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->Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
->Climb inside a dog\\
->And behead an Eskimo.\\
->Eat a Renault Four.\\
->Wear salami in your ears.\\
->Casserole your gran.\\
->Disembowel yourself with spears

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->Learn Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
->Climb Climb inside a dog\\
->And And behead an Eskimo.\\
->Eat Eat a Renault Four.\\
->Wear Wear salami in your ears.\\
->Casserole Casserole your gran.\\
->Disembowel Disembowel yourself with spears
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Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
Climb inside a dog\\
And behead an Eskimo.\\
Eat a Renault Four.\\
Wear salami in your ears.\\
Casserole your gran.\\
Disembowel yourself with spears.\\

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Learn ->Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
Climb ->Climb inside a dog\\
And ->And behead an Eskimo.\\
Eat ->Eat a Renault Four.\\
Wear ->Wear salami in your ears.\\
Casserole ->Casserole your gran.\\
Disembowel ->Disembowel yourself with spears.\\ spears
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* ShoutOut:
** Creator/StevenSpielberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
** Music/DavidBowie talks about his acting in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'' and ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners''.
** Thatcher and Reagan appear in a parody of Victor Kiam's "I Bought the Company" advert.
** The pearly king brought in to meet Prince Charles sings bits of "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."
** Andrew Lloyd Webber's first musical starring himself opens with him singing "I'm one of a lovely bunch of coconuts..."
** Orson Welles' home is a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]] called "[[Film/CitizenKane Rosebud]] Cottage]]".
** In TheStinger, Thatcher eats a tweetified Ken Livingston and the episode ends with a ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes That's All, Folks]]'' card, presumably as a nod to the dissolution of the GLC into UsefulNotes/OneLondonThirtyThreeBoroughs.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "The Chicken Song" is based on "Agadoo" by Black Lace. The band themselves are referenced in the lyrics as "those two wet gits with their [[EightiesHair girly curly hair.]]"
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** Creator/StevenSpielberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''

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** Creator/StevenSpielberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
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* AwardSnub (InUniverse): Michael Caine wins an Oscar for producing despite Creator/StephenSpielberg being nominated for four separate films in the same category.

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* AwardSnub (InUniverse): Michael Caine wins an Oscar for producing despite Creator/StephenSpielberg Creator/StevenSpielberg being nominated for four separate films in the same category.



* DanceSenation: "The Chicken Song" is a parody of this with the chorus consisting of increasingly absurd instructions:

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* DanceSenation: DanceSensation: "The Chicken Song" is a parody of this with the chorus consisting of increasingly absurd instructions:



** Creator/StephenSpeilberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''

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** Creator/StephenSpeilberg Creator/StevenSpielberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
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->Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
->Climb inside a dog\\
->And behead an Eskimo.\\
->Eat a Renault Four.\\
->Wear salami in your ears.\\
->Casserole your gran.\\
->Disembowel yourself with spears.\\

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->Learn Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
->Climb Climb inside a dog\\
->And And behead an Eskimo.\\
->Eat Eat a Renault Four.\\
->Wear Wear salami in your ears.\\
->Casserole Casserole your gran.\\
->Disembowel Disembowel yourself with spears.\\
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* AwardSnub: Michael Caine wins an Oscar for producing despite Creator/StephenSpeilberg being nominated for four separate films in the same category.

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* AwardSnub: AwardSnub (InUniverse): Michael Caine wins an Oscar for producing despite Creator/StephenSpeilberg Creator/StephenSpielberg being nominated for four separate films in the same category.



** Creator/StephenSpeilberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' Film/ET, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk

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** Creator/StephenSpeilberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' Film/ET, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
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!!Provides examples of:
* AwardSnub: Michael Caine wins an Oscar for producing despite Creator/StephenSpeilberg being nominated for four separate films in the same category.
* BaitAndSwitch: We see Brian Walden interviewing Terry Waite about how he plans to resolve a delicate hostage crisis, only for the camera to pull back and reveal that he's standing outside the offices of The Sun.
* DanceSenation: "The Chicken Song" is a parody of this with the chorus consisting of increasingly absurd instructions:
->Skin yourself alive.\\
->Learn to speak Arapahoe.\\
->Climb inside a dog\\
->And behead an Eskimo.\\
->Eat a Renault Four.\\
->Wear salami in your ears.\\
->Casserole your gran.\\
->Disembowel yourself with spears.\\
* EarWorm:
** This is the episode that features "The Chicken Song". It's so catchy that the characters start singing it in other sketches before the episode ends.
** The movement from Ronnie Hazlehurst's plinky-plonky {{Jingle}}-style requiem, "Guess That Funeral, Missus" is also pretty catchy.
* ForeignCultureFetish: Music/DavidBowie talks to Music/{{Sting}} about his love of Japanese culture while sitting at a kotatsu and using chopsticks with his toes.
* TheMerch (InUniverse): The Queen Mother starts selling tat for Andrew and Fergie's wedding to try and help pay for it.
* PublicServiceAnnouncement: Middle-aged Pete Townsend tries to front a campaign against drug use, only to realise that he's hopelessly out of touch with young people.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Thatcher's Cabinet meeting starts with her asking Howe to remind her who all her new ministers are.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The opening credits are played in "EDDIESHAHVISION" with distorted pictures and sound as a TakeThat at the poor printing quality of Shah's newspapers.
* ShoutOut:
** Creator/StephenSpeilberg bags all four nomination slots for his producing work on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TheColorPurple'' Film/ET, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk
** Music/DavidBowie talks about his acting in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'' and ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners''.
** Thatcher and Reagan appear in a parody of Victor Kiam's "I Bought the Company" advert.
** The pearly king brought in to meet Prince Charles sings bits of "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."
** Andrew Lloyd Webber's first musical starring himself opens with him singing "I'm one of a lovely bunch of coconuts..."
** Orson Welles' home is a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]] called "[[Film/CitizenKane Rosebud]] Cottage]]".
** In TheStinger, Thatcher eats a tweetified Ken Livingston and the episode ends with a ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes That's All, Folks]]'' card, presumably as a nod to the dissolution of the GLC into UsefulNotes/OneLondonThirtyThreeBoroughs.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "The Chicken Song" is based on "Agadoo" by Black Lace. The band themselves are referenced in the lyrics as "those two wet gits with their [[EightiesHair girly curly hair.]]"
* TruckDriversGearChange: "The Chicken Song" includes a final-chorus key change.

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