Gilbert's Fridge

Andy Upton

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Nov 23, 2006, 2:50:04 PM11/23/06

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Does anyone remember Gilbert The Alien, who started life on a Saturday
morning kids' show called Get Fresh, and then got his own show called
"Gilberts Fridge" ?
Who can we contact to try to get this brilliant show released on DVD ?

the dog from that film you saw

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Nov 23, 2006, 2:39:45 PM11/23/06

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"Andy Upton" <andrew...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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I think your memories have been through the filter of childhood - i recall
it as being non brilliant (!)

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Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
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James Hopkinson

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Nov 23, 2006, 4:08:04 PM11/23/06

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I loved this show, the voice was done by Phil Cornwell, and it's the only
decent thing Tyne Tees have made since "The Tube". I remember the Geordie
Potato fancier , and "How far to Hitchen" POW sketches particularly fondly,
but time may have coloured my memories, it may actually be awful ( and I was
about 20 at the time!)

Tosh

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Nov 23, 2006, 4:41:25 PM11/23/06

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James Hopkinson spoke thusly:

You must be dreaming, but not in clour cos us human gadgers aren't
equiped to do that.
Was it Michaela on his Sunny Jolly Hols?

Plinth!

Andy Upton

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Nov 23, 2006, 6:01:13 PM11/23/06

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Eh ?
I've had loads of dreams in colour !
I stand by my statement - Gilberts Fridge was BRILLIANT !
Rib - achingly funny.
But getting back to my question - is there anywhere we can petition for this
show to appear on DVD ?
Come on, Gilbert fans - there must be more than two of us !
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Tosh

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Nov 24, 2006, 2:46:23 PM11/24/06

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Andy Upton spoke thusly:
> Eh ?

maybe I remember it better than you tyhen :)

> I've had loads of dreams in colour !

One of the regular sketches alwayes ended with Gilbert saying that.

> I stand by my statement - Gilberts Fridge was BRILLIANT !
> Rib - achingly funny.

It was fantastic, I even still have the poster magazine with extra
plinths. There was also a show called gilbert's late but that wasn't
shown nationwide, you had to be a north eastern gadger to see that as it
was Tyne Tees only.

> But getting back to my question - is there anywhere we can petition for this
> show to appear on DVD ?
> Come on, Gilbert fans - there must be more than two of us !

I'd buy it in an instant but I doubt we'll ever see it.
there are a few bits on youtube Gis the Dosh and a cokking segment with
Rusty lee.

James Hopkinson

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Nov 24, 2006, 3:44:58 PM11/24/06

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I meant "coloured" in the sense of "rose coloured glasses" (i.e. through a
figurative filter- which in this case would be the passage of time and
nostalgia) and I didn't mention 'dreams' at all. I am sure it is still very
funny, but often revisiting the past ( and again I don't mean literally) can
be dissapointing.

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Andy Upton

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Nov 24, 2006, 6:51:38 PM11/24/06

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It was Tosh who mentioned the dreams in colour.
I didn't realise you meant the "rose - coloured glasses" sort of colour !
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Bondee

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Nov 26, 2006, 9:17:24 AM11/26/06

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> a cokking segment with
> Rusty lee.

I *really* hope that was a typo!
; )

Andy Upton

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Nov 26, 2006, 1:17:35 PM11/26/06

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Gawd, remember Rusty Lee ?
That laugh of hers was like fingernails scraping down a blackboard !
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