OK, as we got chatting about sweets from a well-spent childhood, how about testing yourself out on these? I'll post the answers later tonight:
1. What was the name of the Pogles' rabbit/squirrel friend?
2. What actor connects "Here Come The Double Deckers" with "It Ain't Half Hot Mum"?
3. How was it possible to tell the difference between Pinky and Perky?
4. In which puppet series was Spotty Dog the family pet?
5. Who was the first female presenter of "Magpie"?
6. In the late '70s/early '80s, we were entertained by TISWAS on Saturday mornings. What does TISWAS stand for?
7. Name the gardener in "The Herbs".
8. In Mary, Mungo and Midge, what tune did Midge play on his flute in every episode?
9. Which alternative group, who had hit albums such as "Tiger Milk" and "The Boy With The Arab Strap" took their name from a "Tales From Europe" series from the late 1960s?
and, last but not least......
10. Name the children's TV series, first broadcast in 1957, and ran through to the mid-80s, that featured characters Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger The Cabin Boy?
Good luck! Answers later today (Saturday).
The answer to 10 is none, I think you were thinking of Captain Pugwash but the cabin boy was called Tom, the other crew were Master Mate, Pirate Barnabus and Pirate Willy. (Yes I looked it up, but I did know the cabin boy was called Tom.)
OK - here are the answers! How did you get on? Let's find out.....
1. Tog.
2. Melvyn Hayes, who acted in both series.
3. Perky wore a beret.
4. The Woodentops.
5. Susan Stranks (the girl who passively invented the wet dream amongst adolescent boys!).
6. Today Is Saturday, Watch And Smile.
7. Bayleaf.
8. Three Blind Mice.
9. Belle and Sebastian.
10. (sorry RWB!) but legend has it as Captain Pugwash!!
M
I thought the Captain Pugwash thing was just an urban myth - I remember watching it as a kid, but didn't actually take any notice of the names
Girliebob xx
It was a myth and the creater sued the Guardian for printing it, suppotered by the BBC. Needless to say he won and they printed a retraction. I loved Captain Pugwash and he was on TV again with a new face lift.
:P
captain scarlet now he was a honey.
keekee and zar zar they were goodthat cat was an alkie i am sure the original suberbian house wife lol.
on whitehorses , folly foot, black beautie, aarrr thedays the halcion days of inocence.
When I was a kid, I remember seeing a programme where a man inserted his whole arm inside some bird......:-o
..... Rod Hull and Emu!
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[quote user=swingin_cat]When I was a kid, I remember seeing a programme where a man inserted his whole arm inside some bird......:-o
..... Rod Hull and Emu!
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Didn't he kill himself falling off a roof or something? I bet what happened was he got up there and then his left arm decided to have a fight with his right arm...
"[I]Didn't he kill himself falling off a roof or something?"[/I]
Yes that's right - a few years ago. Apparently, he fell off his roof whilst trying to adjust a TV aerial.
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Well you lot seem to have forgotten some of the classics like Bill and Ben and little weed (me wonders if that was the beginning of drug taking tee hee) or were they talking bout me :-( and also Andy pandy and of course who could forget sooty and sweep now there's a lucky man had his hand stuck up a female on the telly :lol: :lol: and in those days the censors didn't even notice. And don't let Ian and Dee see this thread we will never hear the last off it by the way bign I am sure you did lead a sheltered childhood glad you decided to change that though :clap: :doggy:
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[quote user=bignbusty]i only remember the moomins and captain pugwash i led a sheltered childhood :-? eye: :P[/quote]
Wonder how many people actually remember things like Rag, Tag & Bobtail, or Snip and Snap (the paper dogs)? Great memories as a kid in the mid to late '60s!!
Marc - as you remember Bill and Ben, have you heard these?
Q: Why is Little Weed green?
A: Because Bill and Ben flobbalot!
Bill and Ben went to their local pub, and as they stood at the bar, Bill said "Flobberlobberlobberlob". So Ben said "No, I'll get these in.....you've had enough already"!
Post edited 02-01-2006 12:09
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eye: :P