that entire list in Yahoo News right now

Pope: Britain is 'force for good'
Little progress in Middle East talks
Licence fee to be frozen for two years
Pixie Lott and Lady Gaga enter Book of Records
Miriam Clegg 'very now'
Charges expected over Manila bus siege
French Roma row overshadows EU summit
Prince Philip In 'Tartan Knickers' Gag
Boyle Pope song dream comes true
Plan B and Arcade Fire eye Q Awards

reminds me of a cross between the opening credits of The Day Today, and the list that the helpers fire at the Striding Man in Armstrong & Miller:

I'd forgotten his supposed accomplice was called Tecwen Whittock. What a name!

"slipped on a rotten apple"

Not sure this is an example of the Tap's influence.

Surely Joe "Stumpy" Pepys died in a bizarre gardening accident, not a freak one?

...Toto's drummer Jeff Porcaro really did die while gardening.

these headlines are The Day Today's influence?

Word Blog Poster Posits Alternative Theory For Quotidian Language Evolution: Pope Dismayed

And I saw this advert. It's for sodding golf clubs. Shame on them. I was going to start a thread on it but Melville has trumped me.

Click on the piccy to see the ad in all its horrific glory.

Joe Bonamassa, I immediately think Joe 'Mama' Besser

Besser, Joe "Mama": Tap’s largest member ever, Besser played drums during the band’s one-date tour of Japan to support the 1982 album "Smell the Glove" before disappearing with the equipment. Besser made a brief appearance at the end of "This is Spinal Tap" during scenes from the Kobe Hall concert. David: "We assume he either returned to the world of jazz or he died."