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Post by Claire on Mar 13, 2011 12:14:13 GMT 1
Ok folks, a couple of requests for a thread/poll for your fav children's TV shows from your youth. Feel free to discuss anything related to them and list your favs so I can set up a poll. Oh and while we are on the subject here is a link to a similar thread we did a while back, although it was horsy TV shows: ponybooks.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ponyfilms&action=display&thread=132Loved Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, The Clangars as already mentioned. Also who can remember Fingerbobs and Pipkins and going back a bit further Andy Pandy and Muffin the Mule?
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Post by garej on Mar 13, 2011 12:32:01 GMT 1
I cant remember Fingerbobs and Pipkins/Andy Pandy/Muffin the Mule though.
I have mentioned Bagpuss though really I dont remember it from a child, as I discovered it as a teenager.
Trying to think what I watched. Loved Fun House and was disappointed because I didnt get to go on it. I remember when I was little that Pat Sharp said that they went to the schools to pick the contestants. Only they didnt go to my school *stamps foot*.
I also loved T-Bag, and watched the Famous Five (1990s version), as well as the late 1980s version of Tom's Midnight Garden (bought that on VHS last year) and the early 1990s adaptation of the The Castle of Adventure (again bought on VHS). Also loved watching Thundercats and He Man.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2011 14:35:28 GMT 1
Fingerbobs, yes remember those. Banana splits, Blue Peter, Magpie (I preferred this to Blue Peter) Clangers, Thunderbirds, Wacky Races, Scooby Do, Watch with Mother, How!, Vision On (loved that music when they did the gallery bit) do, do do do, do do dooo do do.
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Post by susanb on Mar 13, 2011 18:16:56 GMT 1
;-) I suspect that the various countries/regions will diverge here far more than we do as regards books, which have definitely traveled the world more than their tv counterparts! A lot of cartoons were around when I was a child...most are (gulp) classics now! I had a lot of Hanna Barbara favorites: The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, The Jetsons....there was even a cartoon version of Charlie Chan called The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, which is historically notable in that it was the only time an Asian (Keye Luke) played the part of Charlie Chan. Then of course there were the Warner Brothers stable of faves: Bugs Bunny, Marvin Martian, Daffy Duck etc. One import I was addicted to was Kimba, the White Lion, which was in the first wave of Japanimation....talk about PC, Kimba was a vegetarian lion! I never got into Disney's cartoons (most of which I found irritating), but did love many of their live action shows (Disney is the reason a lot of little American girls wanted to grow up to be Haley Mills ) The cartoon gems were the Charlie Brown specials...while not a weekly series, I'd say they appeared regularly enough to count. I particularly loved the Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Easter shows. Live action shows ran the gamut from The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family and Banana Splits, which were entertainment driven, to the shows that were supposed to teach you something, like Sesame Street, The Electric Company and Zoom. People almost always assume that Sesame Street swept the boards when it came to children's tv awards, but during it's run, Schoolhouse Rock was the big winner, and LOVED by many children. Weird, because it was ENTIRELY educational, but in such short, fun bursts that it didn't seem like it. They each only a few minutes long, musical and animated, and ran along with the commercials between other shows. The topic could be language (Grammar Rock), history (History Rock) or mathematics (Multiplication Rock) and each focused narrowly on one bit of info. Here's "Noun" from Grammar Rock www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/grammar-rock-nouns/9932dc9a934dc0c03d3a9932dc9a934dc0c03d3a-415424054126?q=schoolhouse+rock+noun&FORM=VIRE5History Rock on Women's Sufferage (women get the vote)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2011 19:14:47 GMT 1
Tom and Jerry and Danger mouse
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Post by Claire on Mar 13, 2011 20:17:12 GMT 1
Susan we also got a lot of the US stuff like the Flintstones, The Jetsons and the Brady Bunch, Patridge family (yuk!) I also liked Top Cat and loved Hong Kong Fooey (one of the few cartoons where a cat always came out on top! I didnt like Tom and Jerry as I hated that insufferable mouse and as for Tweetie Pie..... ) Liked Sylvester tho! Bugs Bunny, especially that classic cartoon where they do a hilarious take off of a Wagner opera. Rainbow (which I can't think of now without an extremely rude version of the theme tune running thru my head!) Playaway with Brian Cant ;D Mary, Mungo and Midge. I suspect the age gaps between us will also throw up a few differences in our favs. I seem to remember when I was an oldish teenager that the childrens programmes went rapidly downhill.
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Post by susanb on Mar 13, 2011 20:57:46 GMT 1
I'd forgotten Top Cat and Hong Kong Phooey....loved those too! Both were Hanna-Barbara productions, as was Yogi Bear, another I'd left off my list!
Re Bugs...loved the opera ones....I think the one you're thinking of was to The Ride of the Valkyrie (kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!). There was another set to Barber of Saville which was also hysterical.
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Post by garej on Mar 13, 2011 21:18:01 GMT 1
Oh and I remember the early 1990s version of The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Post by Claire on Mar 13, 2011 21:18:04 GMT 1
That 'kill the wabbit' line became a classic in our family as every time we heard that piece of music one of us would sing it. Still do as a matter of fact ;D
Lassie and Skippy the kangaroo! The Lone Ranger ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2011 21:35:40 GMT 1
Top cat liked. And I only watched the Partridge family coz I fancied David Cassidy
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Post by trixiepony on Mar 14, 2011 8:17:25 GMT 1
Little House on the Prairie, and Bewitched and Skippy, Gentle Ben, I dream of Jeannie and the Brady Bunch, oh to many.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 11:30:52 GMT 1
Just thought of another one...Batman
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Post by Claire on Mar 14, 2011 13:44:54 GMT 1
Hated Little House on the Prairie! We should have a poll for worst as well as best All the horsy ones of course, plus Lizzie Dripping and Catweazle.
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Post by garej on Mar 14, 2011 15:05:01 GMT 1
Oh yeah I did watch Blue Peter. My cousin was on Blue Peter as well as my ex, never got that accolade myself.
Loved Rainbow and The Jetsons. Watched Little House on the Piarie, but didnt like it, but it was better than nothing. Liked Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo. Seen later ones with Yabba Doo, which was rubbish.
Hated Sesame Street. I know there are more though, but like Claire says we had a lot of USA cartoons in the UK (and sadly we still have a lot of them over here at the expense of our own productions).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 19:25:54 GMT 1
I couldn't stand Catweazel, but I've never heard of Lizzie Dripping What was that all about? Hectors House and Postman Pat
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Post by Claire on Mar 14, 2011 20:38:58 GMT 1
Lizzie Dripping was a rather weird kids show about a girl who could see a witch no-one else could. Written by childrens writer Helen Cresswell and the girl who played it was later a presenter on Blue Peter. Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Dripping
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 20:57:03 GMT 1
Thanks Claire. I don't know how but that one completely passed me by, I don't remember it at all. Anyone remember The Tomorrow People?
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Post by garej on Mar 14, 2011 21:33:03 GMT 1
I dont remember Lizzie Dripping, but I do remember a programme called Simon and the Witch.
Does anyone remember Henry's Cat?
rosie: Which Tommorow People? The 1970s or the 1990s version (or both)?
Anyone else remember Button Moon or Pigeon Street? Or Count Duckula or The Family Ness? Or Dangermouse?
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Post by vera on Mar 14, 2011 22:25:41 GMT 1
wow, we didn't HAVE tv when I was a child! (Now you know how old I really am.) In my early teens, there was Zorro, Skippy, Dr Who. We actually had the best of it, because we got good American and good British shows and any Aussie show had to be very good indeed to compete. My young adult children are complaining that the current kids shows are nowhere near the quality they used to have. Some of their favourites were Twins of Destiny, Bel and Sebastian, Cities of Gold. They also loved The Brady Bunch and had a fellow feeling because for a couple of years there I had my three plus three step grandchildren, ranging in age from 4 to 14. we had to have two tvs so the older ones were not stuck with baby shows and the younger ones didn't have to watch Degrassi Junior High and the like. The middle ones were torn between which to watch, so they usually ended up playing outside! Just a note on Degrassi, the kids watched it before they got to high school to prepare for what might happen; when they got to high school it was nothing like deGrassi. I told them it was probably a cultural difference but they had no idea the was Canadian. Susanb I loved Kimba the White Lion. Also liked Daktari, with Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion. That BBc series of the Narnia Chronicles was a big favourite with the children. Cheers,
Vera
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Post by Claire on Mar 14, 2011 22:41:15 GMT 1
Garej you'll be too young to remember Lizzie Dripping as I dont think they repeated it after the 70s.
Yes we used to watch Dr. Who too, was always on Saturday teatime and was quite scary! ;D I remember Dangermouse as 'Del Boy' David Jason did the voice, but I think I was pretty old when that was on. Anyone know when it first appeared?
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Post by kunuma on Mar 14, 2011 22:51:47 GMT 1
As a young child we were not allowed to watch anything except Blue Peter! Cartoons were absolutely forbidden, strange when you think how kids today are glued to them 24/7! Still feel guilty watching cartoons to this day................parents! Think I am in the wrong country when it comes to TV, all my favourite progs, then and now, are always American or Canadian. Lets see, cartoons when I eventually got to watch them, the Hanna Barbara ones (sp?) the Flintstones, Wacky Racers, Top Cat,Scooby Doo and some weird thing with a National Park and a dopey bear?? Avoiding the obvious horsy ones, I would watch cowboy films till the cows came home!! Bonanza, Lone Ranger, Stagecoach? and what was that one with the 'git them doggies rollin' song? The Partridge Family of course, though I was a Donny fan, and anyone remember the Monkees?? LOVED Bewitched (still do) and I Dream of Jeannie. The Waltons!!! Rin Tin Tin, The Littlest Hobo, Lassie,Skippy and Flipper. Desperately trying to think of any English ones I liked, can only come up with the aforementioned Monkees, Dr Who (only liked the early ones, can't stand it now)and the Carry On Films. The Men from Uncle, Sapphire and Steel,Champions, Mission Impossible, that weird thing filmed in Wales with the ball in the sea - The Prisoner, but they were not really for children I suppose. PS Rosie not only did I fancy Scott too - but I found myself today trying to work out how old he would be now? ? ;D So Thunderbirds of course, FireballXL5, Stingray( how I envied Marina).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2011 7:50:39 GMT 1
It'll be handbags at dawn for us two then Kunuma ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2011 7:54:01 GMT 1
I didn't know there was a 1990s version Yes I remember Dangermouse and Count Duckula and the Monkeys. I loved the old Doctor Who. The Cybermen scared the pants off me And the bit where they were in the underground train tunnels always sticks in my mind
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Post by garej on Mar 15, 2011 10:56:54 GMT 1
I loved the old Doctor Who. The Cybermen scared the pants off me And the bit where they were in the underground train tunnels always sticks in my mind I have a lot of the old Doctor Who DVDs. There is not a story which the Cybermen were in a underground train tunnels however. I think you mean The Invasion (especially if it was black and white), where they were in London Victorian sewers, which I suppose could look like tunnels (especially if you remember them with St Paul's Cathedral in the background). The Invasion is on DVD, and is my favourite classic (old) Doctor Who to date (admittedly I dont own them all). # There was one which did involve the Underground, but it was the Yeti and sadly that is lost.
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Post by garej on Mar 15, 2011 11:07:23 GMT 1
My young adult children are complaining that the current kids shows are nowhere near the quality they used to have. Yeah on another forum we were complaining about this. We have a wide range of ages - I mean we have people who have been there since they are 14. I think the youngest is 15, so we are talking about quite recent programmes, not 15+ years ago. Anyway, someone said when that they complained to the presenter of some programme (think it was either Dick or Dom), and they got a written type written apology from the presenter! Only the letter had "Not!" written in big letters that was clearly handwritten. I think that a lot of programmes are based on cheap things and crude humour. A lot of them seem to be based on crude humour i.e. farting and bad manners. The only thing I do admit to watching is The Sarah Jane Adventures, which is actually quite good. Some of the actual storylines are written better than the more adult Doctor Who.
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Post by garej on Mar 15, 2011 11:10:41 GMT 1
some weird thing with a National Park and a dopey bear?? That was Yogi Bear. It has been recently remade into a film.
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Post by vera on Mar 15, 2011 11:21:15 GMT 1
keep those dogies rolling was Rawhide with an absolutely gorgeous Clint Eastwood. I used to know the names of the four Bonanza horses, but only remember Cooch now. I have some Mr Ed on dvd. Weird show. I loved little House on the Praire; the books are better. Was there an old Anne of Green Gables tv series or is that new?
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Post by Claire on Mar 15, 2011 12:45:04 GMT 1
OMG forgot all about The Monkees! Loved 'em. Can still sing all the songs.
Kunuma to be fair to you a lot of the kids programmes back then were American, especially the cartoons.
Can anyone remember Why Don't You? I recall it had a message to the effect of 'why don't you switch off your TV and do something more interesting' which was slightly ironic considering it was a TV show. ;D Can't imagine the producers of a show today trying to encourage kids to get away from the TV - quite the opposite!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2011 13:24:33 GMT 1
I loved the old Doctor Who. The Cybermen scared the pants off me And the bit where they were in the underground train tunnels always sticks in my mind I have a lot of the old Doctor Who DVDs. There is not a story which the Cybermen were in a underground train tunnels however. I think you mean The Invasion (especially if it was black and white), where they were in London Victorian sewers, which I suppose could look like tunnels (especially if you remember them with St Paul's Cathedral in the background). The Invasion is on DVD, and is my favourite classic (old) Doctor Who to date (admittedly I dont own them all). # There was one which did involve the Underground, but it was the Yeti and sadly that is lost. Ah, think I might be getting the sewers and tunnels mixed up! It probably was the Yeti I'm thinking of, it was definately in black and white. What a shame it's lost
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2011 13:25:27 GMT 1
;D Yes I do remember that one.
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