The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and His Friends

branie

Anyone here remember this tv series that used to be on RTE during the 80s?

Ann22

I do. I've an image in my head of a blonde young fella with biggish teeth playing Tom Sawyer..or was it Huck?

spurious

I have the box set. Tom's bowl haircut is classic.

si_guru

Used to switch over to ITV and watch Magpie when this cam on - mainly because there were no cars or bikes in it!

My Dad didn't like us watching ITV as it had "adverts for toys that took batteries"....

Ruu_Old

If this was the intro, then yes. I want the boxset!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRiLyL0koc

topper75

That theme tune was hard to beat! The yearning to run away from home like Huck is still with me decades later. Running away from a house with my name on the mortgage wouldn't quite have the same buzz though I have to admit.

So - where can we get this box set then?

lord lucan

I used to to love that show as a nipper,i'm sure it probably looks a bit dated now but it was great entertainment back in the day.

Monkeybonkers

Yeah, theme tune brings the memories flooding back

spurious

Ruu wrote: »

If this was the intro, then yes. I want the boxset!

That's the one.
Amazon have it: here

Watching the first few episodes, I'd forgotten how buff Huck was. Heh heh.

bonerm

topper75 wrote: »

That theme tune was hard to beat! The yearning to run away from home like Huck is still with me decades later. Running away from a house with my name on the mortgage wouldn't quite have the same buzz though I have to admit.

So - where can we get this box set then?

All the eps are on youtube if you're interested http://www.youtube.com/user/HFAHFChannel

Vas_Guy

Remember Injin Joe jumping through the window in the court house

deadhead13

It took me a while to figure out where I had seen Detective Mike Leary from Da Vinci's Inquest before.

jupiterjack

was watching old tom sawyer film the other night and it was class, love anything to do with tom sawyer and huck finn.

Lawrence1895

Great series indeed, I was about 10, when it was on the telly in Germany :cool:

I even named my first pair of budgies after them

kitakyushu

The Tom Sawyer actor seems to have got out of the acting business, but the Huck Finn guy turns up all over the place (he was even the main villain in an X-Files once).

Lawrence1895

kitakyushu wrote: »

The Tom Sawyer actor seems to have got out of the acting business, but the Huck Finn guy turns up all over the place (he was even the main villain in an X-Files once).

Really? I'm a huge fan of the X Files and didn't know that. Or do I put too much attention on Gillian Anderson?

donegal_man

kitakyushu wrote: »

The Tom Sawyer actor seems to have got out of the acting business, but the Huck Finn guy turns up all over the place (he was even the main villain in an X-Files once).

Also Adam Worth on Sanctuary and Bolan on the rather excellent Hell On Wheels

kitakyushu

Lars1916 wrote: »

Really? I'm a huge fan of the X Files and didn't know that. Or do I put too much attention on Gillian Anderson?

Yes indeed. Episode called "The Walk" .... and no his characters name wasn't Bob.

FishHook

My God, I haven't seen that intro in years, probably since the mid 80s or earlier...takes me back to being a kid!!

Degsy

Injun Joe..a nasty piece of work as i recall!

SEPT 23 1989

This was on at the same time if i remember correctly

stovelid

Humming the theme tune now. Classic.