The Trapdoor

Redshift

Does anyone else remember this gem of a cartoon from the 80s
the intro is here
and more info is here

steveland?

But of course.

Up until a couple of months ago (it might still be) it was shown on Channel 4 at 6am most mornings

Mixie

Bought a massive wallposter of it a few months back. They dont make kids TV like they used to!

Sarky

"BERK! FEEEED MEEEE!"

tk123

Ah those were the days - with a talking skull and a spider for mates you're guaranteed to get into all sorts of adventures!!

Rockiemalt

quality programming!

one of our college assignments this year was make the audio for trapdoor! was so much fuN!

tuxy

well it wasnt a cartoon but it was claymation and very good
i remember it well

calis

dont go into that TRAPDOOR!! sing along.

was the guy upstairs ever seen in the cartoon?

tk123

I think we just saw his shadow...?

deedee lepoopoo

I vaguely remeber it.

'stay away from that trapdooooor, because there's something down there'.

tk123

Hey they have series 1&2 on play.com!!!

Talliesin

tk123 wrote:

Hey they have series 1&2 on play.com!!!

Anyone remember back in the day when play.com was an online boardgame site?
Ah, takes me back...

whiskeyman

was just thinking about this fantastic show the other day as BBC3 are running a campaign using very similar claymation / characters.
One of my childhood favs by a mile.
Must get the DVDs

gubby

Ray Darcy played the theme tune of TrapDoor on his show on friday, personally i've never seen it , so i dont have a bulls notion of what ye are on about!!!

lukeUCD

what a brilliant intro!

pat kenny

One of the greats ,right up there with Doctor Snuggles.

dearg_doom

what a show!!

one of the best IMHO

I only found out recently that there was only a small number ever made yet it ran for YEARS on Ch.4!!

LoneGunM@n

What a great show ... the old cartoons are much better than those of today ... Poor Old Boney

Zombienosh

oo the nostalgia kicks in

Velvet Vocals

I know I'm just repeating what most of you have said already but absolutely LOVED trap door! They DON'T make kid's TV as well as they used to!!!! :rolleyes:

Sarky

I suspect the writers are no longer allowed to get utterly stoned at work.

Bert Fever

And the c64 game of Trapdoor was great too...

telecinesk

I have a *.tap file for the Trapdoor game for the super fast Sinclair 48K computer. Tho I use an emulator for spectrum games nowadays.
Great fun playing trapdoor. Just did it earlier having read this thread.....

The jock

Trouble on sky digital show trap door,channel 607

Kingp35

I have decided to revive this thread just because it was an absolutely classic cartoon!!! It was one of my favs ever and it only lasted about 5 mins an episode!!

Think im gonna buy the DVDs. Oh 80s cartoons/claymations are by far the best ever made

Larianne

Brillant!! I totally missed this thread in All things Retro!! How could that be!! :eek:

Loved that programme. Brillant. I remember each episode only being short though. Where have all these gems disappeared to??? Bring 'em back I say!!

dlofnep

I have trapdoor taped on video from years ago.. I loved it.

CiDeRmAn

I picked up an original video of the entire series a couple of years ago, Willie Rushton doing the voices, excellent!
Still the kids love to watch it, supremely gooey and disgusting, especially the exploding marsmallow, slug thingys!
Sweet,

And of course that sex symbol of our time, a character women wanted to be with and men wanted to be, DRUT !
All Hail Drut, All Hail Drut!

zinc

Wow, flashback central for me. I dont remember a lot from my childhood but this, I most certainly do, thanks for the intro!