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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Oddly, as a kid, whenever I saw Floella Benjamin on Play school, she scared the Bee Jesussss out of me...
Brian Cant was a tad scary as well... Anyone else?? |
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
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I used to love Brian Cant - his voice was really soothing.
Oddly enough, as a child I never believed or liked Jimmy Saville. He didn’t scare me but I remember watching Jim’l Fix It and thinking ‘he doesn’t like kids’ Ironically, but I was a kid myself and had no knowledge of the type of horrors he committed. |
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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago
Manchester (he/him) |
"I used to love Brian Cant - his voice was really soothing.
Oddly enough, as a child I never believed or liked Jimmy Saville. He didn’t scare me but I remember watching Jim’l Fix It and thinking ‘he doesn’t like kids’ Ironically, but I was a kid myself and had no knowledge of the type of horrors he committed. "
I was the same with Saville, Jim'll fix it used to creep me out as a kid. He just always seemed disinterested to me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Jimmy Saville came to mind, though I am quite prepared to accept that what later came to light has made me misremember what I thought at the time. I certainly always thought he looked a bit odd. Always liked Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter when I was younger. |
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"Agree with you there, one seriously bad man"
Oi! I won’t hear a word against him. I went on Jim will fix it as I always wanted to milk a cow while blindfolded!
On a serious note, about 25 years ago I was playing golf with a guy that was a regular at Stoke Mandeville, he said then that “all the nurses there fucking hate him”. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Not specifically a celeb, anyone remember the opening title sequence to "picturebox"?
Was a spinning jewellery box on a purple cushion..
Well disturbing |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"The child catcher. Chatty chatty bang bang
Ooh yes he still looks scary to me too  "
Scared the heck out of me when I was taken to the cinema to see it...
"Chiiiiiiilllldreeeeen...come out to plaaaayyyyyyyy...cherry pie and ice cream....all free todaaayyy!!"
*shivers* |
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
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"Again not a celeb specifically but the public information film about the dangers of playing near water with the voice of Donald Pleasance
https://youtu.be/xZWD2sDRESk
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Certainly kept me away from any water and woods and going anywhere remote on my own  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Jimmy Saville came to mind, though I am quite prepared to accept that what later came to light has made me misremember what I thought at the time. I certainly always thought he looked a bit odd. Always liked Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter when I was younger."
Sentiment shared exactly. Kids aren't stupid. We knew there was something wrong with Savile. I don't think any of us were really surprised. Maybe the sheer scale of his crimes, but not the fact he was a creep... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That awful clown thing sat with the girl when the telly finished. Do you know what I mean or did I dream it? Swear that was the beginning of my clown phobia.
Oh and not a celeb but the laughing man at Blackpool pleasure beach used to scare the shit outta me. Don’t know if he’s still there or not. |
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
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"That awful clown thing sat with the girl when the telly finished. Do you know what I mean or did I dream it? Swear that was the beginning of my clown phobia.
Oh and not a celeb but the laughing man at Blackpool pleasure beach used to scare the shit outta me. Don’t know if he’s still there or not. "
I actually wrote to Jim’ll Fix It to ask to be the girl on that test card - thankfully I did not eat chosen |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"That awful clown thing sat with the girl when the telly finished. Do you know what I mean or did I dream it? Swear that was the beginning of my clown phobia.
Oh and not a celeb but the laughing man at Blackpool pleasure beach used to scare the shit outta me. Don’t know if he’s still there or not.
I actually wrote to Jim’ll Fix It to ask to be the girl on that test card - thankfully I did not eat chosen "
Haha did you!  . I wrote to him too.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Davros - I later learnt that he was played by the guy who plays Mike Tucker in The Archers. The image of Davros chasing round after pigs makes me chuckle now "
Yes! Davros terrified me It was a behind the sofa moment when he appeared in Dr Who!
Peach x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Again not a celeb specifically but the public information film about the dangers of playing near water with the voice of Donald Pleasance
https://youtu.be/xZWD2sDRESk
Certainly kept me away from any water and woods and going anywhere remote on my own "
Was there another one with a frisbee in an electricity sub station.
I mean, come on, who would play with a frisbee nowadays, too busy on their phones |
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Reading through this has made me feel sooo much better, I thought half my fears were quite irrational 
Worzel Gummige terrified me when he changed his head, could never work out what Zippy was supposed to be but I didn’t like it, Ragitty from Rupert Bear stories freaked me out too, several Dr Who characters had me hiding behind the sofa
As for real celebs I never liked Norman Wisdom, Savile goes without saying, he looked strange to me, Freddy Starr was so manic he made me nervous when he came on the telly |
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
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"Again not a celeb specifically but the public information film about the dangers of playing near water with the voice of Donald Pleasance
https://youtu.be/xZWD2sDRESk
Certainly kept me away from any water and woods and going anywhere remote on my own
Was there another one with a frisbee in an electricity sub station.
I mean, come on, who would play with a frisbee nowadays, too busy on their phones "
And there was one with some kids playing on a farm around the machinery - didn’t end well for one lad I seem to remember.
Yeah there’s no need for any of these now as most kids don’t go out playing where their adults can’t monitor them or out of range of their wifi |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The child catcher. Chatty chatty bang bang
^^ defo. And Iggy Pop terrified me."
Iggy still does, as does Nick Cave, truly intimidating men. I'm in awe of both... |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"The child catcher. Chatty chatty bang bang
^^ defo. And Iggy Pop terrified me.
Iggy still does, as does Nick Cave, truly intimidating men. I'm in awe of both... "
Having seen Iggy on Jonathan Ross on Saturday and realised just how little he is I can't see him in an intimidating light any more!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The Hulk.
I just thought he was a really, really angry man  "
Always got emotional at the end when he got his lil rucksack, moved on from the town he lived and worked in and the piano chirps up |
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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago
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I'm coming to the realisation that I was somewhat psychotic as a child.. I wasn't scared of anyone on telly... not even the characters on V... which I shouldn't have watched, but Dad allowed it...
Oh dear..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Definitely not a celeb, but the kids tv show Knightmare used to make me feel really on edge. Stupid I know, but there was something about the fast paced yelled instructions and getting trapped in a maze that made me super nervous! |
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"Sam Eagle from the muppets. Ok I know he's not a real celebrity. But he was on the muppets with plenty of air time. Scared the hell out of me as a kid!  "
Amen! I was also freaked out by Animal and that giant bastard with the protruding bottom teeth |
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"Sam Eagle from the muppets. Ok I know he's not a real celebrity. But he was on the muppets with plenty of air time. Scared the hell out of me as a kid!
Amen! I was also freaked out by Animal and that giant bastard with the protruding bottom teeth "
 kids program; my arse! |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
Hillside desolate |
"I must've been a tough little bugger, I wasn't scared of anyone.
Snap... see quote above somewhere.. "
Oh yea, my parents didn't do a great job at censoring my viewing either so that probably explains it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I used to love Brian Cant - his voice was really soothing.
Oddly enough, as a child I never believed or liked Jimmy Saville. He didn’t scare me but I remember watching Jim’l Fix It and thinking ‘he doesn’t like kids’ Ironically, but I was a kid myself and had no knowledge of the type of horrors he committed. "
Me too he creeped me out  |
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"We knew there was something wrong with Savile. I don't think any of us were really surprised. Maybe the sheer scale of his crimes, but not the fact he was a creep... "
Completely agree, he didn't scare me but, like you say, he was creepy  |
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OK please don't laugh but Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama. In fact when I was about 10, maybe even younger, I had a crazy nightmare that I was abducted by Bananarama and forced to do stuff with/to them. Now, 13 year old me would have been really into this but as a 10 year old I was actually genuinely distressed by the the whole thing. Goodness knows what I'd been watching on telly to make me that scared of a popular girl-pop band, but I was genuinely a bit shaken by it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mr Claypole from Rentaghost, Mr Noseybonk from Jigsaw and that shitty looking ghost-like thing from Words And Pictures all freaked me right out as a kid as did Zippy from Rainbow  "
Was he the fucker with the beard in Rentaghost? Was just trying to remember the name of that ..... proper strange him, gave me the creeps. |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"OK please don't laugh but Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama. In fact when I was about 10, maybe even younger, I had a crazy nightmare that I was abducted by Bananarama and forced to do stuff with/to them. Now, 13 year old me would have been really into this but as a 10 year old I was actually genuinely distressed by the the whole thing. Goodness knows what I'd been watching on telly to make me that scared of a popular girl-pop band, but I was genuinely a bit shaken by it! "
Im not laughing, honestly  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not specifically a celeb, anyone remember the opening title sequence to "picturebox"?
Was a spinning jewellery box on a purple cushion..
Well disturbing"
That box was creepy! Don't know why but it was. |
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"Mr Claypole from Rentaghost, Mr Noseybonk from Jigsaw and that shitty looking ghost-like thing from Words And Pictures all freaked me right out as a kid as did Zippy from Rainbow
Was he the fucker with the beard in Rentaghost? Was just trying to remember the name of that ..... proper strange him, gave me the creeps."
That’s the one. His maniacal laugh used to scare the bejesus out of me |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Not specifically a celeb, anyone remember the opening title sequence to "picturebox"?
Was a spinning jewellery box on a purple cushion..
Well disturbing
That box was creepy! Don't know why but it was."
Glad it wasn't just me that can still picture it now, it could be used in any horror film in a dream sequence and not look out of place
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As a child, I thought Jimmy Saville was extremely weird, in a creepy kind of way, whenever he appeared in the media.
He was involved in a local sports event and I was one of the few kids that didn't go along.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Mr Claypole from Rentaghost, Mr Noseybonk from Jigsaw and that shitty looking ghost-like thing from Words And Pictures all freaked me right out as a kid as did Zippy from Rainbow
Was he the fucker with the beard in Rentaghost? Was just trying to remember the name of that ..... proper strange him, gave me the creeps.
That’s the one. His maniacal laugh used to scare the bejesus out of me "
Noseybonk was a legend! Catchy music as well, both him and Jigsaw |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I don’t think anything or anyone scared me on TV. At least not until I saw Salem’s Lot with David Soul. The vampires freaked me out, knocking on the windows. |
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"I don’t think anything or anyone scared me on TV. At least not until I saw Salem’s Lot with David Soul. The vampires freaked me out, knocking on the windows."
That scarred the absolute crap out of me as a kid
The young Glick kid floating around outside his brothers window.....gave me nightmares for weeks as did Barlow, the head vampire when he made his very sudden entrance in the jail cell |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don’t think anything or anyone scared me on TV. At least not until I saw Salem’s Lot with David Soul. The vampires freaked me out, knocking on the windows.
That scarred the absolute crap out of me as a kid
The young Glick kid floating around outside his brothers window.....gave me nightmares for weeks as did Barlow, the head vampire when he made his very sudden entrance in the jail cell "
Yep they were the ones |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Never been scared of celebs however I didn't like the witch from rod and emu can't remember her name "
Was it Grotbags?
I never liked Jimmy Saville or Rolf Harris. Brian Ferry used to give me the creeps too. |
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Slightly off on a tangent but afternoon delight that was Armchair Theatre, the one with the faceless nun in the room at the top of the windmill.....genuinely still gives me the shivers thinking about it "shudder" |
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"Not specifically a celeb, anyone remember the opening title sequence to "picturebox"?
Was a spinning jewellery box on a purple cushion..
Well disturbing"
The opening credits of Box of Delights did that to me. Disturbing imagery and haunting, menacing music. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Not specifically a celeb, anyone remember the opening title sequence to "picturebox"?
Was a spinning jewellery box on a purple cushion..
Well disturbing
The opening credits of Box of Delights did that to me. Disturbing imagery and haunting, menacing music. "
Was that the maths programme, something along the lines of "ticky ticky tocks, into the box"? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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This one is going to sound odd here... Laurel and Hardy. Perhaps not the characters but the situation they got into.. Two that stick in my mind... An incident with a barrel of water where one of them becomes full of water and is barrel shaped if I remember. I decided that must not have been humanely possible and he must have died somehow and come back to life. Another one involved soap powder and mixing too much ..... I think that is a reflection of the scrapes I used to get into... |
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