early 90s children's Christmas television in Ireland

dorado

This is a long shot, but I wonder if anyone who grew up in Ireland around the same time as I did (I'm 32) remembers even a little of what was on the two channels during the Christmas holidays?
I remember one particular Christmas (I would guess it was 1990, give or take a year) where the whole week coming up to Christmas seemed to be filled with the best cartoons and programmes for children- but I can't remember any of them! I'm left with the warm memory. Actually, I do remember one thing: Pippi Longstocking seemed to be on all the time, but that's it, nothing else comes to mind, and it's really frustrating! Just wondering if anyone out there remembers the Christmas telly for that time a bit better than I do.
Thanks!

soap1978

Superman

force eleven

Dogtanian and the Muskahounds.

TheBoffin

My Left Foot on RTE usually on xmas eve.

dorado

this is great, I remember those ones. Especially Dogtanian! I just needed a nudge

shedweller

I remember skeletor and he man putting down their swords for a bit of festive cheer once.

Oh wait, that was the early 80's. Feck

Mulumpy

Herbie goes to Monte Carlo and Tommy Tricker and the stamp traveller used to be on every year.

lachin

Tarzan

Ruu

Home Alone probably (an Irish television exclusive!) at the time, Land Before Time cartoon, War of the Buttons.

Mulumpy

Woof! - the boy who turned into a dog. Alana the Girl from tomorrow. The Raccoons. James Bond Jr.

Goat the dote

Bouli

lufties

used to really look forward to childrens' tv xmas eve morning, I dont think there was specific well known programmes. The cartoon with 'walking in the air song' was one always shown. zig and zag were great entertainment as a child.

force eleven

dorado wrote: »

this is great, I remember those ones. Especially Dogtanian! I just needed a nudge

'All for one and one for all, Muskehounds are always ready!' Too lazy to Youtube it, but it's all there...:D

elaney

Pippi longstocking , I remember being off sick from school one year and it was on
all week just before christmas i really enjoyed it.

saggycaggy

The NeverEnding Story was usually on around Christmas time, love them films.


The Girls from Tomorrow-wow totally forgot about that show, used to always watch that!

branie

Of course, we had Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory

gobnaitolunacy

Padjo's Junkbox, remember them releasing an awful song called 'We'll Wash Our Socks For Christmas'.

Toe curling stuff.

dorado

Elaney-
"Pippi longstocking , I remember being off sick from school one year and it was on
all week just before christmas i really enjoyed it. "
Yes, this one I remember! That whole week before Christmas. I wonder what year it was. I thought maybe 1990. I was 10.

dorado

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Padjo's Junkbox, remember them releasing an awful song called 'We'll Wash Our Socks For Christmas'.

Toe curling stuff.

You're probably right about the toe-curling but I bet at the time it added to the charm of Christmas. I think the song is on youtube to listen to.

elaney

dorado wrote: »

Elaney-
"Pippi longstocking , I remember being off sick from school one year and it was on
all week just before christmas i really enjoyed it. "
Yes, this one I remember! That whole week before Christmas. I wonder what year it was. I thought maybe 1990. I was 10.

Yeah probably 1990 or 1991 . I was still in primary school. I also used to love the Den christmas special. We would all gather around the tv to watch Ray ,Zig and Zag in Lapland . Awh wish i was 10 again.

melekalikimaka

batteries not included

soap1978

short circuit

Kerrydude1981

I remember RTE used show old BBC made kids movies.I remember watching a black and white film that had the Man Utd team of the 60's in it and some schoolboy team got a chance to train with them before they played a cup final,which they went on to win after training with the likes of Georgie Best and Bobby Charlton


And of course you always had The Den's Xmas special as well when they used save Xmas on a yearly basis

Good times.

Aglomerado

dorado wrote: »

You're probably right about the toe-curling but I bet at the time it added to the charm of Christmas. I think the song is on youtube to listen to.

You're right, here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQrAva1TpZk

Thanks I have not heard that for years!

dorado

Aglomerado wrote: »

You're right, here is the link:
Thanks I have not heard that for years!

I well remember 'Pajo's Junkbox' from Saturday mornings.... getting up early, cereal in front of the television. I think this song is all that's left of Pajo and company! :rolleyes:

wotswattage

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

Cunning Stunt

Oliver Twist
The Wizard of Oz
(both of which scared me as a kid)

Also, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang used to always be screened at Christmas.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks was another old Christmas movie.

Mary Poppins

I remember Gremlins aswell

irishpride215

Hey all... Ive been trying to find a tv show for a while... I cant remember much about it... I know it was a science cartoon an the beginning featured a scientist jumping on a pogo stick towards his lab i think.. This is all i know, an that in one of the episodes the bad guys were stealing square cubes of the ocean... This was a show that would have been shown in the early 90's.. If anyone could help me with this i would be very greatful as ive been trying to find this (unsuccessfully) for quiet a while.. Thank you

The Mulk

The guy on the pogo stick sounds like Doctor Snuggles,

The episode could be "The Remarkable Fidgety River",
From Wiki,
"During hot summer time Snuggles is told of the Fidgety River being "dried up" while in truth its hiding in a cavern because someone has taken cubes of water from the ocean, fearing to disappear as well. After consulting uncle Bill and the space cat, he discovers that the water is taken to outer space and he begins to pursue the stolen water. Aliens from a watery planet had taken the water for their water, thinking it was unusable to Earth due its polluted state. Snuggles swears that the water will be taken care of and the aliens let Snuggles to restore the water back to Earth."

irishpride215

The Mulk wrote: »

The guy on the pogo stick sounds like Doctor Snuggles,

The episode could be "The Remarkable Fidgety River",
From Wiki,
"During hot summer time Snuggles is told of the Fidgety River being "dried up" while in truth its hiding in a cavern because someone has taken cubes of water from the ocean, fearing to disappear as well. After consulting uncle Bill and the space cat, he discovers that the water is taken to outer space and he begins to pursue the stolen water. Aliens from a watery planet had taken the water for their water, thinking it was unusable to Earth due its polluted state. Snuggles swears that the water will be taken care of and the aliens let Snuggles to restore the water back to Earth."

Thank you so very very much:-) its exactly what i was looking for.. Thank you

The Mulk

irishpride215 wrote: »

Thank you so very very much:-) its exactly what i was looking for.. Thank you

No problem,

They have episodes on Youtube if you want a look, I used to love this as a kid

irishpride215

The Mulk wrote: »

No problem,

They have episodes on Youtube if you want a look, I used to love this as a kid

I checked youtube as soon as i saw the original reply... Even made my son watch an episode with me an he loved it... Ive been tryin to figure it out for a long time, so thank you... Really did make my day:-)

dorado

shedweller wrote: »

I remember skeletor and he man putting down their swords for a bit of festive cheer once.

Oh wait, that was the early 80's. Feck

I meant to reply to this one earlier- actually, lots of what I watched in about 1990 was very likely NOT brand new, so even something a little older than 1990 would jog my memory.

Professey Chin

It wouldn't be Ireland technically since it was on Sky 1 but DJ Kat still sticks in my head more then anything. I remember there was a kinda phone in game where the caller had to do the usual up, up, left, left to guide him around a map avoiding manholes.

There was also another show from Saturday mornings I think. It was kinda like an Addams family thing, hosted by a vampire...or I could just be going insane

padd b1975

The Adventures of Sinbad with ropey special effects.

The Mulk

The Dark Lord Cthulhu wrote: »

It wouldn't be Ireland technically since it was on Sky 1 but DJ Kat still sticks in my head more then anything. I remember there was a kinda phone in game where the caller had to do the usual up, up, left, left to guide him around a map avoiding manholes.

There was also another show from Saturday mornings I think. It was kinda like an Addams family thing, hosted by a vampire...or I could just be going insane

Remember DJ Kat alright, always wanted to win one of those fish bone pendants he gave away.

The other show might have been "The Deadly Earnest horror show", although that was on a Saturday night. Deadly was a vampire in a cemetery and introduced a horror film. The odd time his wife came on, can't remember her name though.

Professey Chin

No this was definitely the morning. It was like dj kat as much as it was an interlude to different programs like vr troopers etc

The Mulk

Sorry, nothing else rings a bell.

Anyone remember Doctor Fad, it was great, remember seeing someone going around Tallaght in one of his " umbrella inventions"

harr

In the mornings there would have been Tarzan,the little rascals or Laurel and Hardy,used to love the old Tarzan movies curled up on couch with an open fire on

thejuggler

Credit is due to the crew behind the Den who gave up a chunk of their Christmas Day morning every year to do the tv show live. I suspect a lot of it was prerecorded in advance but there was always at least one segment with live callers on the phone.

The Den seems to have disappeared from the schedules in the last few years. I guess all fomats come to an end eventually. Is there any form of continuity between childrens tv shows these days on RTE?

Professey Chin

There is a host between the shows but theyre just a bunch of bebo hipsters.
Needs more puppets

SpaceTime

shedweller wrote: »

I remember skeletor and he man putting down their swords for a bit of festive cheer once.

Oh wait, that was the early 80's. Feck

They repeated on TCC for decades after that so your cover isn't blown!

Professey Chin

SpaceTime wrote: »

They repeated on TCC for decades after that so your cover isn't blown!

TCC was amazing
Then in the mid 90s they moved loads of the good stuff over to Trouble

dorado

Hurray! I found one answer to my original question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkocLNSDUc

I had always remembered a cartoon about some kids who kept getting into trouble for things going missing around the house, like socks, books, etc; but it wasn't their fault, and they were blamed, until they discovered it was a group of goblin-like creatures or trolls who lived underground, and they had to go on an adventure into that other world to get something important back. I finally found it-
The Secret World of Og, and it was aired in 1991 so that would have been right, too.
I remember their adventure seeming to last forever and wondering how they would ever get back home.... it probably wasn't the greatest thing I ever watched, but I always remembered the general idea of it. It probably played at Christmas time during that week where they showed Pippi Longstocking over and over

Professey Chin

Not irish but since this is now on Netflix Im all happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC3kue_C35g

Umekichi

Professey Chin wrote: »

Not irish but since this is now on Netflix Im all happy

Oh I remember this, I used to be freaked out by Slappy the dummy. So much so, that he used to appear on Fox Kids to announce the next episode of Goosebumps and I'd hide whenever he came on.

Anyone remember Are you afraid of the dark?

Professey Chin

Umekichi wrote: »

Oh I remember this, I used to be freaked out by Slappy the dummy. So much so, that he used to appear on Fox Kids to announce the next episode of Goosebumps and I'd hide whenever he came on.

Anyone remember Are you afraid of the dark?

I only found out last year that it was sugar they threw on the fire

Umekichi

Professey Chin wrote: »

I only found out last year that it was sugar they threw on the fire

Really? I didn't know that