all those videos that were huge hits in the ‘80s and ‘90s but just died with the invention of the internet - videos like footballs greatest gaffes or those compilation videos of (largely American) car crashes? Video stores were full of them and they were essential stocking fillers for a short period.

[@theflyintheointment]

If Stuart did a video on Sheriff John Bunnell and World’s Wildest Police Videos I would die a happy man.

[@kisbie]

Like Lineker & Thorne, David Icke is also from Leicester. He must have made a few VHS (and DVD) WTFs in his time.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

YES! I was gonna ask if anyone remembered Phil Cool in the comments on the Davro video.

[@tedpilledtonysoprano5512]

18:30 Jane turns up looking like an extra from _Cats._

[@csurname]

10:15 ensure to pause before saying what it's a kettle of

[@theflyintheointment]

Instantly reminded me of Vic and Bob doing their Cox and Evans service post sketch, and Bob saying “for opening your tins of luncheon meat……with”

[@TheUnfinishedSynth]

Crikey. How thin are Willie Thorne’s socks?!

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

As thin as his hair on top

[@Alkatrask]

I’d rather have grey hair.

[@shaunlever8334]

Geoff Keegan! F**king hell. That's just ended me!

[@yandan7010]

Looks like Willie was sat behind Wim Jansen at that spurs game

[@Buster_Piles]

Big Willie was def the Top in the lineker/Thorne gae thing. He would famously "bend Gary up like a pretzel" according to friends.

[@mikebarratt8146]

Erm, why does Willie Thorne put his shoes on before his trousers?

[@katewolfspirit6722]

I was thinking the same! Most bizarre! 😂

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Well if Willie Thorne pulls out you'll be up slack alley...

[@antonw4671]

25.08 is that peter sutcliffe the bad man from yorkshire who liked hammers.

[@LovecraftComedy]

Did you use my upload for this? I do still have the poster somewhere, if you're interested?

[@stuartmay6225]

Great to see Ohhhh Eric Morley have his birthday remembered. How has that not been declared a national holiday yet?

[@Smoneey]

You just reminded me that John McCririck existed

[@_Piers_]

7 years age difference wouldn't have been my guess.

[@MrDarksidematter]

Michaela was a real hotty. She never turned up to my birthdays though 😢

[@therespectedlex9794]

Poor Gary, losing his best friend in 2020. Or had they already fallen out?

[@makkles9087]

this video did illicit a snorting sound from my nose on occasion, so, go on then. have a sub and a like

[@craigix]

The birthday list, I had to pause it I was laughing so much.

[@chrisflee1]

I was in tears, Russel Grant and Russel Grant.

[@goodnightvienna8511]

Yeah TrackingCore is one of my favourite genres atm .

[@JagerLange]

Oh, Michaela...

[@iskye07]

Pipe to pipe bushman

[@CanisRex84]

I found myself around 4 mins in laughing almost uncontrolably and saying aloud what the fuck is this? hahah

[@jazzygeofferz]

Is that Theo Huxtable turning up on that Michaela Strachan video?

[@JamesC1981]

8:56 he looks like he's in a star trek uniform lol

[@lizzyk.3306]

Where did you even find that John McCririck video? There’s barely anything on google about it 👀

[@StuartMillard]

Sniffing out dreadful old telly is my one skill

[@kisbie]

British Library, I’m guessing. The nation’s preserved copy.

[@youaintseenmeok]

Please do a Paul Daniels vid

[@katewolfspirit6722]

Yeah, Wizbit was so effed up. Nightmare fuel.

[@mattl_]

Please do a full year long video of birthday dates

[@ratingify]

sorry to hear the well bad knob ache is still playing up.

[@edbone3035]

I knew what this was from the thumbnail 😂

[@notreallydavid]

BIOpic ('biographical picture'), not biOPic. 'The woman at the opticians says I'm a bit biopic.' I'll go.

[@Kenneth-cn8dx]

19:04 blew my mind LMAO

[@retrorambles517]

What a great feel good video the Gary lineker and Willie thorn one Just remember when you're at your lowest ebb and you have a noose around your neck there you aren't Willie thorn

[@MT-cd7cs]

11:15 finally a gender reveal I’d actually want to see 😂

[@davidbrokend]

Mate Ur absolute genius

[@BigSpud]

The Malcolm Jamal Warner tease was a step too far.

[@StuartMillard]

At least there was no string magic

[@kildogery]

Red Letter Media have already gone there. We demand British media ephemera!

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Now you see Theo...

[@ModernPict]

Gary ‘ I got bullied at school for being black’ Linekar

[@jettjones9889]

I’m proud to say I’ve always despised Gary Lineker.

[@tentringer4065]

Let me guess, you're more of a LeTissier fan.

[@ClearLight1967]

It's pronounced biopic - not bi-opic. Get it right, Stu!

[@pipster1891]

Putting the first two videos together, I'm struck by the fact Michaela Strachan looks like Gary Lineker in a wig.