Since I forgot to burn a promised DVD for David Bowie fan ❦steelbrassnwood before the episode vanished from our DVR, I went digging through YouTube to find this hilarious scene from the BBC/HBO series Extras. (❦rajankhanna, I know you're a Bowie fan too). I knew it had to be there somewhere.
Do you watch Extras? If not, you should. To set the scene, Ricky Gervais plays the star of a popular new lowbrow sitcom, but he can't enjoy his success because he knows he sold out. He and his entourage have just had to leave the VIP area of a trendy club to make way for David Bowie:
This song has been stuck in our heads for weeks. (Pug, pug! Pug, pug!)
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Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.
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