Talk:Spicks and Specks (TV series)

message: A Great Episode featured a redition of im just a teenage dirtbag can anyone tell me who did that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.186.210 (talk) 23:36, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I just saw a repeat of that episode, and the guy's name was Earl Oakum. I'm quite sure about the spelling of his surname, though. Blarneytherinosaur 05:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rendition of "I'm Just a Teenage Dirtbag"

message: I believe that the proposed merger should go ahead. The two articles clearly refer to the same subject. Blarneytherinosaur 02:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Merger

message: Never Mind the Buzzcocks has a link here, should we link back there?  Does anyone know if there's any link between the shows, or are they just a similar concept?  59.167.54.213 11:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: From what I've read, they are similar and use the one song to the tune of another concept for a game - substitute in S&S BradK 05:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The list of question formats in the Never Mind the Buzzcocks article is different from that for S&S. There's no overlap, and the NMTB list doesn't include the 'Substitute' style of question. So what's the basis for saying they are similar? I don't think there's a justification for stating a similarity in the first line of the article. Most of the readers of the article will be Australian, why define the program for them in the opening sentence by comparison to a foreign show which has different question formats? I'm going to move this reference further down the lead section, unless there's a citation to show a more concrete link than the similarity of mixing comedy and music. Rexparry sydney 00:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

text: ^^From an Aussie IP address, I'm not surprised that you sounded like one of the minority of whining ex-pats that have forgotten just how good they've had it in Australia since mooning Ol' Blighty out the cabin window.  I trust, after 13 years, you've managed to realise that few Australians are ever surprised to hear that a TV show is a direct rip-off of an overseas show as it's happened too many times to count, particularly in the case of NMtB did actually show here for a time.  More importantly, that even fewer give a toss.220.244.237.149 (talk) 10:46, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks

message: This must be in the top ten.
"Spicks and Specks" is the first hit song by the pop group The Bee Gees from which the TV show takes its name and which the show's theme music is based on, with all the lyrics but "the spicks and the specks" being replaced by "na na na's".
--210.23.146.66 (talk) 21:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most confusing sentence on Wiki award 

message: I've been looking at this article and been wondering whether it would be worth splitting it into a List of Episodes article? There are over 250 episodes in the original run alone, which in my opinion increases the length of the article considerably. Thoughts? Reader781 (talk) 09:56, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I strongly agree, especially with things like specials, and the 2014 revamp make things confusing to have all in one page. Hillsyism (talk) 03:58, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split into a List of Episodes article?