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Genuinely a late Sixties classic

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Yep, it's "Black Is Black" by Spanish rock band Los Bravos. Because they weren't fluent in English at the time, they had to learn the language phonetically for the song.

Just painful to hear about this

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It's a condition called FND. Which is short for functional neurological disorder.

Want half of Mounds bar?

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Shame on Quagmire for throwing it out of his plane. I want to try that.

Examples of the Other Marty

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Trope of a character being recast during production. A variation of the Other Darring, which involves a character being recast between instalments.

He really shouldn't do that

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Because of that, Six Flags have banned him from all of their theme parks. By that, I mean he ate McNuggets while on a roller coaster at a Six Flags theme park when he shouldn't do it for safety reasons.

Breakfast never left

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Don't let this 2003 advert for Kellogg's fool you. Yes, Crisp-X, now back as Crispix.

There's always a need for physical media

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As revealed in this news report from WSFB two days ago. Physical media matters.

From Marks & Spencer to M&S

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In 2004, the British retailer overhauled their identity by going by their initials M&S or Your M&S. Twiggy would do the narration for several adverts during that period.

When mobile phones used to be like this.

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Of course, it's the Sony Ericsson W595 from the late Noughties. And yes, this video is real.