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CIPC #308: The mouse on the moon

Posted on February 1, 2023

Maybe one day Disney will take over SpaceX and we will really get The Mouse on the moon. For now, however, it is just a…

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CIPC #307: Lewis S5 E4, The gift of promise

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

January ain’t over yet and we’re already on our second British detective series! That’s got to be some kind of record! Two weeks ago, we…

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CIPC #306: Louis Vuitton promo

Posted on January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

About a month ago, the picture above made1 the rounds on social media. As I’m neither social nor a medium, I missed its original moment…

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CIPC #305: Taggart E3, Murder in season

Posted on January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

After all these years, there are still British detective series that have never been mentioned on this blog. One of them is Taggart, but after…

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CIPC extra: The best and worst of 2022

Posted on January 4, 2023

2022 has been quite a turbulent year. The most remarkable thing, the one that will stick in people’s minds for the longest, is probably the…

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CIPC #304: 1985 Sears Christmas wish book

Posted on December 27, 2022December 27, 2022

Gather round, ye young ones, and listen as an old man tells a tale of days gone by. Suppose that, long time ago before the…

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CIPC #303: The adventures of dr. Fu Manchu intro

Posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Once more, quite some time after the crime doctor and Philo Vance, we’re brutally tearing another long-forgotten franchise from Morpheus’ arms and putting it right…

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CIPC #302: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S14 E16, Killer Moves

Posted on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

The hugely popular television series about crime scene investigations, CSI, started over twenty years ago now. Since then, there have been so many season, adaptations,…

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CIPC #301: Stalag 17

Posted on December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

A while ago, when I talked about Hogan’s heroes, I mentioned how odd of an idea it seemed to have a comedy set in a…

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CIPC #300: Arturo Pérez-Reverte, La tabla de Flandes

Posted on November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

Following in my own illustrious footsteps, I will once more regale you with my running commentary — purely from a chess point of view, of…

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