Bring Back Bosco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Le Rack · 09-04-2005 4:12pm #1

Any one else think we should set up an entire forum dedicated to the one and only BOSCO???????!!!!!!!!!!!!! "That puppet had a smile that melted my heart and covered my pants in bodily fluids" quote - unquote!

weemcd · 10-04-2005 7:54pm

bosco was not a prime time cartoon

Steveire · 10-04-2005 7:56pm

I heard that bosco (The actual puppet) was stolen years ago.

po0k · 10-04-2005 7:56pm

Yeah, Bosco was underground

Mimikyu · 10-04-2005 7:58pm

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Chong · 10-04-2005 7:58pm

Exactly please do not post crap like this, use the retro forum or the tv forum thnak you.

aphex™ · 10-04-2005 8:02pm

Steveire wrote:

I heard that bosco (The actual puppet) was stolen years ago.

Like how hard would it be to make a new one, though? Bit of wood, paper maché, white paint, wool...

Infact they could start the 1st episode with make-and-do: Bosco: the ressurection

Steveire · 10-04-2005 8:07pm

i like that idea, now to figure out how to incorporate a washing up liquid bottle...

sugerbabev · 10-04-2005 8:15pm

when i was a kid, i went to a bosco show, they were raffeling a bosco puppet after and i was so delighted when my name was called!!!! To this day i still have it, sad i know considering im that little bit to old for dolls, teddies, all those kids toys that were so amazing to us growing up!!!!

Le Rack · 10-04-2005 10:39pm

Boscos great!!! He was stolen but i like the ressurection idea! I have the Bosco soundtrack on 12inch LP!!!!!

tk123 · 10-04-2005 11:15pm

Somebody I went to college with - it was her mates who stole the puppet. One of the Lambert kids was in UCD and had Bosco in a big case and they nicked him for a joke. Then they took him on hols to San Francisco and took a pick of him waving with the Golden Gate bridge in the background and faxed it to one of the papers here!!! They returned him in the end / called up and said they found him!

Anyhoos I always wanted a Bosco puppet but my mum said they were too dear! A kid in school had one but his nose was broken off so it wasn't the same as the "real" Bosco!! One of the presenter guys moved to our road abt 10 years ago and we all used to sing the Bosco song as he walked by which looking back was a bit bold!! Sorry David-from-Bosco if you're reading this!!

Stalfos · 11-04-2005 4:46pm

Bosco Hell Yeah, bring him back

I've forgotten all the things you can make with a potato and washing up bottles and that magic door, amazing

Le Rack · 11-04-2005 5:25pm

Yeah!!! BOSCO!!! BOSCO!!! BOSCO!!!!

fun bus · 07-05-2005 6:03am

As a red head who grew up during the bosco era, i would like to say i hope hes burning in hell for the anguish his mop of wool-hair caused to me and my kind. bad enough the kids had fireman sam to slag us with, but bosco had the edition of being irish. thank God intensive counselling has stopped me from dissappearing into cardboard boxes with kitchen knives anymore!

g5hn710m4xpdwy · 20-05-2005 8:36pm

Yeah bring him back! I'v been wondering what he's been upto all these years and then i googled it and foun the ansewer

PS: He has been drinking bukmers while smokin a joint!

will i be able to post the picture? since he has got a joint in his mouth?

qz · 20-05-2005 9:13pm

Flunked wrote:

Yeah bring him back! I'v been wondering what he's been upto all these years and then i googled it and foun the ansewer
PS: He has been drinking bukmers while smokin a joint! will i be able to post the picture? since he has got a joint in his mouth?

Was there really any need to drag this thread up again? :rolleyes: Muppet

g5hn710m4xpdwy · 21-05-2005 9:49pm

qz wrote:

Was there really any need to drag this thread up again? :rolleyes: Muppet

thx. i aint offended at all! :rolleyes: and why not bring it up? since he is puppet he should have world domination. oh yeah and, MUPPET!

RVN10 · 21-05-2005 10:08pm

Hey that puppet had hand up his ass the whole time and had a constant smile wats thaT say

aphex™ · 22-05-2005 12:28am

Chubb76 wrote:

Hey that puppet had hand up his ass the whole time and had a constant smile wats thaT say

Says you're jealous???

Le Rack · 22-05-2005 10:29pm

hee! Rock on Bosco!
Anyone whos interested look up bosco in the Cuckoos Nest and then pm me or bright smile if you like our plans!

toiletduck · 23-05-2005 11:24am

bosco rocks

lilmissprincess · 12-06-2005 3:14pm

yeah,boso rocked!!! he was one of the outlets whıch kıds used to annoy parents, he had red haır and the squeakıest voıce known to man, but all kıd s loved hım...BRING BACK BOSCO!!! Who wants to rebel and have a protest march outsıde RTE to get Bosco back??? (on saturdays so us poor school people can watch ıt too..)
Let me know ıf u wanna joın me...

Le Rack · 12-06-2005 11:40pm

lilmissprincess wrote:

yeah,boso rocked!!! he was one of the outlets whıch kıds used to annoy parents, he had red haır and the squeakıest voıce known to man, but all kıd s loved hım...BRING BACK BOSCO!!! Who wants to rebel and have a protest march outsıde RTE to get Bosco back??? (on saturdays so us poor school people can watch ıt too..)
Let me know ıf u wanna joın me...

YEAH!

Dinner · 12-06-2005 11:44pm

Bosco was brilliant. But I dont think he should be brought back. For a few reasons.

Kids today wouldnt appreciate him for what he is. They're all wrapped up in their playstations and other wire filled boxes.

Also, to keep modern kids' interest, they would make terrible attempts to modernise Bosco, and in doing that, kill him.

The only people who would watch it would be those who remember good telly.

Le Rack · 12-06-2005 11:48pm

its true but I taped the kids show count down last week and mam was playing during the week, I was in my room and as soon as I heard that squeaky little voice I went running down the hall screaming BOSCO like a little child, and proceeded to sit on the edge of the seat with my eyes all a sparkle and glued to the screen! Like old times!

Dinner · 12-06-2005 11:49pm

Is that countdown being repested by anychance. I missed it.

Le Rack · 12-06-2005 11:57pm

I dunno, they'll probably do another one in a while, they generally do, I didn't see it I got about 10 seconds of Bosco before mam said through gritted teeth "You can watch it tomorrow!"

Nicky B · 15-06-2005 10:30pm

Bosco, Bosco, Bosco, Bosco, Bosco. Lets all go though the magic door and go to Dublin Zoo to see the "EEnnoorrmmoouuss EElleepphhaanntss. Tá siad Go Hállainn" You have to read it in a squeky voice for it to work. :rolleyes:

Le Rack · 15-06-2005 10:54pm

Nicky B wrote:

Bosco, Bosco, Bosco, Bosco, Bosco. Lets all go though the magic door and go to Dublin Zoo to see the "EEnnoorrmmoouuss EElleepphhaanntss. Tá siad Go Hállainn" You have to read it in a squeky voice for it to work. :rolleyes:

AAAAHHHHH its SIR FLOP A LOT!!!!!
only we get that and its not what you dirty minded freaks think!

MadPatrick · 23-06-2005 5:04pm

Arabel wrote:

Bosco was brilliant. But I dont think he should be brought back. For a few reasons.

Kids today wouldnt appreciate him for what he is. They're all wrapped up in their playstations and other wire filled boxes.

Also, to keep modern kids' interest, they would make terrible attempts to modernise Bosco, and in doing that, kill him.

The only people who would watch it would be those who remember good telly.

Thats true. And his real reason was so us kids would be too preoccupied with Bosco that we wouldn't realise that we're all ridiculously poor.
I had the album too, next time I'm back in the Motherland I'll have to pull it out, take a heaping helping of mind-bending drugs and see what happens. Ooooh I'm excited!!!!!

Le Rack · 23-06-2005 10:05pm

MadPatrick wrote:

Thats true. And his real reason was so us kids would be too preoccupied with Bosco that we wouldn't realise that we're all ridiculously poor.
I had the album too, next time I'm back in the Motherland I'll have to pull it out, take a heaping helping of mind-bending drugs and see what happens. Ooooh I'm excited!!!!!

gaud yeah could you imagine listening to that while stoned! Oh HELL!

Smithereens · 30-06-2005 9:44am

didn't one of the presenters become a drug addict, was it Philip?

BTW I loved Bosco, bring him back!!!!

mackjohn · 18-07-2005 6:54pm

Lads and Lassies....
I'm looking for old video's, tapes LP etc of our little friend.. I'm 28 and still have one from the RTE studio's (not the one that was stolen) every once in a while I bring it out to Dublin Zoo or someplace public just to watch the look on people's face.. I'll add my name to the list to bring back our little friend to the TV. how about TG4 he dis speak a bit of Irish.. see link below for some more bosco material.

http://www.ucdsu.net/newswire.php?story_id=426
http://www.mobileffects.com/polyphonic-be/tvshow-cg-0/boscotheredhairedfella-efbd.html

Le Rack · 21-07-2005 8:49pm

I have the LP, all my friends come up just to see it! not me, but the LP gaud I'm loved....

madfistbt · 21-07-2005 8:56pm

I want his cd, bosco golden oldies. I had it when I was a kid but must have thrown it our

mackjohn · 22-07-2005 1:34am

I'm after borrowing a friends LP "Bosco Sings" just to MP3 it, (remember boys and girls, copying music that you don't own is wrong) so that it wont be lost to the ages of time like so many other works of music/TV. Wonderly Wangon was taped over every week or so to save on costs RTE are looking for footage of these as they don't have much themselves please check your video tapes (VHS + Betamax). In the meantime here is the list of tracks off the LP.
Side One:
Bosco's Theme
This is where I live
Shoes, Stockings and Laces
See me sail
where do you live
the big tree sways
I am a bandsman
Windy Day
Double Bubble Trouble
The Shadow Song

Side Two
Mirror Mirror
I'm painting
food, food, food,
the baby who had a balloon
busy bumble bee
the ball of string
ring-a-ding-ding
saw saw saw
ronnie the rhino
paper paper
Bosco's Theme

ahhh the memories.... come flooding back.... quickly followed by a vist to my shrink to tell him/them I now know who owns one of the voices in my head, the one one singing off tune and out of key is........ BOSCO.

Le Rack · 22-07-2005 10:06pm

how do you MP3 an LP??? TELL ME NOOOW

mackjohn · 23-07-2005 12:15am

Get a good mp3 player (www.digmind.com) DMC 500 is the one I have/use. Place record (large CD shaped Disc but black in colour and one grove going from the outside all in way in to the center in a spiral manner, normally two of these track per disc one each side.) on to record player... now the fun stuff

PRINT OFF THIS PAGE BRING WITH YOU TO THE SHOPS

look at all the cables coming from record player, 7pin din, 5pin din, phono, 3.5 stero jack etc. etc .etc. now one or more of these wires/cables things transfer the music from your record (large CD shaped Disc....) to either an AMP or direct to your speaker.... depends on the model and what way you have your system set up. If you have a good MP3 player it should also allow you to record with it, if it is a very good one then it will have a socket to allow you to plug in a mic or other audio source... remember all those cables with the dust and spider webs all over, well get yourself down to Maplins/Sony or some other hi-fi shop, not extra vision or pcworld etc.. my dead goldfish has more understanding of the diffrence between RAM and ROM, AC power and DC power than those who are paid to work there... right...emmm ya cables, once there ask any member of staff to help, take out your MP3 player explain to the member of staff the type of conection (end of cable part with silver, red, black what's-me-callit) with your left hand flat against the right side of your face with the fingers pointing down. while your right hand trys to describe the cable by drawing it wildly in the air. If you don't gat thrown out of the shop and do in fact get your cables they should work (Maplins staff always seem to know what your looking for no matter how many big words you try to fit into your sentence, and make it sound as if you have been doing it for years) - (don't forget to buy some other cool gadet when your there you will need it some day or so Sonny, Phill, Sean from Dublin and Andrew from Cork keep telling me) Can anyone go in to maplins and just buy the ONE thing they went in for. right at this stage you should have a hand full of cables (an extra 15cent and you would have a bag full) your Mp3 player/recorder, your record (large CD shaped Disc....) and your record player. take two asprin and call me in the morning.. that was a big day out for you you techophille.... now nice and carefully see which wire/cables come from where... the one you are looking for are labeled along the lines of PHONO in /out.. Speakers L/R if this doesn't make any sence to you STOP right now you are going to kill yourself (emmm DARWIN award time will I tell them to go on or to stop) if you can understand all of the above carry on (must contact boards.ie legal and find out am i covered if some one fry's themself or destory's their record player or MP3 player) CAUTION misuse or use of this Article may destory your life/property. (there we go and i thought I wouldn't have a nice title for this post). press record on MP3 and play/start on record player. stop after a few seconds to check if it works. if so carry on. record each song, and there you go or else you could just check below.

NOTICE: Each MP3 player is diffrent as is each record player the above article is because i'm tired you can always check the Help files on your PC (PC is Personal Computer which covers Laptops, IBM compatible machines, note books apples comodre64 etc etc) and hopefully conect your hi-fi to your audio in on your pc find and download a program called LAME along with codec that you may require and play around untill you get the settings right. Check out Google with ref the names of your own system someone has done it before. This is another reason Bosco should be back on Air less people would be working on computers they would all be talking about Bosco... I'm looking for free BLOG space.. this is fun just ranting away..

Hello to the staff of Maplins Dublin and Cork, Sorry Limerick, Galway haven't been over to you yet.. your managers should have warned you about me though.. I think it's on day two before the whole safety lectures.

Regrads John M.

madfistbt · 23-07-2005 12:19am

Please put the bosco mp3s on a website, like the man in the zig and zag thread did. I would emmm be thankful and stufff

mackjohn · 23-07-2005 12:23am

Christ man was just re-reading my rant to make sure it was ok to leave up there and Mailwasher told me I have new mail. and low and behold when i checked clicked on the lik it's you replying to my post before I could finishe reading it.

Check out
http://www.antibosco.tk/

madfistbt · 23-07-2005 12:29am

All in the name of bosco!!!, it will be mine oh yes it will be mine (dont take this as arrogance just hopefullness)

Horsefumbler · 23-07-2005 3:02pm

no, don't.

madfistbt · 25-07-2005 10:48pm

Rte puppets in order of appearance , bosco, zig and zag, dustin, podge and rodge there getting ruder and ruder, If bosco was around now she would be giving head

mackjohn · 28-07-2005 8:57pm

Right happy people I need web site address or shall I just post them here... two files both under 20mg. Or if some one has site let me know i'll ftp or e-mail them to you..

mack

madfistbt · 30-07-2005 10:06pm

You really should put Aunty bosco on megaupload.com. Its real easy, I hope Mrs Bosco is going to be what I hoped for

mackjohn · 01-08-2005 10:46pm

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=359PGQ42
side one... up and ready to download...
can people leave me know if the quality is ok then i'll post side two...

If it all works out ok i'll do the whole scanning and create PDF of the song sheet and cover..
Regards John M.

c - 13 · 01-08-2005 10:53pm

Oh jesus - I just opened a link there a few pages back and left it running in the background and all of a sudden the bosco theme tune comes blasting out of my laptop - me ****in' heart .... i'm nearly after cacking myself.

So when is the official storming of the RTE offices to take the tapes happening ?

Smithereens · 02-08-2005 1:18pm

c - 13 wrote:

So when is the official storming of the RTE offices to take the tapes happening ?

Just give me prior notice cos I'm not in Ireland, so it'll take some planning on my part to be there

mackjohn · 02-08-2005 11:51pm

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41199VXZ

Did anyone download the first side to the LP..? I've done what I can for now... now it's time to hassel the new TV station TV6 for them to re-show it....:)

Smithereens · 03-08-2005 10:44am

mackjohn wrote:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41199VXZ

Did anyone download the first side to the LP..? I've done what I can for now... now it's time to hassel the new TV station TV6 for them to re-show it....:)

I downloaded it, the good news is, it worked

the bad news is the sound is very low, but thanks, I'm just downloading the second side, I'll let you know what it's like.

Le Rack · 03-08-2005 11:23pm

mack your LP is some scratched! Thanks anyway!

Bring Back Bosco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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