Remembering the 5 minute puppet/cartoon shows on bbc 70's
Tony Mulligan
I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the BBC1
6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
in no particular order.
Magic Roundabout
Hector's House
Rhubarb and Custard
Captain Pugwash
(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
Noggin The Nog
I'm certain there were more.
Kenneth Butler
a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) writes:
>I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the BBC1
>6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
>here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
>in no particular order.
>Magic Roundabout
>Hector's House
>Rhubarb and Custard
Actually "Roobarb", and I think "Custard" may have been spelt oddly too.
>Captain Pugwash
>(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
Rings a bell, but not enough to give it a name.
>Noggin The Nog
>I'm certain there were more.
How about:
Crystal Tipps and Alistair (girl and dog: very 70s psychedelic)
The Adventures of Parsley (5-minute spinoff of "The Herbs")
Ivor the Engine.
There must have been more...
Ken.
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Michael Swift
In article <avm-270996...@avm.vip.best.com>, Tony Mulligan
<a...@best.com> writes
>I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the BBC1
>6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
>here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
>
>in no particular order.
>
>Magic Roundabout
>Hector's House
>Rhubarb and Custard
>(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
>
>I'm certain there were more.
How about The Wombles, the one with Kenneth Williams and the best of
the lot The Perishers, but then they may have all been later, age plays
tricks with time.
Mike
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James Porritt
> In article <avm-270996...@avm.vip.best.com>, Tony Mulligan
> <a...@best.com> writes
> > I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the
> > BBC1 6'o'clock news throughout the seventies. here are the ones I
> > remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
> >
----[snip]----
>
> ...the one with Kenneth Williams ...
----[snip]----
That'll be 'Willow the Wisp'. Who else found this program a bit scary? I used
to have nightmares about Evil Edna. :)
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Mark Buckley/ Meriel Lewis
In article <52if7f$i...@morgoth.sfu.ca>, Kenneth Butler <kbu...@sfu.ca>
writes
>a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) writes:
>
snip
>>(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
Noah and Nelly - she saved them from certain disaster every week by knitting
something eg a teapot!
>
>
>
>>I'm certain there were more.
>
>How about:
>
>Crystal Tipps and Alistair (girl and dog: very 70s psychedelic)
>The Adventures of Parsley (5-minute spinoff of "The Herbs")
>Ivor the Engine.
(I_f_or shurley - Ed.)
>
>There must have been more...
>
what about:
The Clangers
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Paddington
???
Posting from an over the hill BBC fan
--
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Paul Rhodes
kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
>>Rhubarb and Custard
>
>Actually "Roobarb", and I think "Custard" may have been spelt oddly too.
Custard was spelled Custard, but originally it was just Roobarb
anyway.
>>(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
Noah and Nellie?
>There must have been more...
Willo the Wisp
The Perishers
...
Paul
X201
>>I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the BBC1
>>6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
>>here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
>>
>>in no particular order.
>>
>>Magic Roundabout
>>Hector's House
>>Rhubarb and Custard
>>Captain Pugwash
>>(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
>>Noggin The Nog
>>
>>I'm certain there were more.
What about Paddington Bear and Ivor the Engine?
Paul
X201
"227 King Lears, and I can't remember the first line"
Tony Mulligan
Thanks for all the memory jogging posts everyone, Sir Prancelot, indeed
was one that I was trying to remember.
The longest running of these i think was 'The Magic Roundabout' did it get
the chop because Mary Whitehouse types complained about Dylan's character
or something ridiculous?
I seem to remember a similar story relating to the demise of Noddy.
Anyone care to add?
In article <84393991...@kolinahr.demon.co.uk>,
Tr...@kolinahr.demon.co.uk (Modern Day Warrior) wrote:
> a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) wrote:
>
> >I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before
the BBC1
> >6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
> >here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please
contribute.
>
> >in no particular order.
>
> >Magic Roundabout
> >Hector's House
> >Rhubarb and Custard
> >Captain Pugwash
> >(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
> >Noggin The Nog
>
> >I'm certain there were more.
>
> Ivor The Engine
> Sir Prancelot (Am I the only person to remember this one, a sorta
> medieval Captain Pugwash by John Ryan?)
> Abbot And Costello (this was a 5 min cartoon a bit like those dreadful
> Laurel and Hardy Ones)
> Ludwig (now what was that guy on????)
> Crystal Tips And Alaistair
Mad Scientist
In article <waa13BAz...@hemulen.demon.co.uk>, Mark Buckley/ Meriel
Lewis <mer...@hemulen.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <52if7f$i...@morgoth.sfu.ca>, Kenneth Butler <kbu...@sfu.ca>
>writes
>>a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) writes:
>>
>Noah and Nelly - she saved them from certain disaster every week by knitting
>something eg a teapot!
>>
>>
>>Crystal Tipps and Alistair (girl and dog: very 70s psychedelic)
>>The Adventures of Parsley (5-minute spinoff of "The Herbs")
>>Ivor the Engine.
>>
>
>The Clangers
>Mary, Mungo and Midge
Whoooa. In that case all I've got to say is "Joe".
>Paddington
Sir Prancelot.
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Mr AR Burford
Tony Mulligan (a...@best.com) wrote:
: Thanks for all the memory jogging posts everyone, Sir Prancelot, indeed
: was one that I was trying to remember.
: The longest running of these i think was 'The Magic Roundabout' did it get
: the chop because Mary Whitehouse types complained about Dylan's character
: or something ridiculous?
: I seem to remember a similar story relating to the demise of Noddy.
: Anyone care to add?
: In article <84393991...@kolinahr.demon.co.uk>,
: Tr...@kolinahr.demon.co.uk (Modern Day Warrior) wrote:
A small point: the BBC 6 O'Clock News was an innovation of the 1980s.
The news always used to come on at 5.40 or thereabouts in the olden days,
with Nationwide being on at 6.00.
The Skylark programme you're trying to remember was called something like
Noah and Nelly's Adventures Aboard the Skylark - Noah and Nelly were the two
main characters, anyway.
You've missed out programmes like Will o' the Wisp (voiced by Kenneth Williams)
with Evil Edna, the nasty TV set character.
Also there was Henry's Cat (a bit like Roobarb and Custard, but I always thought
Roobarb and Custard was better, personally).
Andrew Burford.
gillian.hardy
Mr AR Burford (burf...@sun1.bham.ac.uk) offered these words of wisdom:
: The Skylark programme you're trying to remember was called something like
: Noah and Nelly's Adventures Aboard the Skylark
It was just called Noah and Nelly.
Also:-
The Wombles
Heads and Tails
...and one voiced by Keith Michell whose name escapes me at the moment.
Gillian
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Tony Bullock
> >>Magic Roundabout
> >>Hector's House
> >>Rhubarb and Custard
> >>Captain Pugwash
> >>(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
> >>Noggin The Nog
> >>
> >>I'm certain there were more.
>
Willow the Wisp (with Evil Edna!)
Noah and Nellie (that's the All aboard the skylark one).
Cheers,
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Tony Marshall
burf...@sun1.bham.ac.uk (Mr AR Burford) wrote:
>You've missed out programmes like Will o' the Wisp (voiced by Kenneth Williams)
>with Evil Edna, the nasty TV set character.
>Also there was Henry's Cat (a bit like Roobarb and Custard, but I always thought
>Roobarb and Custard was better, personally).
These all appeared in the 80s though..
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Tony Marshall
Mark Buckley/ Meriel Lewis <mer...@hemulen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Mary, Mungo and Midge
That was a dinner-time one (12.30pm ish)..
Dwsthll
"All aboard the skylark" was from, so I have been told, Noah and Nellie
Regards
David Southall
Chris Mason
: Whoooa. In that case all I've got to say is "Joe".
These were great but they were 15 minute Watch with Mother on at lunchtime
and not the 5 minute bits before the news that we're talking about.
Chris
P.S. Did anybody actually like Crystal Tips and Alistair or did everyone,
like me, think that it was a load of arty crap designed by adults with no idea
of what children like.
Mike Plowman
Mark Buckley/ Meriel Lewis <mer...@hemulen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>The Clangers
>Mary, Mungo and Midge
>Paddington
I don't think Mary, Mungo and Midge ever occupied the 5.40 slot as
they were 15 mins long. They were a watch With Mother prog.
Sir Prancealot
Ivor The Engine
Cpt Pugwash
Crystal Tips & Alastair
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paul....@liffe.com (Paul Rhodes) wrote:
>Willo the Wisp
>The Perishers
Fred Basset? (with Leonard Rossiter doing the narration)
Merlin
Barbapapa
(A metamorphosising blob family)
Little Blue
(A little elephant who bit his mummy's fountain pen in two in the bath
and the ink stained him for life - poor sod)
Barbar
(French elephant, which was crap)
The Saga of Noggin the Nog
(A Norse-type saga from Postgate/Firmin. Who could forget Draculus?)
God, I'm having a nostalgia day today!
--
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Ian Collier
In article <52m7ku$6...@orac.sunderland.ac.uk>, aa1...@zen.sunderland.ac.uk (gillian.hardy) wrote:
> Heads and Tails
Another dinnertime one, surely?
Ian Collier - i...@comlab.ox.ac.uk - WWW Home Page:
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/ian.collier/index.html
Andy Davidson
zra...@aixpanic.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Chris Mason) :
>P.S. Did anybody actually like Crystal Tips and Alistair or did everyone,
>like me, think that it was a load of arty crap designed by adults with no idea
>of what children like.
It used to scare the crap out of me. The way they moved thier arm and
legs, as if they were splinted was pretty scary. That plus the
"heavy" music all added up to a very nasty piece of work.
I remember the Perishers - that was quite a fun one.
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Andy Davidson
paul....@liffe.com (Paul Rhodes) :
>Noah and Nellie?
>>There must have been more...
>Willo the Wisp
>The Perishers
>...
Don't forget Fred Bassett
Andy Davidson
a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) :
>Thanks for all the memory jogging posts everyone, Sir Prancelot, indeed
>was one that I was trying to remember.
>The longest running of these i think was 'The Magic Roundabout' did it get
>the chop because Mary Whitehouse types complained about Dylan's character
>or something ridiculous?
>I seem to remember a similar story relating to the demise of Noddy.
>Anyone care to add?
More power to Channel 4, then, for reviving Magic Roundabout in the
early 1990s, as a filler before the breakfast news.
Julian Barkway
In article <52if7f$i...@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
kbu...@sfu.ca (Kenneth Butler) wrote:
=> >(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
=>
=> Rings a bell, but not enough to give it a name.
Noah and Nellie.
And while were on the subject, don't forget 'The Clangers'!
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My god, I have been out of the country a very long time then.
cheers.
In article <84409777...@adavids.demon.co.uk>,
Tony Mulligan
Good analysis, boring arty experimentation it was, a better choice for one
of these five minute spots would have been the work of someone truely arty
which was fantastic like Tony Hart from Vision-on who did the Morph
clay-mations. Did morph ever get his own five minutes of fame?
Just the name, Crystal Tips and Alistair put me off.
In article <52o9sb$1...@newsserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>,
Tony Marshall
zra...@aixpanic.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Chris Mason) wrote:
>Mad Scientist (ru...@antigrav.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: >Mary, Mungo and Midge
>: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>: Whoooa. In that case all I've got to say is "Joe".
>
>These were great but they were 15 minute Watch with Mother on at lunchtime
>and not the 5 minute bits before the news that we're talking about.
>
>Chris
>
>
>P.S. Did anybody actually like Crystal Tips and Alistair or did everyone,
>like me, think that it was a load of arty crap designed by adults with no idea
>of what children like.
I was always amazed by that drawing style - how did they get all those
smooth colour shades?!
Richard Evans
Merlin (mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Little Blue
: (A little elephant who bit his mummy's fountain pen in two in the bath
: and the ink stained him for life - poor sod)
Uh - uh. This was an ITV prog - and also more like lunch time than 5.40
So how about somebody providing a list of all the genuine ones mentioned in
this thread ?
richard
(writing as a viewer naturally...)
gillian.hardy
Ian Collier (i...@ecs.ox.ac.uk) offered these words of wisdom:
: In article <52m7ku$6...@orac.sunderland.ac.uk>, aa1...@zen.sunderland.ac.uk (gillian.hardy) wrote:
: > Heads and Tails
: Another dinnertime one, surely?
No. It was occasionally on on an evening, usually when the Beeb had run
out of Wombles and Magic Roundabouts to show. Later on (beginning of the
80s) it got shown more regularly on an afternoon.
Gillian (who remembered that the Keith Michell thing that was on around
the same time as Will O The Wisp was called Captain Beaky!)
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Gareth Randall
>>Magic Roundabout
>>Hector's House
>>Rhubarb and Custard
>>Captain Pugwash
Noah and Nelly.
>>Noggin The Nog
>>
>>I'm certain there were more.
>How about The Wombles, the one with Kenneth Williams
Willo The Wisp.
> and the best of
>the lot The Perishers, but then they may have all been later, age plays
>tricks with time.
Ivor the Engine, plus the one that everyone always forgets - Fred
Bassett. Was Ludwig in the just-before-the-news slot too, or did that
come straight after Play School?
Gareth
Liz Prigg
ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
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English accent." - Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) 1904
Chris Simon
Kenneth Butler (kbu...@sfu.ca) wrote:
: a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) writes:
: >I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the BBC1
: >6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
: >here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
: >in no particular order.
: >Magic Roundabout
: >Hector's House
: >Rhubarb and Custard
: Actually "Roobarb", and I think "Custard" may have been spelt oddly too.
: >Captain Pugwash
: >(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
Noah and Nelly !
also the foreign one (czech/polish ??)about a mole, I think it was called
'the mole' !!
Did 'tales of the river bank' ever have this evening time slot ??
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> ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
> >paul....@liffe.com (Paul Rhodes) wrote:
> >
> >>Willo the Wisp
> >>The Perishers
> >Fred Basset? (with Leonard Rossiter doing the narration)
>
> Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
I'm sure it was Shtcuf-shtcuf-shtcuf....
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Bruce Munro
In article <Oy+sZ5Av...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>,
Merlin <mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>The Saga of Noggin the Nog
>(A Norse-type saga from Postgate/Firmin. Who could forget Draculus?)
Surely it was Graculus?
Then there was Nookah his wife, Thor Nogson and Nogbad the Bad. Oh yes
and his son Knut.
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flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for
them to die of boredom." - Danny Blanchflower
Tony Mulligan
>Are you confusing noggin with asterix?
Tony Marshall
p...@jporritt.demon.co.uk (James Porritt) wrote:
>In article <32502458...@news.demon.co.uk> l...@my-home.demon.co.uk (Liz Prigg) wrote:
>
>> ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
>> >paul....@liffe.com (Paul Rhodes) wrote:
>> >
>> >>Willo the Wisp
>> >>The Perishers
>> >Fred Basset? (with Leonard Rossiter doing the narration)
>>
>> Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
>
>I'm sure it was Shtcuf-shtcuf-shtcuf....
>
I'm sure it was Pshhtcuh Pshhtcuh...
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david jones
Tony Mulligan (a...@best.com) wrote:
: Thanks for all the memory jogging posts everyone, Sir Prancelot, indeed
: was one that I was trying to remember.
: The longest running of these i think was 'The Magic Roundabout' did it get
: the chop because Mary Whitehouse types complained about Dylan's character
: or something ridiculous?
The more likely explanation is that the Froggies stopped making episodes
for Emma Thompson's dad to dub. That or Mr. Thompson got sick of doing
it.
I actually saw an episode of the US dub. Awful experience. No relation
at all to the UK version. Very disconcerting.
: I seem to remember a similar story relating to the demise of Noddy.
: Anyone care to add?
Only that such stories usually turn out to be untrue, as with the
infamous legends around C*pt*in P*gw*sh. As Northern Exposure put
it "Things become extinct". End of Story.
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Merlin
In article <19961002....@jporritt.demon.co.uk>, James Porritt
<p...@jporritt.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <32502458...@news.demon.co.uk> l...@my-home.demon.co.uk (Liz
>Prigg) wrote:
>
>> ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
>> >paul....@liffe.com (Paul Rhodes) wrote:
>> >
>> >>Willo the Wisp
>> >>The Perishers
>> >Fred Basset? (with Leonard Rossiter doing the narration)
>>
>> Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
>
>I'm sure it was Shtcuf-shtcuf-shtcuf....
>
"Prrshticupf"
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Merlin
In article <52u15c$9...@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>, Bruce Munro
<bocm...@bnsgh444.bnr.co.uk> writes
>In article <Oy+sZ5Av...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>,
>Merlin <mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>The Saga of Noggin the Nog
>>(A Norse-type saga from Postgate/Firmin. Who could forget Draculus?)
>
>Surely it was Graculus?
Was it? Well I never. Still, that's the problem when there is no credit
at the end "G(D)raculus as Himself"
--
Merlin
Bruce Munro
In article <F3N+ohA$W4UyEwT$@etinarc.demon.co.uk>,
I shall check it out on Saturday. I'm off to see my folks for the weekend
and shall use the opportunity to consult my copy of _Noggin and the Moon
Mouse_.
Liz Prigg
Zp...@jporritt.demon.co.uk (James Porritt) wrote:
>In article <32502458...@news.demon.co.uk> l...@my-home.demon.co.uk (Liz Prigg) wrote:
>> Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
>
>I'm sure it was Shtcuf-shtcuf-shtcuf....
Humph! Next you'll be telling me Dye Evans wasn't Scottish ;-)
cho...@vms.ocom.okstate.edu
In article <52rgdk$k...@wulfrun.demon.co.uk>, r...@wulfrun.demon.co.uk (Chris Simon) writes:
> Kenneth Butler (kbu...@sfu.ca) wrote:
> : a...@best.com (Tony Mulligan) writes:
>
> : >I am trying to recall as many of the short capers that came on before the BBC1
> : >6'o'clock news throughout the seventies.
> : >here are the ones I remember. If anyone can think of any more please contribute.
>
> : >in no particular order.
>
> : >Magic Roundabout
> : >Hector's House
> : >Rhubarb and Custard
>
> : Actually "Roobarb", and I think "Custard" may have been spelt oddly too.
>
> : >Captain Pugwash
>
> : >(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
>
> Noah and Nelly !
>
> also the foreign one (czech/polish ??)about a mole, I think it was called
> 'the mole' !!
>
> Did 'tales of the river bank' ever have this evening time slot ??
>
> --
"Ivor the Engine"
"Sir Prancelot"
"Noggin the Nog" (still a punishable offence in Gateshead)
"Parsley (the Lion)"
David
Mad Scientist
In article <32502458...@news.demon.co.uk>, Liz Prigg <liz@my-
home.demon.co.uk> writes
>ec...@dial.pipex.com (Mike Plowman) wrote:
>>paul....@liffe.com (Paul Rhodes) wrote:
>>
>>>Willo the Wisp
>>>The Perishers
>>Fred Basset? (with Leonard Rossiter doing the narration)
>
>Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
Isn't that "chsh-t-k'ff, chsh-t-k'ff" (or was that the Klingon version:)
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In article <avm-300996...@avm.vip.best.com>, Tony Mulligan
<a...@best.com> writes
>Good analysis, boring arty experimentation it was, a better choice for one
>of these five minute spots would have been the work of someone truely arty
>which was fantastic like Tony Hart from Vision-on who did the Morph
>clay-mations.
The extremely talented Tony H. did not "do" Morph; Morph just happened
to be on his show (Take Hart). Morph was "done" by the same bloke who
did Creatue Comforts and Wallis <name?>
> Did morph ever get his own five minutes of fame?
Yes indeed - had his own show for a while (though not long).
>Just the name, Crystal Tips and Alistair put me off.
A very, very strange show - surely drug induced?
>
>In article <52o9sb$1...@newsserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>,
>zra...@aixpanic.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Chris Mason) wrote:
>
>> P.S. Did anybody actually like Crystal Tips and Alistair or did everyone,
>> like me, think that it was a load of arty crap designed by adults with no idea
>> of what children like.
I can remember talking about this at school at the time. We all agreed
with you statement above.
Mad Scientist
In article <324f1902...@news.u-net.com>, Tony Marshall
<to...@zigzag.u-net.com> writes>That was a dinner-time one (12.30pm ish)..
Nah, surely it was lunch-time (12.30pm ish).. :)
Mad Scientist
In article <AE75C316...@p015.asp.euronet.nl>, Julian Barkway
<jbar...@euronet.nl> writes
>
>And while were on the subject, don't forget 'The Clangers'!
>
Mad Scientist
In article <84393991...@kolinahr.demon.co.uk>, Modern Day Warrior
<Tr...@kolinahr.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>Sir Prancelot (Am I the only person to remember this one, a sorta
>medieval Captain Pugwash by John Ryan?)
Not at all, it was excellent - especially the theme.
Ian Collier
In article <FXA+wmAJ...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>, Merlin <mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Ivor The Engine! (Shtcum-shtcum...)
>>I'm sure it was Shtcuf-shtcuf-shtcuf....
>No. Verbatim transcript:
>"Prrshticupf"
Now come on, we've been through all this several times already. The correct
spelling is "psssh-t-cfff". It's Welsh, you see - no vowels...
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Liz Prigg
Mad Scientist <ru...@antigrav.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>The extremely talented Tony H. did not "do" Morph; Morph just happened
>to be on his show (Take Hart). Morph was "done" by the same bloke who
>did Creatue Comforts and Wallis <name?>
Wallis and Grommit creator and Oscar Winner - Nick Park.
Ian Collier
In article <3264d6d0...@news.demon.co.uk>, l...@my-home.demon.co.uk (Liz Prigg) wrote:
>Humph! Next you'll be telling me Dye Evans wasn't Scottish ;-)
Who?! Are you talking about Dai Station, perhaps?
Diane Stokes
Morph was "done" by the same bloke who
>did Creatue Comforts and Wallis <name?>
Wallis and Grommit creator and Oscar Winner - Nick Park.
I think you will find that though this is the same company (Aardman)
that Nick Park had nothing to do with it.
Liz Prigg
i...@ecs.ox.ac.uk (Ian Collier) wrote:
>In article <3264d6d0...@news.demon.co.uk>, l...@my-home.demon.co.uk (Liz Prigg) wrote:
>>Humph! Next you'll be telling me Dye Evans wasn't Scottish ;-)
>
>Who?! Are you talking about Dai Station, perhaps?
Oh I don't know Ian. This thread has made me realise I am so old that I
can't even recall my childhood memories accurately :-(
Liz Prigg
Paul Rhodes
l...@my-home.demon.co.uk (Liz Prigg) wrote:
>Mad Scientist <ru...@antigrav.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>The extremely talented Tony H. did not "do" Morph; Morph just happened
>>did Creatue Comforts and Wallis <name?>
>Wallis and Grommit creator and Oscar Winner - Nick Park.
Yes and no - Nick Park did Creature Comforts and Wallace & Gromit
(note spellings), but Morph was created by the founders of Aardman,
Peter Lord and David Sproxton, long before Park joined them.
I think Park has worked on Morph in recent years, maybe even as long
ago as The Amazing Adventures of Morph?
Paul
Gareth Randall
>>The extremely talented Tony H. did not "do" Morph; Morph just happened
>>to be on his show (Take Hart). Morph was "done" by the same bloke who
>>did Creatue Comforts and Wallis <name?>
>Wallis and Grommit creator and Oscar Winner - Nick Park.
Uh-uh. Morph was created and animated by David Sproxton and Peter
Lord, who later went on to become involved with Aardman Animations
(they may even have founded it).
Nick Park cites Sproxton and Lord among his influences, and he's
working for them now, but he must still have been a student when Morph
was in production.
Back in the early 80s, Blue Peter did a feature on Morph - Sarah
Greene went down to the studio in Bristol to take part in the filming
of a special sequence in which Morph is presented with a Blue Peter
badge. It's covered in one of the Blue Peter books (can't remember
which one, it's in the loft at the moment) and has some nice
behind-the-scenes photos, although Sproxton and Lord look really
bored!
Okay, pop quiz - who can name all the regular characters from The
Amazing Adventures of Morph?
Gareth
Ian
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> => >(All aboard the skylark?... what was the name of that one?)
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> => Rings a bell, but not enough to give it a name.
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> Noah and Nellie.
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> And while were on the subject, don't forget 'The Clangers'!
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Ian Fitter
g...@easynet.co.uk (Gareth Randall) wrote:
>Okay, pop quiz - who can name all the regular characters from The
>Amazing Adventures of Morph?
>
Errr....
Gillespie
Granpa Morph
Nailbrush
The small creatures
Chaz
Plus two female characters - one made of foil and another plasticine.
I'll have to dig out my Morph video (how sad) :)
Rgds
Ian Fitter
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Paul Rhodes
g...@easynet.co.uk (Gareth Randall) wrote:
>Uh-uh. Morph was created and animated by David Sproxton and Peter
>Lord, who later went on to become involved with Aardman Animations
>(they may even have founded it).
Yes, they did (Aardman, incidentally, was an early superhero character
of theirs. Drawn animation, I think.).
>Nick Park cites Sproxton and Lord among his influences, and he's
>working for them now, but he must still have been a student when Morph
>was in production, but he must still have been a student when Morph
>was in production.
True, but then IIRC Lord and Sproxton were still at school when they
started doing animations for Vision On.
Oh look, I've found the reference I was after when I posted to this
thread before! From the interview with Nick Park in Projections 5 (ed.
John Boorman and Walter Donohue, published by faber & faber):
"When I started [working for Aardman], I worked on a little character
called Morph. Do you remember him? He was a little Plasticine
character created for a BBC kids' programme called Take Hart. At first
I wasn't allowed to do Morph himself - I didn't have enough experience
- but I worked on his little friends and making props. [...]"
Incidentally, this was *after* Park had begun the first Wallace &
Gromit film. A Grand Day Out was his graduation project at the
National Film & Television School, although it wasn't finished until
years later.
Paul
Duncan Harvey
It was nice to read in FHM this month that the old myths about
Seaman Stains and Roger the Cabinboy in Captain Pugwash have
finally been laid to rest.
Thinking of vintage kids TV, does anybody remember an ITV series
called Oscar which concerned a rabbit who went through a dustbin
into a land of rubbish. I remember watching it before I started
school (Easter 1976) so we are going back a bit. Nobody I've
ever spoken to about TV ever remembers it. It may have been
regional (I was watching in the ATV/Central area).
I'm sure that I remember the programme and it wasn't my other
putting something dodgy into my orange squash.
So please let me know if you remember it.
Cheers
Duncan