fave child tv prog...

country_gurl

Sorry if there is another thread, if so please delete it mods.
what was your favourite childrens tv programme
Mine (1980's)was Bosco! and the care bears. i still think bosco rocks "whats behind the red magic door" Ah a classic. Or what about Worzel Gummage the scarecrow, what was the girls name in it, who was dressed as a maid and looked like a doll?

angeldelight

Ah Bosco..... he was brilliant. I used to love it when he went down into his box and you got to see his bedroom I remember going to see him live, it was so exciting. Poddington Peas was also a great favourite lol

Shrimp

How about The Clangers, put your hands together for those guys!!

Com'on Clangers

country_gurl

angeldelight wrote:

Ah Bosco..... he was brilliant. I used to love it when he went down into his box and you got to see his bedroom I remember going to see him live, it was so exciting. Poddington Peas was also a great favourite lol

yeah that was the exciting part... next day at school "did ya see boscos bedroom it was cooooooooool"

country_gurl

Y o u s s e f wrote:

How about The Clangers, put your hands together for those guys!!

Com'on Clangers

who?

angeldelight

Y o u s s e f wrote:

How about The Clangers, put your hands together for those guys!!

Com'on Clangers

Never really got them, their weird noises used to annoy me! What was that programme called that had hte loch ness monster and a brohter and sister in it? They used to whistle and the monster would come and talk to them

celticfc

Yea, Bosco was some scary sh1t, The Clangers was just wierd tbh.

mike65

Clangers rule!*



http://www.clangers.co.uk/home.htm

Mike.

*yeah I'm ancient!

BuffyBot

Button Moon!

cosgrove80

country_gurl wrote:

Or what about Worzel Gummage the scarecrow, what was the girls name in it, who was dressed as a maid and looked like a doll?

Aunt Sally.

Very scary show sometimes.

Micheal Wittman

Does anyone remember Captain Planet(he's our hero gonna take pollution down to zero.......):)

Agent Smith

the mysterious cities of gold!

Hello Kitty

Well the only one I can remember is Rosie and Jim... I used to love that!

d@rk l0rd

Mysterious Cities of Gold, Ulysses 31, Dungeons and Dragons, Button Moon, Knightmare and of course Rainbow. :rolleyes:

Micheal Wittman

Dungeons and Dragons,That gave me nightmares:)

d@rk l0rd

That would be the Dungeon Master!!

The Real B-man

Thunderbirds
Teenage Mutant ninja turtles
Thomas the tank engine
fireman sam
postman pat
those little knomes that lived in the wood & that other cartoon think it was called the moomins

T.G Catter

cosgrove80 wrote:

Aunt Sally.

Very scary show sometimes.

the actress who played aunt sally is actually in emmerdale now.fact.

i used to like 'round the twist' the ozzie kids show with the cool theme tune, and really clever episodes.

The Song Thrush

cosgrove80 wrote:

Aunt Sally.

Very scary show sometimes.

lol, true! I remember being freaked by that show sometimes. :eek:

JohnK

Micheal Wittman wrote:

Does anyone remember Captain Planet(he's our hero gonna take pollution down to zero.......):)

I vaguely remember this. Loved Mysterious Cities of Gold too.

Crucifix

Does anyone remember the one about pirates, and the water was black and lethal to touch?

Lafortezza

Moomins.
Button moon.
Pob. Look Here! He was a legend.
Bagpuss.
That programme with Johnny Ball, it was set in an antiques store or something, he had loads of cool gadgets.

DerekD Goldfish

Eartworm Jim was the best other notible mentions go to Mask,Trap door and transformers

and before you procliam bosco as great look at this
http://www.antibosco.tk/

aidan_dunne

angeldelight wrote:

What was that programme called that had hte loch ness monster and a brohter and sister in it? They used to whistle and the monster would come and talk to them

The Family Ness. The brother and sister used to call the Loch Ness monster on their "thistle-whistles", if I remember correctly.

d@rk l0rd wrote:

.......and of course Rainbow.

"Over all the trees and houses, the Rainbow's flying high.
Bungle opens his hairy ar$e and sh!ts in Jeffrey's eye!"

Sorry, I can't resist:

Jeffrey: "Let's all get our twangers out and start playing with them!"

Zippy: "Ooooh, I've got a big red one."

Bungle: "I say, Jane's got a lovely set of marracas!"

Jane: "Yes, I was up late last night banging away with Rod and Freddy!"

As for myself and the TV shows I used to watch growing up, naturally enough there was Bosco, Fortycoats, Wanderly Wagon, The Den (back in the days of Ian Dempsey and Ray Darcy), Anything Goes (Aeongus McAnally and his different coloured shoes and multi-coloured stripey t-shirts and jumpers, anyone! :eek: And what was the name of the blonde woman who used to do all the making up stuff out of toilet rolls and glue and stuff? Mary some-thing-or-other. God, she was a fine thing, wasnt she? ), Scratch Saturday, Going Live, Fun Factory on Sky at the weekend (anyone else remember DJ Kat? This was back in the early days of Sky), M.A.S.K., Centurions, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Knight Rider, Airwolf, The A-Team, MacGyver (why oh why won't RTE repeat that? I'd love to see it again), Magnum P.I., etc., etc. Yes, definite signs of an 80's child here, for sure!

There were tons more but I just can't think of them at the moment.

And yes, Worzel Gummidge was some seriously scary sh!t to be watching as a kid growing up. What the hell were they thinking in classing that a children's programme? :eek:

BuffyBot

And what was the name of the blonde woman who used to do all the making up stuff out of toilet rolls and glue and stuff? Mary some-thing-or-other

Mary Fitzgerald..went on to her own show, "How Do You Do?"

d@rk l0rd

Grange Hill (have never looked at a sausage in the same way again). - "Just say no. No. Just say no". LOL.

Top Cat - "Close friends get to call him TC".

The Littlest Hobo - "There's a voice that keeps on calling me"

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - "Oh my!! It's the Hooded Caaalawww"

He Man - "By the power of Greyskull"

Willo The Wisp - "Ooohhhh Arthur, it's Evil Edna"

Dangermouse - "He's ace, he's fantastic, whereever there is danger he'll be there"

Diff'rent Strokes - "What you talkin about Willis"

Tales of the Unexpected - OK, it's not a kids prog, but that episode where the guy ate his wife's royal jelly and started turning into a bee scared the living sh1t out of me!!!
:eek:

DerekD Goldfish

MacGyver (why oh why won't RTE repeat that? I'd love to see it again)

There was a rights battle for years but bravo are showing it now i think

Xcom2

Tales of the Unexpected - OK, it's not a kids prog, but that episode where the guy ate his wife's royal jelly and started turning into a bee scared the living sh1t out of me!!!


As far as I can remember it was his child that turned into a bee!

Scared the **** outta me too!

G

dangerman

i can't resist either:

http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html

If you haven't seen it, sit back relax and laugh your ass off. An oldie but one of the best.

As for me, cities of gold, transformers, mask, dungeons & dragons ... all the classics.

mwnger

Anyone remember Pigeon Street? Or Chock-A-Block when yer one would drive in in that little car? They both used to be around lunchtime on BBC2. And King Rollo as well! Remember he to play with toys and act like a kid even though he had a beard?
Ah, nostalgia, I love wallowing in it (along with a lot of other people it seems). I wish could escape into childhood innocence. Just like John Lennon in Strawberry Fields Forever.

country_gurl

Micheal Wittman wrote:

Does anyone remember Captain Planet(he's our hero gonna take pollution down to zero.......):)

that was brilliant.... "red ring... fire" wooooooo those were the days.
any 80's child remember this prog think it was called playskool...on bbc1 and they had all different things in the playground... climbing frames and little houses etc.

which 1 is aunt sally in emmerdale??

Raoul Duke

aidan_dunne wrote:

naturally enough there was Bosco, Fortycoats, Wanderly Wagon, The Den (back in the days of Ian Dempsey and Ray Darcy), Anything Goes (Aeongus McAnally and his different coloured shoes and multi-coloured stripey t-shirts and jumpers, anyone! :eek: And what was the name of the blonde woman who used to do all the making up stuff out of toilet rolls and glue and stuff? Mary some-thing-or-other. God, she was a fine thing, wasnt she? ), Scratch Saturday, Going Live, Fun Factory on Sky at the weekend (anyone else remember DJ Kat? This was back in the early days of Sky), M.A.S.K., Centurions, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Knight Rider, Airwolf, The A-Team, MacGyver (why oh why won't RTE repeat that? I'd love to see it again), Magnum P.I., etc., etc. Yes, definite signs of an 80's child here, for sure!

There were tons more but I just can't think of them at the moment.

And yes, Worzel Gummidge was some seriously scary sh!t to be watching as a kid growing up. What the hell were they thinking in classing that a children's programme? :eek:

Most of the above as well. But there was only one tv show worth talking about when I was a kid and I don't think it was ever repeated. That would be, of course, The Greatest American Hero. But due to the modern wonders of broadband and P2P software I was able to watch the whole series again recently and it stood the test of time. It helped that it never took itself seriously in the first place. For any of you (and it would seem that would be most of you otherwise you would have mentioned this show already) who never got to see this as kids I feel sorry. It also had the best theme song of any program ever...fact.

d@rk l0rd

Raoul Duke wrote:

But there was only one tv show worth talking about when I was a kid and I don't think it was ever repeated. That would be, of course, The Greatest American Hero. It also had the best theme song of any rogram ever...fact.

Aaaahhhh yes, I had forgotten that one. Went something like "Believe it or not, I'm walking on air. Never thought I could be so free." That was a funny show.

which 1 is aunt sally in emmerdale??

emmmm, aunt sally isn't in Emmerdale.

aidan_dunne

Raoul Duke wrote:

Most of the above as well. But there was only one tv show worth talking about when I was a kid and I don't think it was ever repeated. That would be, of course, The Greatest American Hero. But due to the modern wonders of broadband and P2P software I was able to watch the whole series again recently and it stood the test of time. It helped that it never took itself seriously in the first place. For any of you (and it would seem that would be most of you otherwise you would have mentioned this show already) who never got to see this as kids I feel sorry. It also had the best theme song of any program ever...fact.

Ah yes, how could I possibly have forgotten "The Greatest American Hero". I remember it well. I think they used to show it on RTE of a Saturday morning, didn't they? I actually have a little video clip of the opening titles on my P.C. here. And the complete, full version of the theme song in MP3 format. You're right, it never took itself seriously and that was what made it great. It was really just a pisstake of Superman and all those other superheroes and it knew it and made the most of that. Ah yes, who can forget Ralph and his "magic red pyjamas" as he goes flying along and crashes into yet another brick wall.

"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free...eeeeee...eeeeeeeee!
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me!"

mike65

Greatest American Hero was wonderful esp Robert Clup as the FBI agent allways going on about "scenarios".

Mike.

mike65

Rainbow twangers clip http://jameshart.mine.nu/ngs/twangers.rm sadly only 30 seconds of it!

Mike.

aidan_dunne

Actually now, come to think of it, I've just quickly gone through a whole bunch of TV theme tunes and opening title video clips I have on my P.C. here and I've come up with a few more shows I remember watching growing up. Anyone else remember these:

The Fall Guy: with the theme tune, "The Unknown Stuntman", sung by the show's star, Lee Majors.

The Six Million Dollar Man.

The Bionic Woman.

The Equalizer.

T.J. Hooker: Ah yes, the show that gave the world the gorgeous Heather Locklear. Funny how she still looks as stunning today as she did back then.

Sledge Hammer: "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!"

Scarecrow & Mrs. King.

ALF.

The Smurfs.

The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.

Battlestar Galactica.

Buck Rogers: Mmmm, Wilma Deering!

Dempsey & Makepeace: Mmmm, Glynis Barber!

Fraggle Rock.

CHiPs.

Quantum Leap.

The Incredbile Hulk: "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry!"

Robin Of Sherwood.

And here's a real one to tax your brains. Anyone else here remember "Terrahawks"? The early/mid 80's puppet show from the Gerry Anderson stable. Hardly anyone I ever mention this to remembers it but it was pretty good.

By the way, here's a few websites, some with theme tunes and video clips, which list some of those old programmes to get the nostalgia flowing.

http://www.80stvthemes.com/ - this is an excellent site!

http://www.80scartoons.net/index.html

http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s/

http://www.vandegrift.net/evert/retro.html

http://tv.cream.org/

http://www.retrojunk.com/

http://www2.musatcha.com/tvthemeworld/tele.html

Betsy

Any one remember "here comes the wagon, wanderly wanderly wagon" and of course 40 Coats with slightly bonkers! that was great

d@rk l0rd

aidan_dunne wrote:

And here's a real one to tax your brains. Anyone else here remember "Terrahawks"? The early/mid 80's puppet show from the Gerry Anderson stable. Hardly anyone I ever mention this to remembers it but it was pretty good.

Yeah, that was a good show. They were based in a remote top secret location of South America to protect earth from the androids led by Zelda.
Best part was the Xs and Os game at the very end.

ixoy

aidan_dunne wrote:

And here's a real one to tax your brains. Anyone else here remember "Terrahawks"? The early/mid 80's puppet show from the Gerry Anderson stable. Hardly anyone I ever mention this to remembers it but it was pretty good.

I remember it! Zelda and her cronies were very scary. But you want to really remember it? Then buy the complete boxed set containing all 39 episodes!!!

For my own part I favored Mysterious Cities of Gold, Ulysses 31, and Robotech. I've managed to recreate the entire series of all three thanks to others indulging in nostaliga Other enjoyable ones were G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K. (natch - check out my avatar), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Transformers (Generation 1 of course). I also liked Gummi Bears (who had adventures beyond compare) although TMNT (or TMHT here) was something I never got into in the same way as some of my peers did.

Let's not forget Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (what a great theme tune!) or Around the World with Willy Fogg (both series are now on DVD).

Oh and I remember DJ Kat (didn't he use to rhyme saying stuff like "This is where it's at?") and Sky One's Fun Factory (welcome to the fun fun fuunnn factory...).

You know more and more shows keep coming back that it gets scary.... I'm going to stop now...

Raoul Duke

While on the subject of thme tunes and great programs as kids here's another that hasn't been mentioned - Grizzly Adams. The link will start the tune.

All together now....... "Deep inside the forest......

country_gurl

well ive never heard of grizzly bear but its a good song!!! its 1 of those songs u cud imagine as a child sitting on the couch and swaying ur head to it. "take me home, take me home" i wanna be a child again
the gummi bears were soooooo cool... living in the tree
As for Alf, oh my god hail Alf, he was the best ever, i used to have a little clip on teddy (his hands clipped onto ur clothes) of him.
The incredible hulk scared me, coz i watched it when i was weally small and he was in jail and then he changed into the hulk raaaaaaaarr
Heres a few more that have come back to me, the wombles "the wombles of wimbledon lalala". U know that elephant show "skidemerinkeedinkidoo i love you" or sumthin... i know the dance cant think of the song!
And that cartoon with the 2 evil guys living in a castle, they were pink with long bent noses and then there was 3 good guys.
Speaking of pink... the pink panther!!!! "do do dododo doooooo"
"teenage mutant hero turtles" sooo deadly. what was the rats name?
Question for the girls Anyone remember star brite or sumthin with the magic horse and the girl had orange hair... or am i just imagining things?
*smiles constantly looking into the distance in a daze as i think bout the old days* god ya think i was ancient
oh and rupert the bear.... ok im gonna stop now

climaxer

Aww the nostalgia is brilliant, here's some of my favourites:

Inspector Gadget
Fingermouse
Bagpuss (which I watch every night on Noggin with my 2yr old )
Mr. Benn
Forty Coats
Bosco
My Little Pony
The Get Along Gang
Ulysses
Battle of the Planets
He-Man
Sylvanian Forest
Rainbow
Why Don't You
Worzel Gummidge
Different Strokes
Grange Hill
Byker Grove
Minipops (kids used to dress up as popstars)
The Smurfs
Dangermouse
Emu

Anyone remember the first film they saw in the cinema - mine was Puff the Magic Dragon.

climaxer

Can't believe I forgot this one:

Jamie & The Magic Torch - brilliant cartoon

country_gurl

aha i have more...
Superted... the coolest teddy ever
Beetlejuice... scary as a child but funny
garfield... the coolest cat around (except the kilkenny team of course)
Ghostbusters... who u gonna call.. GHOSTBUSTERS
Inspector gadget
M.A.S.k. very stupid
Mork and Mindy... one of the coolest shows
Roseanne... not as funny as you get older
The greatest man on earth... popeye
I called it star brite in my last post... its actually rainbow brite
alvin and the chipmunks... excellent show
Babar... coolest elephant around
Go, go Power rangers! ... good back in the day not so good now... special effects have moved on just a tad
Count Duckula.. brill

my first movie in the cinema was hocus pocus i think... the bit where the blonde 1 jumps up out of the bed was scary... back then

cheddox

aidan_dunne wrote:

"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free...eeeeee...eeeeeeeee!
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me!"

That reminds me of George's answering machine in Seinfeld:

"Believe it or not, George isn't at home,
Please leave a messa-aage at the beep.
I must be out or I'd pick up the phone.
Where could I be?
Believe it or not, I'm not ho-mme."

(to the same tune as the above)

I was a Bosco / Fortycoats kid myself.

Flukey

The best childrens TV programme of them all has to be Sesame Street. It had the education, the fun, the characters, the variety and lots more besides. There was a lot of very subtle humour in it that would go way above childrens heads, like the way some of the humour does in the Simpsons. They did a lot of skits like having 4 insects in a band called The Beetles playing a song called "Letter B." They played up a lot of the stereotypical characters like Kermit the Frog's portrayal of a news reporter or Guy Smiley as the genial TV gameshow host. There were lots of clever jokes in the script of the sketches, simple one lines that could go unnoticed to a young child. There was a western sketch where a character comes in proclaiming that she had bad news, to which one of the character replies "you seldom hear a discouraging word around these parts," which if you picked up on it, is a reference to the famous song Home on the Range and a line in it:

Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Not many 5 year olds would have picked on something as subtle as that, but there was a lot in it for children to find amusing and educational. As a child I certainly enjoyed it. Bert and Ernie sketches were great and you'll see I am using Ernie as my avatar. It's a long, long time since I saw it, but I still remember it very well and can still get a smile out of some of the things that were on it. It was always entertaining with such a variety of things in it and ways to present them.

gnu

Flukey wrote:

The best childrens TV programme of them all has to be Sesame Street.

Oh yeah, I just adored Sesame Street. Ernie & Bert and Oscar the Grouch were my favourites. I always though Big Bird was a bit annoying

Raoul Duke

cheddox wrote:

That reminds me of George's answering machine in Seinfeld:

"Believe it or not, George isn't at home,
Please leave a messa-aage at the beep.
I must be out or I'd pick up the phone.
Where could I be?
Believe it or not, I'm not ho-mme."

(to the same tune as the above)

Here you go.