With Samara’s help (well, she basically did all of it), I’ve made this Red Dwarf-inspired jacket, which is a sure sign of crisis.
What am I, some sort of “fan”?
Urgh.
The website we bought the patches from has plenty of user reviews from young people saying they bought these patches “for father’s day.” I am old.
It’s not supposed to be “screen accurate” and it’s not for cosplay. It’s just a Listerish look to delight the other old men in the pub.
On the TV show, Lister’s khaki jacket is normally worn over the shirt that has these patches. I still might get one of those London Jets tee-shirts though. We’ll see how long this crisis lasts.
I wore the jacket to our Edinburgh WIP screening of Melt It! and you can see it in this pic, albeit before the shoulder patch went on:
You know what my jacket is? It’s historic re-enactment. I’ve been described as a comedy historian a couple of times recently (by Stewart Lee and Oliver Double no less) and I have at least written some books (and now a film) in comedy history so that’s fine by me.
Anyway, I’m about to start a six-month break from doing much of anything. I’ve been far too Rimmerish of late and this will remind me to slob properly.
I want to get custard stains and gravy marks all down it. That way it can be screen accurate.