Spinal Tap revisited

[lefty goldblatt]

Absolutely loved the original ... but always wondered at the time had the writer(s) seen The Comic Strip's Bad News a year or two earlier ;-)

Despite me being a rock fan of 40+ years, I've still not got round to seeing ST.

However, Bad News is great.
More Bad News is SUPERB

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Absolutely loved the original ... but always wondered at the time had the writer(s) seen The Comic Strip's Bad News a year or two earlier ;-)

The episode was filmed in autumn 1982 and was coincidentally in production at the same time as the similar mock-documentary This Is Spinal Tap, which was released in 1984 to a much wider audience.

 

[MCFCTrick]

The episode was filmed in autumn 1982 and was coincidentally in production at the same time as the similar mock-documentary This Is Spinal Tap, which was released in 1984 to a much wider audience.

Yup, ST was a much bigger budget and reach. But Bad News was seen here first.
A bit of a coincidence like Sweet's Blockbuster and Bowie's Jean Genie being not only released at the same time, but recorded in the same studios at the same time too!
I love both ST and BN equally by the way.

 

[Idesofmarch69]

Can I raise a practical question at this point?

Are we doing Stonehenge tomorrow?