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* FoodSlap: Maggie wakes up Denis in the morning by scalding him with a pot of tea.



* SpotOfTea: Maggie wakes up Denis in the morning by scalding him with a pot of tea.
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* ShoutOut: Reagan and Ed talk about Soviet demands that US stop developing its ''Franchise/StarWars'' programme.
** The passport control officer is seen reading a copy of "The Eagle" while waiting for the Package Air passengers to disembark.
** The sketch showing John [=McEnroe=] and Tatum O'Neal's relationship opens with "[[Theatre/TheKingAndI Hello Young Lovers]]" playing in the background.
** ''Series/TomorrowsWorld'' gets taken to task for its patronising presentation style.
** The miner in TheStinger is reading a copy of Magazine/{{Mad}} in bed.

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* {{Mooning}}: In TheStinger, Sir Anthony Childish leads the rest of the House in pressuring Maggie to show them her arse. She eventually relents.

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* {{Mooning}}: In TheStinger, During the credits, Sir Anthony Childish leads the rest of the House in pressuring Maggie to show them her arse. She eventually relents.


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** The miner in TheStinger is reading a copy of Magazine/{{Mad}} in bed.
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* CreditsGag: Everyone named in the credits is listed as a "Sir."


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* {{Mooning}}: In TheStinger, Sir Anthony Childish leads the rest of the House in pressuring Maggie to show them her arse. She eventually relents.
* MrFanservice: Music/{{Wham}} sing a song all about how they credit their success to having great teeth, lips, hair and butts.


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* ProductPlacement: Victoria Principal appears on the Russell Harty show to sell a used car.


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** The passport control officer is seen reading a copy of "The Eagle" while waiting for the Package Air passengers to disembark.
** The sketch showing John [=McEnroe=] and Tatum O'Neal's relationship opens with "[[Theatre/TheKingAndI Hello Young Lovers]]" playing in the background.
** ''Series/TomorrowsWorld'' gets taken to task for its patronising presentation style.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Chernenko explains that this is the reason why Gorbachev must never be made Premier. Unless he has a wife with a face like "a British boxing champion", he'll be no use in a [[FourMinuteWarning crisis]] because he'd sooner play one last game of [[UnusualEuphemism Comrade Wobble Hides his Helmet]] than take charge of the situation.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Chernenko explains that this is the reason why Gorbachev must never be made Premier. Unless he has a wife with a face like "a British boxing champion", he'll be no use in a [[FourMinuteWarning [[AtomicHate crisis]] because he'd sooner play one last game of [[UnusualEuphemism Comrade Wobble Hides his Helmet]] than take charge of the situation.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Chernenko explains that this is the reason why Gorbachev must never be made Premier. Unless he has a wife with a face like "a British boxing champion", he'll be no use in a crisis because he'd sooner play one last game of [[UnusualEuphemism Comrade Wobble Hides his Helmet]] than take charge of the situation.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Chernenko explains that this is the reason why Gorbachev must never be made Premier. Unless he has a wife with a face like "a British boxing champion", he'll be no use in a crisis [[FourMinuteWarning crisis]] because he'd sooner play one last game of [[UnusualEuphemism Comrade Wobble Hides his Helmet]] than take charge of the situation.
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* SubliminalSeduction: PlayedForLaughs when the show opens by pointing out that, in order for the IBA to accuse them of inserting illegal flash frames into the show, they would have had to have videotaped the programme, which itself would infringe the show's copyright.

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* SubliminalSeduction: PlayedForLaughs when the show opens by pointing out that, in order for the IBA to accuse them of inserting illegal flash frames into the show, they would have had to have videotaped the programme, which itself would infringe the show's copyright.copyright.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Chernenko explains that this is the reason why Gorbachev must never be made Premier. Unless he has a wife with a face like "a British boxing champion", he'll be no use in a crisis because he'd sooner play one last game of [[UnusualEuphemism Comrade Wobble Hides his Helmet]] than take charge of the situation.
* VaderBreath: Chernenko is shown wheezing out his last piece of advice while a Party member forces air into his lungs with a bicycle pump.

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* ShoutOut: Reagan and Ed talk about Soviet demands that US stop developing its Franchise/StarWars programme.

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* {{Revenge}}: In ''Roy Jenkins Remembers'', Roy suddenly remembers that he's the one who founded the SDP and not David Owen, which prompts him to hit David over the head with a mallet.
* ShoutOut: Reagan and Ed talk about Soviet demands that US stop developing its Franchise/StarWars ''Franchise/StarWars'' programme.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Brian Walden interviews Ian [=McGregor=] and Arthur Scargill while they're each locked in a pillory, jabbing them with a poker whenever they answer a question incorrectly.



* ParodyCommercial: We see an advert for the magazine, "WhatCar Stereo Do You Wanna Have Stolen?" This week's issue features a special report on why thieves always leave your Nolan Sisters tapes on display for passers-by so that "[[UnmanlySecret they know you're a bit soppy]]."

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* ParodyCommercial: We see an advert for the magazine, "WhatCar "[=WhatCar=] Stereo Do You Wanna Have Stolen?" This week's issue features a special report on why thieves always leave your Nolan Sisters tapes on display for passers-by so that "[[UnmanlySecret they know you're a bit soppy]]."
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* NotInMyBackyard: Stansted Airport is shown being vehemently opposed by protesting locals.


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* SpotOfTea: Maggie wakes up Denis in the morning by scalding him with a pot of tea.
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* ParodyCommercial: We see an advert for the magazine, "What Car Stereo Do You Wanna Have Stolen?" This week's issue features a special report on why thieves always leave your Nolan Sisters tapes on display for passers-by so that "[[UnmanlySecret they know you're a bit soppy]]."

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* ParodyCommercial: We see an advert for the magazine, "What Car "WhatCar Stereo Do You Wanna Have Stolen?" This week's issue features a special report on why thieves always leave your Nolan Sisters tapes on display for passers-by so that "[[UnmanlySecret they know you're a bit soppy]]."
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* ParodyCommercial: We see an advert for the magazine, "What Car Stereo Do You Wanna Have Stolen?" This week's issue features a special report on why thieves always leave your Nolan Sisters tapes on display for passers-by so that "[[UnmanlySecret they know you're a bit soppy]]."
* SubliminalSeduction: PlayedForLaughs when the show opens by pointing out that, in order for the IBA to accuse them of inserting illegal flash frames into the show, they would have had to have videotaped the programme, which itself would infringe the show's copyright.

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