BBC Radio 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 turned the dial back to 1967 (and many dates in between) to celebrate their 40th birthdays at the weekend. Tony Blackburn, Michael Aspel, Smashie and Nicey... it was almost enough to have me missing the old days. What about you?
Smashie and Nicey, the creations of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, guest presenting Pick of the Pops yesterday afternoon, were the highlight for me.
"Once upon a time Radio 1 and 2 were populated by truly great DJs and people listened to them," announced Smashie. Or was it Nicey?
"To me everything's funny except immigration... great mate."
Aspel was back on Radio 2 with Family Favourites, along with Ed Stewart and a special edition of Junior Choice, while the likes of Blackburn, Mark Goodier and Bruno Brooks rolled up on Radio 1.
The combined effect was to remind you of an age when radio shows were not necessarily better but a lot less cluttered - no incessant appeals for listener texts, relentless plugging of digital radio and the web and studios full of sycophantic underlings lapping up the DJ's lame gags.
A repeat of Kenny Everett's first Radio 2 show from 1982 also reminded us how radio simply done can also be the best.
There were lots of 40th birthday shows on Radio 4 as well, the pick of which was probably a spoof This Is Your Life starring Stephen Fry and Matt Lucas. Worthy of a chuckle or too, although not many more, it was as warm and predictable as Radio 4 itself.
Alas the show that I really wanted to hear again - Noel Edmonds' old Radio 1 weekend show, "live from Perkins Grange in Dingley Dell" - wasn't part of the birthday celebrations. Maybe we will have to wait for the 50th anniversary for that one.
