Carol Beer
We are still following the career of Carol Beer and we didn't talk about travel insurance yet, did we? So we'll give you a short introductory course about it.
This time you're offered two options: the complete video of 109 seconds or the full Little Britain picture with several sketches, of which only one depicts Carol Beer and her career. What's more, she (CB) is also appearing shortly in the intro of the full movie. For this full movie to work, all you need to do is to rewind the tape to 1:24, while the scene lasts only 92 seconds. Strange but true.
Transcription
"At this travel agent, Carol Beer is once again working her nuts off."
(man) So that flight leaves Heathrow on the 8th.
(CB) Yes.
(CB) Will you be taking your wife on as hand luggage?
(man) No.
(CB) So you need two seats.
(CB) That's all booked for you.
(lady) Oh, I forgot to ask. Does that include insurance?
(CB) Computer says no.
(lady) I think we should take some out.
(CB) We do offer a very reasonable insurance package here at SunSearchers.
(man) And that covers us against accidents, does it?
(CB) Computer says no.
(man) Oh. So it just covers us against theft?
(CB) Computer says no.
(man) Medical bills?
(CB) Computer would like to refer the honourable gentleman to the answer it gave some moments ago.
(lady) Doesn't sound like it'd be much use.
(CB) No.
(lady) We'll leave it, thanks.
(CB) We do offer SunSearchers Platinum Gold Insurance.
(lady) Oh, yes?
(man) And what kind of things does that cover?
(CB) Well, last week we had a man in Barbados who lost a flip-flop. We were able to send a replacement flip-flop out to him first class.
(lady) Really?
(CB) All he had to do was cover the cost of the flight.
(CB) And the flip-flop.
(man) I think we'll forget about the insurance. Thank you.
(CB) OK, I'll just give you your tickets then.
(more peculiarities happening there …)

Chitchat
Mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, you said you couldn't call up Carol Beer during her conversation with the elderly people who wanted a cruise ('cause their golden wedding anniversary is next month). Are you planning a cruise on the Russian cargo vessel taking nuclear waste to the Baltic with all the pickled herring you can eat?

Music
Anouk is a Dutch singer who had her first hit in 1997 with Nobody's Wife, that reached number 2 in the Netherlands. She's been participating at the Eurovision Song Contest singing the song Birds in 2013 (here she's singing it live at the ESC). She is the most successful Dutch female act in the Dutch Top 40, having scored 35 hits, so it shouldn't be too hard to pick a song. We may consider this 26th day of July as Anouk's lucky day, for her song Hail was picked at random. The song was a new entry at number 37 in the chart of 26-07-2003, that's fifteen years ago. In the song, Anouk expresses her fear about the unrest in the world.
Regarding the CD single, should I put just a small picture here or do you prefer
a larger one?

Carol Beer
There is a feeling in the air that something special is going to happen to, with or near Carol Beer today (or maybe to/with her computer?). Something making us seriously curious. Let's have a look — quickly! — at this Hungarian site again. That was quick indeed. A mere 36 seconds. Could we have another look? Wait, that's even quicker, about 20 seconds and with Swedish subtitles ("En jordenrunt-kryssning, tack. Jag vill resa i mars - komma hem i september, ha första klass och det ska kosta 700 pund. Datan säger ja...") Can we have that replayed? Wow, that's 14 seconds. We better stop re-watching that, or else there will be nothing left after three more views.

Luckily we still have got two much longer videos where Carol Beer is instructing us live on stage! This video about another flight to Disney World (not PC World) lasting three minutes and there is the longer version that lasts over four minutes with that same trip to Disney World that I just mentioned plus a situation where another slow moving man with a walking stick is slowly walking in and I can promise you, you won't believe the last few seconds! (They both just disappear!)

Chitchat
Oh yes, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, I love various herring meals, like a rolmops
(that's Rollmops in German) and salted herring
(with onion sliced up in little pieces and probably a sliced up gherkin).

Did you know?
The name "rollmops" is German in origin, derived from the words rollen (to roll) and Mops (German name of pug dogs, also "blockhead").
In both Czech and Slovak the word for Rollmops, zavináč, is used for the symbol @ (at sign) in e-mail addresses.

Music
On this 27th day of July we find Patricia Paay in a rockgroup called Heart as a new entry at number 28 in the Dutch Top 40 of 27-07-1974.
The video that I chose depicts two other Heart vinyl singles. You could also pick this video or this one, with a German sleeve, or, if you want to see some more of Patricia Paay, who clearly was the heart of Heart , this one with two Heart songs. Of course, this is the Dutch band Heart, not the American band with the Wilson sisters. You do know that I'm only picking Dutch bands during this month, now do you? OK, please pronounce 'Paay' as the English word 'pie', since she formed a duo called Honeypie with her sister in 1972.
Patricia was born in Rotterdam, her sister is Yvonne Keeley (remember If I Had Words from 1977? No?), she did a lot of backing work with her sister (Bolland & Bolland, Greenfield & Cook, Golden Earring (we're hearing her high-pitched voice in Back Home (see also 18-07)), Tee-Set (backing vocals on Mary Mary (Take Me 'cross The Water) by Patricia and Yvonne plus Anita Meyer), The Cats, etc.) and she had two solo careers, first as a singer in Dutch (late 60s) and later on as a disco singer (after Heart). In 1983, she started a career taking part in The Star Sisters (again with her sister), singing songs of the Andrews Sisters. That all ended when she moved to New York for a long while with her husband Adam Curry. They came back to the Netherlands in 1999 and moved to England in 2004. A few years later she returned to the Netherlands again and divorced Adam Curry. This year, 2018, she participated in a TV programme about pottery-making.
Let's move on to the sleeve of Heart's vinyl single Lovemaker, here it is:

Carol Beer
I don't know about you, but the word 'bus' below should maybe be replaced by the word 'coach'. Just so you know. (Isn't a coach some kind of a trainer?)
Our favourite employee is now a travel agency representative who had to leave the office, maybe because it was too hot inside, and instead of sitting at a desk with a (most of the time) unwilling computer, she was sent on a bus trip to Spain.
Our instructor will introduce the video first: "Along with France and Germany, Spain is one of Europe's third world countries. Here in Mallorca, Carol Beer is the friendly face of SunSearchers Holidays."
Transcription
(first we have to hop on the bus, Gus, then make a new plan, Stan, etc. )
(man) Sunsearchers. Ah, this must be us, dear.
(lady) Morning! 'kyou.
(man) Morning!
(next we see a landscape with cliffs and a bus riding in the distance)

We interrupt this video for a short promotional clip for SunSearchers, because your holidays should be all about fun, fun, fun!
(inside the bus we see Carol Beer upfront, tapping and testing the microphone)
(CB) Hello, my name is Carol, I'm your rep, welcome to Spain! If you look to your left, you'll see Spain. If you look to your right, you'll see Spain.
(so we seem to be in Spain, which is great news!)
(CB) Now, I'm here to make sure your holiday is fun, fun, fun.
(look at the expression of sheer enthusiasm on Carol's face!)
(CB) Fun.

(as always, Carol clearly states what to do in all kinds of situations)
(CB) Any questions or problems, come to me.
(wait, there is someone on the bus calling Carol!)
(man) Excuse me! Excuse me!
(don't we recognize this man?)
(CB) Yes, old man?
(man) Sorry, sorry. My wife's feeling rather nauseous, do you think it would be possible just to... stop the coach for a moment so she can get out and get some air?
(CB) González, ¿puede parar el bus?
(man) Thank you.
(man) Yeah, thank you. Excuse me.
(lady) Ow.
(lady) Oh!
(man) OK? All right.
(CB) González, ¡vamos!
(man) OK. Yea? Must be something you had on the plane or ...
(man yelling at the bus) Hey! hey, hey, hey! hey, hey!
(bus stops)
(man reassures his wife) It's alright.
(bus proceeds)

I wonder what happened to th... What do you say? You missed out on the last half a minute of the video? Let's watch those 30 seconds again!

Chitchat
Ah, 'maatjes' (with double 'a') or 'maatjesharing' (maatjes + haring), also called 'Hollandse Nieuwe' (literally: new ones from Holland); a 'matje' is a
mullet. Owwww, in Germany they are indeed called Matjes! It's originally stemming from the word 'maagdjes' (little virgins). How Dutch are the 'Hollandse Nieuwe' now that the fish comes from Denmark, Norway and Scotland by refrigerated van - thanks to overfishing -? (rhetorical question)
I was searching the Internet and found 'Labskaus'. Personally, I don't know Labskaus or lapskaus, but it looks appealing to me.
At a market stall, there's herring with chopped onion, possibly with sliced gherkin.
It's also common to eat a 'broodje haring' (a herring sandwich) at a market booth.
Most of the time — at home — I take a piece of gingerbread with it (afterwards).
And in restaurants? They are served in lots of ways: What drink goes with herring? Herring is fat and creamy with a salty taste. It's a tricky fish to find a fine wine. In addition, chopped onions (fresh-sweet), gherkins or other pickles are often served, which does not make the choice any easier. Also not everyone loves the same type of wine. Corn wine has a refreshing effect in your mouth after a bite of the fish. I don't like beer, but you could use it as a refreshing thirst quencher after the salty, greasy herring. With a heavy (triple) beer your fish will become more of a meal. The flavours of herring and apple fit well together, so (dry) apple cider is a good option. The wine should be fresh and uplifting, non-wood-ripened, preferably somewhat minerally, and a bubble can not hurt, because that works extra refreshing. As always, the choice is yours!

More chitchat
So the @ in Danish is snabela; as I look at it at first, it seems as if 'snabel' is Danish for Dutch 'snavel' (beak of a bird), but you already told me it is an elephant's trunk (that's slurf in Dutch).
In Dutch, an @ is called 'monkey-tail', in Dutch: 'apenstaartje' (pronunciation; IPA: /ˈapəˌstartʃə/). A somewhat less used (older) term is 'slingeraap', meaning 'garland monkey', which is probably derived from slinger-a (winding 'a').

Music
On this 28th day of July we're going to have a look at the chart of 28-07-2007. Maybe you're already familiar with Red Hot Chilli Pepper's song "By The Way". In that case I'm sure there isn't much effort needed to recognize that same song in the new entry at number 37: Peter Gelderblom -- Waiting 4. Peter Gelderblom is a Dutch DJ, born in Gouda. His last hit was in 2009: Lost.
Luckily we didn't lose the sleeve of the CD single:

Carol Beer
Yesterday we arrived at the hotel. Tonight will be special, Carol is inviting us to join ... Carol's Kar-azy Karaoke Nite!
You could rewind the tape recording to 2 minutes and 59 seconds.
However, if you're unable to rewind the tape, you could use this (worse quality) video instead, or this one, where Carol will entertain you for almost one full hour (!) (because the annoying lady in the public is disturbing the performance in the end — Manuel would say: "she go crazy!" —), singing a song that we all know so well from The Pointer Sisters: I'm So Excited (and our Carol is, for sure). Don't you love the passion which Carol puts into her singing? It is so motivational. Maybe one day we will say: "Wow! What a holiday it has been". I'm sure you will agree. But first, let's see what tomorrow will bring. See you tomorrow! Don't be late.

Apenstaartje
Let's try this:
"at-sign" "other languages"

Music
Two days ago I mentioned Bolland & Bolland, two brothers who wrote the song Rock Me Amadeus for Austrian musician Falco. They also composed and recorded In the Army Now, a song made famous by British rockband Status Quo.
So, on this 29th day of July, let's have a look at the chart of 29-07-1972 and then we can ascertain a new entry at number 29 in the Dutch Top 40: Wait For The Sun by Bolland & Bolland, their second hit.
Next, we will be moving on - yes, it's two for the price of one today - to the chart of 29-07-1978 to observe a new entry at number 25 in the Dutch Top 40: Luv' -- You're The Greatest Lover. The three ladies are: Patty Brard, Marga Scheide and José Hoebee. The song was the group's international breakthrough as it was successful in a large part of Continental Europe and South Africa. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act".
(BTW, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, in 'your' Hamburg restaurant Old Commercial Room - do they still smoke there? tssk tssk - that you visited, I stumbled across the 'Tisch 16 für 6 Personen' and guess who had been sitting there? Right: Luv'! I think I'll take a sweet white wine, like a Riesling.)
Finally, let's have a look at the sleeves of both vinyl singles: and

Carol Beer
Let me reassure you: the two guests that missed the bus have found their way to the hotel by calling up the hotel (else the hotel management wouldn't have understood why two guests were missing); the two guests are confirming this: "The hotel manager was incredibly helpful, arranging a taxi to drive us to the hotel"; in this way the problem has been taken care of in a very friendly way.

On the other hand, it looks as if things are getting out of hand for Carol, as we find two guests here who complained about her.
Our video instructor introduces this video again:
"It's half past four poofs and a piano, and Carol Beer is on the war path."
Transcription
(CB) I had a call from head office this morning.
(man) Yes?
(CB) Apparently you've made a complaint about me.
(man) That's right.
(CB) Saying that I've been rude and unhelpful.
(man) Well, we have been ...
(lady) A little disappointed.
(man) A little disappointed with your attitude so far.
(CB) I tried so hard,
(CB) to make sure people have a good holiday, that's all I want.
(CB) And for someone to say I've been rude and unhelpful,
(CB) it's like a dagger through my heart.
(CB) I can never forgive myself,
(CB) I'd rather die.
(man) Look, we certainly didn't mean to upset you like this.
(lady) We'll withdraw the complaint.
(CB) Good.
(CB) Dirty s**tters. (censored)

Chitchat
Let me tell you 'bout that fancy Google link. It was invented for cases where it would be obvious to find something on the internet and instead of explaining it in words, an interface was created and later on: a real site. At http://blog.lmgtfy.com/ you can read: "When LMGTFY was first created all the way back in 2008, it did one simple thing: it gave you a tool to teach other people how to use Google's internet search." There are other initiatives, too, like e.g. Google Is Your Friend (GiyF) and LMFGTFY (you should go see for yourself what it is, maybe using http://lmgtfy.com ). Anyway, after typing your query (at your 'favourite elegant alternative search engine'), you just click 'Preview' and/or then copy the URL that you find there.

Well, I've Never Been To Spain. Oh, and cheers, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, where are my manners?

Music
Diesel. It sounds as if we are at a gas station. But we are not. We are looking at the chart of 30-07-1988 on this same day, thirty years later, and the new entry at number 39 of the Dutch Top 40 is the group Diesel with the song Samantha. The group was centered around Pim Koopman, former drummer of Kayak (of Mammoth fame).
Let's finish — since you told me you like the Finnish one a lot — with the sleeve of the vinyl single: