Eurovision Rewatch: 1981 Dublin (11:30 BST 18/04)

[AGinAg (37)]

CROXXY AS FUCK

 

[COB]

This is painful, rescind their win!

 

[ButterTart]

It's amazing to think that Cheryl Baker was once famous for something specific rather than just sort of being there.

 

[lolly]

The female vox are fuckawful

 

[lolly]

It's amazing to think that Cheryl Baker was once famous for something specific rather than just sort of being there.

Eggs n' Baker?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

It's amazing to think that Cheryl Baker was once famous for something specific rather than just sort of being there.

She a kids TV show when I was a kid. I remember virtually nothing about it.

 

[dmlaw]

Starting to understand why they run the credits during the reprise these days.

 

[COB]

What is this end credits music? It reminds me of MOONRAKER

 

[ButterTart]

The female vox are fuckawful

Well, Jay Aston was never going to let foreigners think they made the correct choice, was she?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

BILL FUCKING WHELAN

 

[win_the_game]

She a kids TV show when I was a kid. I remember virtually nothing about it.

Yes! Record Breakers with Kriss Akabusi.

 

[Tisch]

Everyone's saying BOO-URNS right?

 

[Alla]

Did UK win AGAIN?

 

[ButterTart]

Loving this 70s outro music. I'm just waiting for the credit that says 'starring Glenda Jackson'.

 

[Madison]

And there we have it - this was the moment that Riverdance was born.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Yes! Record Breakers with Kriss Akabusi.

Roy Castle dead and agog.

 

[COB]

Did UK win AGAIN?

Get used to it, our streak will continue for a thousand years!
(- Jay Aston, probably)

 

[Madison]

I still don't understand why Wogan's voice is on an ORF video.

 

[ButterTart]

She a kids TV show when I was a kid. I remember virtually nothing about it.

She was on Record Breakers with that bloke who hated her so much he died of cancer just to get away from her.

 

[Madison]

She was also in 'Eggs and Baker'. I remember nothing of the show except its ridiculous name.

EDIT: Apologies, Eggs 'n' Baker.

 

[ButterTart]

What is Eggs n Baker? I see it referenced on here a lot.

 

[lolly]

She was on Record Breakers with that bloke who hated her so much he died of cancer just to get away from her.

And then they replaced him with a man who could run away very fast. Strange, that.

 

[ButterTart]

What is Eggs n Baker? I see it referenced on here a lot.

I've just read that it ran for five years, but Wikipedia still can't manage more than a paragraph about it.

 

[dmlaw]

What is Eggs n Baker? I see it referenced on here a lot.

It was a Saurday morning children's cooking show presented by Our Cheryl, which included Blur's first UK TV performance. Sadly, there are no full episodes on YouTube.

 

[Madison]

Goodnight all.

May flights of angels sing you to your rest.

 

[ButterTart]

And then they replaced him with a man who could run away very fast. Strange, that.

I heard that she'd ask all the time if her friend Jay could visit the set, and whenever she turned up a Polish lighting technician would go missing. Cheryl Baker became the Macbeth of the BBC.

 

[lolly]

 

[Dark Carnival]

Wikipedia tells me the other female Fizz who is not Cheryl Baker was a Brexit Party candidate! CUNT.

 

[lolly]

Wikipedia tells me the other female Fizz who is not Cheryl Baker was a Brexit Party candidate! CUNT.

OH DO KEEP UP

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Wikipedia tells me the other female Fizz who is not Cheryl Baker was a Brexit Party candidate! CUNT.

Christ if only we KNEW THAT TWO HOURS AGO...

 

[ButterTart]

OH DO KEEP UP

It's not DC's fault! Jay Aston deliberately puts her Wikipedia entries on time delay in other countries, so that foreigners look less enlightened.

 

[Alla]

Covering the chicken with crisps!! Only in UK

 

[Tisch]

That song just goes ON. And is basically kylie.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Christ if only we KNEW THAT TWO HOURS AGO...

Two hours ago I barely knew who they were!

 

[win_the_game]

That song just goes ON. And is basically kylie.

The sound of SAW

 

[Madison]

I genuinely thought she was primarily famous for being a cook.

 

[ButterTart]

A few years ago I saw Bucks Fizz live for normal heterosexual reasons, and the crowd kept shouting 'we love you, Cheryl'. This was Bobby Gee's version of the band, comprised of him and three redcoats he'd hypnotised into becoming his disciples. Cheryl wasn't there.
Fair play to him, he thugged it out and actually got the crowd on his side to an extent.

The moral of the story? Even if it's for the purpose of mockery or professional sabotage, nobody can ever bring themselves to shout 'we love you, Jay'.

 

[Suomi]

I’m quite sad Denmark missed out by just one point, it would have made a KOOKY winner for our vaults

 

[Zu]

I DON'T HAVE IT.

I was a bit weary after all the Katrina excitement so just flicked through 1981, with I DON’T HAVE IT being the clear standout performance

 

[Madison]

I’m quite sad Denmark missed out by just one point, it would have made a KOOKY winner for our vaults

Imagine if Portugal had won.