Ooof. i don’t remembers that, im afraid, but it was the seventies so I was probably off my head on Sugar Smacks. - ThreadSky

manmademoon.bsky.social • 125 days ago

Ooof. i don’t remembers that, im afraid, but it was the seventies so I was probably off my head on Sugar Smacks.

I've been seeing a proliferation of writings purported to be by your dad circulating, and I've been skeptical. But this one I thought you might be uniquely positioned to weigh in on:

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supah.com•125 days ago

starrfire71.bsky.social•125 days ago

I saw that post- it feels off. IDK.

mspottingshed.bsky.social•124 days ago

It may be real, it may be not. I have a generic letter supposedly from your dad just before Diamond Dogs was released. Now well-known to be a Mainman fake. It was a De Fries driven industry, Dunc. "I mean, really, what was a grown man doing watching a movie about a flying elephant?" That's not him ❤️

hopey360.bsky.social•125 days ago

Actually, in the comments of the FB post/image, the OP links to the source the quote is from, which looks legit:
https://www.bowiewonderworld.com/diaries/diary0375.htm

teletextpage152.bsky.social•125 days ago

It seems it's actually real! The source is a regular column of his in Mirabelle magazine. The entry in question can be found here, along with a few others. The first one recounts one of your early brushes with the world of movie making

https://www.bowiewonderworld.com/diaries/diary0375.htm?fbclid=IwY2xjawIeLHZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXJslkcWjrNVdNmevOkdlS-2xblQTRIlNvHWyZoL69woNmnjvGStTJ5ObA_aem_bgweaKqj55ANMfj741F_JQ

missblank01.bsky.social•125 days ago

Your dad is David Bowie ?????🤯🤯

manmademoon.bsky.social•125 days ago

missblank01.bsky.social•125 days ago

Omg cannot actually process this information in my small brain - had no idea - words fail me. Your dad was a bloody visionary icon, gone far too soon 😢

manmademoon.bsky.social•125 days ago

Me having a perfectly normal child’s day out at the nightclub-

missblank01.bsky.social•125 days ago

Oh my, can't anymore, heads gone 🫠 you have definitely lived a life !

fedal11.bsky.social•125 days ago

Haha, initially I didn't put 2 and 2 together either.

I followed Duncan after reading some of his posts. After some days, I clicked on his profile and saw his directorial credits.

Then 💡

hugoagogo69.bsky.social•125 days ago

You were lucky having a cool glam rock look back then. At the same time, my mum was in Aberdeen ladies pipe band and used to dress me in a kilt of the shortbread tin variety.

manmademoon.bsky.social•124 days ago

You know i was there too around that time, right? Eating mince and tatties and watching the snooker in a smoky council flat about halfway up Cornhill Court! 😂👍🏼 ❤️
My life has been a weird one…

missblank01.bsky.social•125 days ago

😆

starrfire71.bsky.social•125 days ago

😂♥️

hugoagogo69.bsky.social•125 days ago

Is it not that bloke from the monkeys🤔

gentlestove.bsky.social•125 days ago

I’m so sorry I have to barge in here. But this is THE MOST DELIGHTFUL thing I’ve read anywhere in the last four months. This whole exchange. 🥰
again… Sorry to intrude but thank you both for a heartwarming moment of humanity.
(and right?!?! Duncan is top notch humanity…and Bowie’s his DAD!✨)

yeetski.bsky.social•125 days ago

Yeah, but the other one

missblank01.bsky.social•125 days ago

🤔

tymcode.bsky.social•125 days ago

I figured as much. I don't remember seeing Dumbo (and I'm only a little older than you) but my mom assures me I was pretty impressed at the time. (And I was definitely more impressed with McDonald's than she was LOL)
Does the writing style check out, you think?

dammitjanet1957.bsky.social•125 days ago

Well poop, I posted the same thing. Your Dad was right about Mickey D's burgers, though.

manmademoon.bsky.social•125 days ago

Doesn’t mean it’s not real. Just means i don’t know. I was 4, after all.

seanofnottm.bsky.social•125 days ago

The Man Who Fell To McDonalds

labobel.bsky.social•125 days ago

Sugar Smacks!

cattlebat.bsky.social•125 days ago

🤣

ct4bb8.bsky.social•125 days ago

“The original formulation for Sugar Smacks was packed with sugar. The cereal contained a whopping 56 percent of sugar by weight at its debut. In its most recent formulation as Honey Smacks, the cereal contains 15 grams of sugar per serving”. Good times.

crikeywoman.bsky.social•125 days ago

No wonder my parents' generation all got dentures by the time they were 25 years old

voiceofkiki.bsky.social•125 days ago

I was going to make a nostalgic comment about the halcyon days when we got off our heads on sugary cereals...

Then I remembered that I have boxes of Lucky Charms in the kitchen right now. So obviously I never grew out of that phase. 😆

ita99.bsky.social•125 days ago

They were tasty.

magnysvoss.bsky.social•125 days ago

I remember seeing this a while back & wondering if it was real. Always gotten the impression he’d be disgusted with McDonalds. There’s many American dishes I fear would’ve scarred him for life.

I’ve heard he loved shepherds pie. If he experienced my mom’s version he’d probably call it a travesty.

seaewenext2sday.bsky.social•125 days ago

Jelly Tots & Spangles were where it was at

garygcrook77.bsky.social•125 days ago

Can I just say, I hope your Dad did write this because I 100% agree with the sentiments about McDonald's written in this excerpt.

hugoagogo69.bsky.social•125 days ago

Tell them about the honey, Dunckey

lewiespearman.bsky.social•125 days ago

rotortorture.bsky.social•125 days ago

Ok I was one year older, but my dad took me to see Watership Down. You’d have remembered that, Smacks or no

wijisworld.bsky.social•125 days ago

Unless it’s verified by you or his estate, it’s not real.

Damn those Sugar Smacks were crack back then.

vixygirl58.bsky.social•125 days ago

Not the point but that is an A+ joke

bookon.bsky.social•125 days ago

My 70's experience was also spent under the influence of Sugar Smacks.

mellyabielle.bsky.social•124 days ago

If memory serves, all those old Mirabelle “Bowie day in the life” things were actually written by an assistant (Cherry Vanilla, maybe? God, the 70s were weird.) They were presented as being by him but were later revealed to be totally fictional.

mspottingshed.bsky.social•124 days ago

Yes, the name "Cherry Vanilla" popped into my head when reading this thread last night, but I couldn't remember whether she was linked to the Mirabelle diaries or not. Seems - from DB's own mouth - she very much was: https://www.bowiewonderworld.com/diaries/diary.htm

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