totally obscure post

[Firefly]

hi all,
you will all think i am totally mental here, but we were talking about kids programmes,and generally reminiscing, and i just wondered if any body else here remembers.......

christopher lillicrap???????:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Alan the Vanner]

Yea, he hosted some kind of musical show, didn't he?

[Firefly]

not sure about that,atv, i remember him doing 'flicks'.
and steve remembers him in 'playschool'.

[e692wtt]

I've spent years trying to forget Christopher Lillicrap, so thanks very much!!!

Only kidding. Funny how nostalgia pulls at the heartstrings, innit? Anyone remember 'the gallery' on Hartbeat (or its predecessor), the name of the music that was played? 'Theme of the deerhunter' or something - music to cut your wrists to... not good!:horror: cracks me up every time.

[tony]

we will be on to play away soon on bbc2 and w.d.y;)

[Firefly]

why dont you! i forgot about why dont you.
i found the willo the wisp website yesterday.
fond memories!

[malcsmaesty]

i liked "rhubarb" the dog;)

[malcsmaesty]

"it friday,its 5 o'clock and it time for.........CRACKERJACK!!!"
or something along those lines,its been a long time and i have slept since then:laugh:
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mate of mine was on this show a lot with his lop-eared rabbits,unfortunateley he had rather large head handles too,didn't do him any favours when they used to pull him up by them from under the desk either,they say that people look like their pets,he was no exception to the rule:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Firefly]

what have i started here??

ok heres a favourite in this house,one thats gets steve and i playing the old air guitars! how many of you remember....

jamie and the magic torch???!!??

excellent!!

[e692wtt]

My best mate is somewhat of an Oracle, and reckons Christopher Lillicrap did a 'God slot' on Sunday mornings - anyone remember this?

How's about Rentaghost? Absolute rubbish but the music sticks in the mind.

[Firefly]

no i don't remember him doing that,

but rentaghost! oh yes, timothy claypole, what a dish!

what about bod? anybody?

[Beaker]

anyone remember any of these?

wuzzles
he man
she ra
care bears
transformers
fraggle rock

[Firefly]

yes, i remember those,but the oldies may not!
how about the gummi bears and the paw paw bears?
or the mysterious cities of gold, or ulysses?

[SimonR]

Could you guys please stop it - You're making me feel old! Oh and yes I do remember all that stuff! :)

[MaestroMatt]

Originally posted by Firefly
yes, i remember those,but the oldies may not!
how about the gummi bears and the paw paw bears?
or the mysterious cities of gold, or ulysses?

I loved the Mysterious Cites of Gold and Ulysses 31. They were the best cartoons of the time, in my opinion. I have the entire series of MCoG on CD-R to watch at my leisure, but haven't seen Ulysses 31 for ages.

Thundercats was pretty good as well, if I remember rightly.

[Maria]

I was just about to say how fab Thundercats was! I'd kill to have that on tape/CD/DVD. Any chance of a copy of MCoG? I loved that! And Dogtanian, and Around the World with Willy Fogg, and Stoppit and TidyUp, and Trap Door, and ...!!

They don't make 'em like they used to!

[tony]

Originally posted by Maria
I was just about to say how fab Thundercats was! I'd kill to have that on tape/CD/DVD. Any chance of a copy of MCoG? I loved that! And Dogtanian, and Around the World with Willy Fogg, and Stoppit and TidyUp, and Trap Door, and ...!!

They don't make 'em like they used to!
trap door god that takes me back,"bert wheres my dinner bert" they was good times

[Firefly]

ive got the theme tunes to most of them!
any chance of u copying mcog for me? please please please? (grovel grovel)
tony,how come you know trap door? you are too old for that!!
(steve loves it too)

no,they don't make them like they used to,thats why kids today are little sods!

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by Firefly
no,they don't make them like they used to,thats why kids today are little sods!

True. ;) The likes of Sean Paul are to blame. :rage: :mad:

[Beaker]

I've got trapdoor on the speccy 48k, that was a good program.

[E_T_V]

#Don't you open that trap door
#Cuz there's somthing down there.


Now they are videos which I really have to get! :D

[Alan the Vanner]

How about Dangermouse?!:D

[MaestroMatt]

Maria and Firefly, or indeed anyone, if you want a copy of MCOG then PM or e-mail me and we can sort it out.

[Firefly]

hey linz,
how sad is this? i've still got my speccy+2 and all the games!
i have got 1 episode of 'trap door' on video,(the 1 where burk used boney to play hide and seek with?)
steves all time fave is danger mouse.

how about battle of the planets??
and terrahawks?

[Beaker]

I've got two speccy 48k and about 150+ games. The good thing is you can play all those games on the PC nowadays.

You need to download a spectrum emulatorhttp://www.spectaculator.com/

then you need a tape drive, which you can plug into your soundcard and using a program called MAKE TZX ( http://www.worldofspectrum.org/utilities.html ) you can create a.tzx file play the game on the PC.

ALternatively, there are masses of games already been converted on the web, to play on the emulator. Have a go its great fun.

Some of my favourite games were, daley thompsons supertest, football manager, kikstart, pool :) But my all time favourite of games was the whole collection of Dizzy.

[Beaker]

Anyone remember

superted, banana man or jimbo?

"Jiiiiimmmmmboooooooo" :) :D

[Alan the Vanner]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Firefly
steves all time fave is danger mouse.
I wonder if his "Mk III" was modelled on a Maestro?

[Austin-Rover]

I thought it was a bit of a coincedance when today i went into 'Music Zone' in Bury and they had both 'Around the world with Willy Fogg' and 'Dogtanian' on DVD for a fiver each

:cool:

[Maria]

Oh COOL!! :)

[e692wtt]

Are we talking 'Dogtanian and the three muskehounds' here, or am I barking up the wrong tree (no pun intended)? I enjoyed this programme in my mis-spent youth.:laugh:

As an aside, would people care to comment on just when in his childrens'-programme-making career Oliver Postgate lost the plot? It's just after a conversation in the pub last night when it was generally agreed that The Clangers was, errm, ok, but I am sure he'd lost 'it' before this stage...

It's good to be back on the Forums of a weekend...:laugh:

[Alan the Vanner]

Down the pub earlier, my Brother and a freind were discussing Portland Bill(!)
Cromarty: "It is'nae!"
Ross: "It is!":laugh:

[Firefly]

i was just wondering if anybody remembers a programme called 'hey look,thats me'?????'
i can't find any reference to it anywhere. i know the bloke who presented it was called 'chris' but i can't remember his last name.
any ideas guys????????