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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Yesterday I sat down and watched the movie Thunderbirds are Go, on Film4. I’m not ashamed to say I thoroughly enjoyed it, bringing back some happy memories. It even included an appearance of Cliff Richard & The Shadows in puppet form!!

It got me thinking about other ‘pre-animation’ kids shows I used to watch ... Stingray, Fireball XL5 (to name a couple)

What about you? Favourite non animated shows from your childhood?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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I was having a bit of a nostalgia trip the other day and went on YouTube specifically in search of one gem from my childhood, namely Chocky (and it’s two subsequent series).

I must say that it has stood up very well (1984 vintage) and remains a very intelligently written and intriguing series (it’s apparently based upon a book from the 1960’s).

Great stuff indeed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And we thought we were the only other people to remeber chocky!!!!

Although strictly not a kids show...tripods ? Bbc1 Saturday afternoons after final score

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"And we thought we were the only other people to remeber chocky!!!!

Although strictly not a kids show...tripods ? Bbc1 Saturday afternoons after final score "

All three series of Chocky are on YouTube - well worth a watch

I remember The Tripods to - as I recall it didn’t have an ‘ending’ though? (They may still be wandering the countryside)

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Another non-animated show which I loved as a kid (although much like The Tripods, it wasn’t aimed at children) but which simultaneously scarred the bejessus out of me was the TV adaptation of The Day Of The Triffids......

The bastard things used to make this horrible ‘knocking’ sound as they ‘walked’ around

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And we thought we were the only other people to remeber chocky!!!!

Although strictly not a kids show...tripods ? Bbc1 Saturday afternoons after final score

All three series of Chocky are on YouTube - well worth a watch

I remember The Tripods to - as I recall it didn’t have an ‘ending’ though? (They may still be wandering the countryside)

There was supposed to be a final series based on the final book but either the book never got written or they couldn’t secure the rights

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Series one of The Tripods, broadcast in 1984, which had 13 half-hour episodes written by the well-known author of many radio plays Alick Rowe, covers the first book, The White Mountains; the 12-episode second series (1985) covers The City of Gold and Lead. Although a television script had been written for the third series, it never went into production.

Nicked off wiki

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh just loved jerry Anderson supermarionation thunderbirds was deffo my fave jo 90 and supercar were good aswell got my lad into thunderbirds he loves it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good Lord did op get abducted by the mysterons

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Good Lord did op get abducted by the mysterons

I loved Captain Scarlett but.....why did the Mysterons’ always reveal their nefarious plans to Spectrum prior to implementing them?

They simply never learnt

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

"I was having a bit of a nostalgia trip the other day and went on YouTube specifically in search of one gem from my childhood, namely Chocky (and it’s two subsequent series).

I must say that it has stood up very well (1984 vintage) and remains a very intelligently written and intriguing series (it’s apparently based upon a book from the 1960’s).

Great stuff indeed

Chocky was written by the same writer as Day of the Triffids, mentioned later in the thread

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Does anyone remember the following children’s classic shows:

The Red Hand Gang (an American show from the late seventies as I recall featuring a bunch of Chopper riding kids in bell bottom flares who solved various crimes)

The Legend Of Tim Tyler: This was a German coproduction and featured a kid who sold his laugh to a chap called the Baron (who was insinuated to be the devil).

Heidi: This was another foreign production and was dubbed into English.

And I’ve saved the very best until last:

Monkey!!!!! (A Japanese series based on the Chinese literary classic, Journey To The West)

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"I was having a bit of a nostalgia trip the other day and went on YouTube specifically in search of one gem from my childhood, namely Chocky (and it’s two subsequent series).

I must say that it has stood up very well (1984 vintage) and remains a very intelligently written and intriguing series (it’s apparently based upon a book from the 1960’s).

Great stuff indeed

Chocky was written by the same writer as Day of the Triffids, mentioned later in the thread "

Yes indeed; John Wyndham was a fantastic scInence fiction writer. He also gave us the classic, The Midwich Cuckoos which was of course later made into the delightfully creepy, scI-if/horror classic, ‘Village Of The Damned’.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Does anyone remember the following children’s classic shows:

The Red Hand Gang (an American show from the late seventies as I recall featuring a bunch of Chopper riding kids in bell bottom flares who solved various crimes)

The Legend Of Tim Tyler: This was a German coproduction and featured a kid who sold his laugh to a chap called the Baron (who was insinuated to be the devil).

Heidi: This was another foreign production and was dubbed into English.

And I’ve saved the very best until last:

Monkey!!!!! (A Japanese series based on the Chinese literary classic, Journey To The West) "

Red hand gang yes ...(Saturday mornings)

Heidi yes ...

Nit sure about Tim Tyler

Gotta love monkey ! They redid it a few years back, nit actually that bad ...

The flying kiwi

Baileys bird

Bring em back alive

Once upon a time (cartoon)

SPORT BILLY!!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Does anyone remember the following children’s classic shows:

The Red Hand Gang (an American show from the late seventies as I recall featuring a bunch of Chopper riding kids in bell bottom flares who solved various crimes)

The Legend Of Tim Tyler: This was a German coproduction and featured a kid who sold his laugh to a chap called the Baron (who was insinuated to be the devil).

Heidi: This was another foreign production and was dubbed into English.

And I’ve saved the very best until last:

Monkey!!!!! (A Japanese series based on the Chinese literary classic, Journey To The West)

Red hand gang yes ...(Saturday mornings)

Heidi yes ...

Nit sure about Tim Tyler

Gotta love monkey ! They redid it a few years back, nit actually that bad ...

The flying kiwi

Baileys bird

Bring em back alive

Once upon a time (cartoon)

SPORT BILLY!!"

I remember Sport Billy

‘You’re a hero from another planet - Sport Billy!........’

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Omg monkey that was brilliant I don't think I missed one lol red hand gang I remember, Tim Tyler not at all all and I need to look up chocky as I don't recall that one either

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I’ve just nicked the intro to Monkey:

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven and the moisture of Earth, the powers of the sun and the moon all worked upon a certain rock, old as creation. And it became magically fertile. The first egg was named "Thought". Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, "With our thoughts, we make the world." Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it then came a stone monkey. The nature of Monkey was irrepressible! - Monkkkkeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!’

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Road Runner cartoons... Ha!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

.....And as a special bonus, the opening theme song:

‘Born from an egg on a mountain top,

The Funkiest Monkey that ever popped,

He knew every magic trick under the sun,

Tease the Gods and everyone can have some fun.

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh!

What a cocky, saucey Monkey this one is.

All the Gods were angry and they punished him.

Until he was saved by a kindly priest,

And that was the start of their pilgrimage quest.

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh!’

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Does anyone remember the late seventies adaptation of Mark Twain’s, Huckleberry Finn & His Friends?

That was awesome (even though Indian Joe used to scare the shit out of me)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t remember any of these! I’m obviously too young

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

".....And as a special bonus, the opening theme song:

‘Born from an egg on a mountain top,

The Funkiest Monkey that ever popped,

He knew every magic trick under the sun,

Tease the Gods and everyone can have some fun.

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh!

What a cocky, saucey Monkey this one is.

All the Gods were angry and they punished him.

Until he was saved by a kindly priest,

And that was the start of their pilgrimage quest.

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh!’

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good call

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"I don’t remember any of these! I’m obviously too young

I bet you remember Grange Hill?

If so.....what the hell was the significance of the flying sausage in the animated, opening credits sequence?

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Tiswas!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Tiswas!"

I remember that (and very much liking the female co presenter....)

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Tiswas!"

Also do you remember the adult version, OTT which featured many of the shows same cast?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t remember any of these! I’m obviously too young

I bet you remember Grange Hill?

If so.....what the hell was the significance of the flying sausage in the animated, opening credits sequence?

Haha yeah loved Grange Hill. My era was tucker and Tricia Yates etc. I remember the sausage flying off the fork

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tiswas!

Also do you remember the adult version, OTT which featured many of the shows same cast? "

I do. I wasn’t allowed to watch it though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mary mungo and midge

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Transformers.

I sobbed and sobbed when Optimus prime hand over the matrix of leadership to Ultramagnus and then died.

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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago

Gleam Street

Loved Monkey Magic... recently roped in an American friend who had no idea.... shes still in her 20's... but I'm a Muppets girl at heart

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a video of sport billy that I can remember playing to death!

My other favourites throughout childhood to early teens were;

The raccoons

Bill and teds excellent adventures

Count duckula

He man and she ra

Fraggle rock

Alf

Trap door

A program about a family that had a big foot living with them, was called something like the hensons I think

Saved by the bell

Clarissa explains it all

Sabrina the teenage witch

Probably tons more that will come to me once I’ve posted this!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to watch Grange Hill, rentaghost, bagpuss, crackerjack, rainbow, magic roundabout, Wombles, fraggle rock, why don’t you, cheggars plays pop, the one with the scary green witch that I can’t remember the name of

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tiswas!

I remember that (and very much liking the female co presenter....)

Sally James! I think I had a bit of a crush on her... And Chris Tarrant... Lenny Henry... Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog... And the phantom flan flinger! Jesus I am old!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had a video of sport billy that I can remember playing to death!

My other favourites throughout childhood to early teens were;

The raccoons

Bill and teds excellent adventures

Count duckula

He man and she ra

Fraggle rock

Alf

Trap door

A program about a family that had a big foot living with them, was called something like the hensons I think

Saved by the bell

Clarissa explains it all

Sabrina the teenage witch

Probably tons more that will come to me once I’ve posted this!

God they’re the ones my daughter used to watch! Same time as Hannah Montana and drake and josh!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Tiswas!

I remember that (and very much liking the female co presenter....)

Sally James! I think I had a bit of a crush on her... And Chris Tarrant... Lenny Henry... Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog... And the phantom flan flinger! Jesus I am old!

That’s her

This thread is making me feel positively ancient

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hey Arnold was the bomb

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Loved Monkey Magic... recently roped in an American friend who had no idea.... shes still in her 20's... but I'm a Muppets girl at heart"

I loved the Muppets......but a few of them scared me (Animal for instance)

Also, a few of the characters in Sesame Street left me feeling a bit uneasy, namely The Count, that green thing that lived in the bin and Cookie Monster (The way he shoved his whole hand greedily in his gob freaked me out for some reason)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had a video of sport billy that I can remember playing to death!

My other favourites throughout childhood to early teens were;

The raccoons

Bill and teds excellent adventures

Count duckula

He man and she ra

Fraggle rock

Alf

Trap door

A program about a family that had a big foot living with them, was called something like the hensons I think

Saved by the bell

Clarissa explains it all

Sabrina the teenage witch

Probably tons more that will come to me once I’ve posted this!

God they’re the ones my daughter used to watch! Same time as Hannah Montana and drake and josh!"

Hannah Montana and drake and josh were after my time, I had a younger brother so probably some of those ^ are ones that I watched because he had them on rather than being for my age group.xx

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By *orthantsblueeyesMan
over a year ago

Northampton

I really liked that football one 'The Hurricanes'. It had a great theme tune too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bill an ben the flower pot men an lil weeeeed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had a video of sport billy that I can remember playing to death!

My other favourites throughout childhood to early teens were;

The raccoons

Bill and teds excellent adventures

Count duckula

He man and she ra

Fraggle rock

Alf

Trap door

A program about a family that had a big foot living with them, was called something like the hensons I think

Saved by the bell

Clarissa explains it all

Sabrina the teenage witch

Probably tons more that will come to me once I’ve posted this!

God they’re the ones my daughter used to watch! Same time as Hannah Montana and drake and josh!

Hannah Montana and drake and josh were after my time, I had a younger brother so probably some of those ^ are ones that I watched because he had them on rather than being for my age group.xx"

Ah don’t feel so old now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gone are the days when muffin the mule was acceptable

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Did I dream these next two or can anyone else remember.

Cloudbusting

The Tomorrow People

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By *owhard007Man
over a year ago

leeds

Danger mouse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Did I dream these next two or can anyone else remember.

Cloudbusting

The Tomorrow People"

Tomorrow’s world do you mean?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Did I dream these next two or can anyone else remember.

Cloudbusting

The Tomorrow People"

The latter one which aired in the 1970’s scarred me a good’un

Funnily enough, there’s been at least two subsequent reboots of the series. One I remember from the nineties, featured the actor who used to play Todd in Neighbours and was pretty scary for the time of broadcasting (not least of all as the late, great Sir Christopher Lee was the main villain in one story).

It was more recently revived as an American series but I never viewed it I’m afraid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh I'd forgotten the tomorrow people I just YouTubed it getting flash backs now lol

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By *ingcom76Man
over a year ago

cheltenham

"I used to watch Grange Hill, rentaghost, bagpuss, crackerjack, rainbow, magic roundabout, Wombles, fraggle rock, why don’t you, cheggars plays pop, the one with the scary green witch that I can’t remember the name of "

Do you mean Grotbags?

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By *andyladMan
over a year ago

Hereorthere

Dangermouse

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Do you mean Grotbags? "

She was a bit hot....in a sort of greeny way

The bloody kids in that show used to piss me off however as whenever someone came to the bloody door, we were treated to: ’There’s somebody at the door.....there’s somebody at the door....’ Arrggghhh!!! Sweet Jesus!

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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago

a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road

The Mysterious Cities of Gold 1982 nostalgia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you mean Grotbags? "

Yes! That’s the one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We must be off the same era cause i remember watching all these shows

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Computer games programme with Violet Berlin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any football nuts remember watching Murphys Mob in the early 80s?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We must be off the same era cause i remember watching all these shows

Probably. 1972 I was born

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We must be off the same era cause i remember watching all these shows

Probably. 1972 I was born "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Flumps! I still love it now! (Actually have the DVD.

Aww Pootle, then there is Grandpa Flump and his Flumpet :D

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dogtanian, Trumpton, Catch the pigeoen, Wacky Races, Mr Ben

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By *agermeisterMan
over a year ago

Leeds

"Dogtanian, Trumpton, Catch the pigeoen, Wacky Races, Mr Ben"

"Alexandre Dumas' classic characters and their canine counterparts were decidedly lacklustre."

"Yeah I know"

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By *agermeisterMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Do you mean Grotbags?

Yes! That’s the one. "

The actress who played her (Carol Lee Scott) was a highly regarded soul singer and a fixture in northern working mens clubs in the 1970s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sabrina well that was a babe and her aunts too lol ?? the things you remember xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yesterday I sat down and watched the movie Thunderbirds are Go, on Film4. I’m not ashamed to say I thoroughly enjoyed it, bringing back some happy memories. It even included an appearance of Cliff Richard & The Shadows in puppet form!!

It got me thinking about other ‘pre-animation’ kids shows I used to watch ... Stingray, Fireball XL5 (to name a couple)

What about you? Favourite non animated shows from your childhood?"

Supercar

Magic Boomerang

Four Feather Falls

Stingray

Tom Caxton's War

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hahahaha and captain pugwash say no more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol so who did rodger the cabin boy

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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago

the right frame of mind -London

"Henry's Cat" -admitedly I was a stoned student when I discovered this but love it's quirky humour all the same

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Ren and Stimpy, it was so messed up but awesome

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It got me thinking about other ‘pre-animation’ kids shows I used to watch ... Stingray, Fireball XL5 (to name a couple)

What about you? Favourite non animated shows from your childhood?"

I loved Beat The Teacher and Knock your block off x

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