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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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I know this has been done a few times, but I’m scrolling through Amazon Prime & Netflix tv & there’s been a few classics on there.
I’m transported back in time better than any Tardis.
The Singing Ringing Tree
Top Cat
Champion The Wonder Horse
Tom & Jerry
What shows have you watched that hold up over the years?
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"Pokemon and yu-gi-oh for me.
I grew up with pokemon and now the kids watch it also, which is a good excuse for me to watch it. "
Crikey, I remember forking out a small fortune for the collectible Pokémon cards for my nephew. I suspect they’ll be worth as much as some Disney collectibles by now. Nostalgia sells. |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"Its a knockout
swap shop.."
Random Useless Info:
Multi Coloured Swap Shop's number (from the first series, 1976-1977) 01-288 8055 - It changed to the 01-811 8055 number in time for the second series in 1977. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Haha! So many memories flashing up for me 
When John Cravens Newsround came on you always knew it was the end of the 'good' TV and time for Crossroads lol xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Haha! So many memories flashing up for me
When John Cravens Newsround came on you always knew it was the end of the 'good' TV and time for Crossroads lol xxx"
Hahaha! So true! His jumpers were always spectacular too...... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Super Gran
Stand back Superman, Ice Man, Spider Man - Batman and Robin too. If you wanna cause a rawkus with B.A Barracus, then that’s what you’ve got to do...........  |
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Number 73 ..great Saturday TV .
Hong Kong fuey ..well he was the number super guy !
The Arabian Knights cartoon and dungeons and dragons. .loved them!
Oh wacky races and special place in my heart for old Bagpuss!
As they said on the show..
"Even Bagpuss himself once he was asleep was just an old, saggy cloth cat
Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams.... "
Oh God I'm actually Bagpuss!! :- pmsl !! Xx |
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And this classic!!
I am Adam. Prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Greyskull. This is Cringer... my fearless friend. Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said... By the power of Greyskull!
He-Man: I have the Power! Cringer became the Mighty Battle Cat, and I became He-Man the most powerful man in the universe. Only a few others share this secret... Our friends: The Sorceress, Man-At-Arms and Orko. Together we defend Castle Greyskull from the evil forces of Skeletor. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Some of the original cards like the one that came with the first movie is pushing 1000 plus for mint. Ut yu-gi-oh the 5 exodia cards can go for 5000+ for mint ones. |
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Aberdeen
The Clangers
Mary Mungo Midge
Star Trek (Original series)
Ivor The Steam Engine
Monkey
Animal Magic
6 million dollar man
Dukes of Hazard
Mork And Mindy
Flash Gordon
Fu Man Chu
Pink Panther
Top Cat
Mr Ben
Bagpuss
Tom and Jerry
Yogi Bear
Wacky Racers
Thunderbirds
Grange Hill
The Flintstones (Had to hum theme to remember name)
Charlie's Angels (aka wet dreams along with sister from Dukes of Hazad)
Minder (loved it as a kid)
The one with kit the car (Hasselhoff driving)
Captain Pugwash
Road Runner (Beep Beep)
Rent A Ghost
Chips
Starsky and Hutch
Bonanza
Waltons (Had crush on oldest sister)
Taza Taszamania (spelling)
Buck Rodgers
Fingerbobs
The list is almost endless but in those days programmes seemed so much better than the computer generated muck our kids have to watch. When things like Pokeman started for me the utter shite started. I guess Kojack, Z Cars,Sweeny And Minder above etc are technically adult programmes but loved them as a kid as well....
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"Fuck almost forgot
Heidi and High Chaperal "
Now there’s a list to search for on all the platforms such as Amazon, Netflix etc.
I’m going to add Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie,
Munsters, Addams Family & Beverley Hillbillies.
For UK I’m also adding Noggin The Nog, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley, The Wombles, Magic Roundabout, Hector’s House, Parsley the Lion/The Herbs, & The Double Deckers. |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"I've just remembered the ultimate !!!
Does anyone remember "Michael Bentines Potty Time".  
Prob onlyme who remembers but it was fecking brilliant loloolo"
Potty Time was... well, potty. Michael Bentine’s comedy was brilliantly bonkers. |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"Some of the original cards like the one that came with the first movie is pushing 1000 plus for mint. Ut yu-gi-oh the 5 exodia cards can go for 5000+ for mint ones. "
Now I’m sure I have some still in wrappers that I “put in a safe place” then forgot about so my nephew never actually got them. I must look them out. It might be my retirement plan. Better return than some ISA’s |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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How could I have omitted Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds? With the husky voiced Lady Penelope, all 5 Thunderbirds vehicles & the villain The Hood? Some of the special effects were amazing & the model work worthy of some feature films? All before CGI effects. |
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"How could I have omitted Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds? With the husky voiced Lady Penelope, all 5 Thunderbirds vehicles & the villain The Hood? Some of the special effects were amazing & the model work worthy of some feature films? All before CGI effects. "
Yea. Very true. Thunderbird made a re-appearance in the 90’s.
Don’t forget - captain scarlet.
Great work by Gerry Anderson |
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"I cant believe I forgot scooby doo ( the original).... those pesky kids...
Scrappy doo was a pain in the arse though. Or have I gone wrong? "
Yea, seen the re-runs through the years.
And even watching it now, yup, defo scrappy-doo is the biggest “pain in the arse” cartoon character I can think of. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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80s kid here. So was all about the cartoons as a kid probably cause they/most had there own toy line as well. Not forgetting the awesome TV shows as well. Was a golden age if you ask me. List is endless.
Transformers
Thundercats
M.A.S.K
Visionaries
Centurions
Bravestarr
He Man
GI Joe
Ninja turtles
Knight rider
A team
Miami vice
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"I used to love inspector gadget and Mr Ben
Also used to love world of sport on itv on a Saturday afternoon with Dickie Davies"
Crikey - got me humming the theme tune now & thinking of how the family all sat down as we watched the wrestling. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Other than ReBoot that i said before, i was lucky to be a kid at early 90s peak superhero animation
Batman the animated series
Xmen TAS
spiderman TAS
Superman TAS
Add to that hero turtles, and 80s thudercats, transformers, he-man etc |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"It's difficult remembering any that haven't yet been mentioned!
Dangermouse
Why Don't You
Let's Pretend "
There you go... others have noted shows (though personally I wouldn’t know some as I’d be of shagging age when they were on tv).
That said, I did enjoy Chorlton & The Wheelies & I was shagging age then too! |
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"It's difficult remembering any that haven't yet been mentioned!
Dangermouse
Why Don't You
Let's Pretend
There you go... others have noted shows (though personally I wouldn’t know some as I’d be of shagging age when they were on tv).
That said, I did enjoy Chorlton & The Wheelies & I was shagging age then too! "
Chorlton and the wheelies was top class entertainment  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Most of the ones I mind have been mentioned, the one thing I will say is the 80's and 90's cartoons had some proper intro music to them.
Where the truth lies form the legend of prince valiant s_ands out, heck it had a 3 minuet run time and could have been a single |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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That show you mentioned mafc, “From Andy Pandy to Zebedee” threw up some classics & reminded me of others.
Blue Peter (my hero was John Noakes)
Animal Magic (the theme tune “Las Vegas” now being used for W1A & by Chris Evans on Radio 2)
Rhubarb & Custard (another memorable theme tune)
Magic Roundabout (where Eric Thompson’s stories bore no relevance to the French original)
The Wombles (Mike Batt’s theme song giving him another hit after “Summertime City” from Seaside Special)
Paddington Bear (Michael Bond’s very own Pooh)
Vision On (Tony Hart & a pre Dr Who Sylvester McCoy)
and of course Doctor Who (initially aimed at kids & today a family favourite & the oldest running tv SciFi show)
Great shout mafc. |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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Can anyone remember the name of a weird cartoon that I think featured a musical box of some sort & had a connection to a Classical Composer? I can’t rememver too much other than it was like an operatic acid trip.  |
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" Can anyone remember the name of a weird cartoon that I think featured a musical box of some sort & had a connection to a Classical Composer? I can’t rememver too much other than it was like an operatic acid trip. "
Only one I can think of is Camberwick green. |
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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" Can anyone remember the name of a weird cartoon that I think featured a musical box of some sort & had a connection to a Classical Composer? I can’t rememver too much other than it was like an operatic acid trip.
Only one I can think of is Camberwick green."
Nope not that one. I think it had something to do with Mozart or another famous Classical Composer. It’s one of those insignificant things that’s gonna bug me till I get the answer. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"That show you mentioned mafc, “From Andy Pandy to Zebedee” threw up some classics & reminded me of others.
Blue Peter (my hero was John Noakes)
Animal Magic (the theme tune “Las Vegas” now being used for W1A & by Chris Evans on Radio 2)
Rhubarb & Custard (another memorable theme tune)
Magic Roundabout (where Eric Thompson’s stories bore no relevance to the French original)
The Wombles (Mike Batt’s theme song giving him another hit after “Summertime City” from Seaside Special)
Paddington Bear (Michael Bond’s very own Pooh)
Vision On (Tony Hart & a pre Dr Who Sylvester McCoy)
and of course Doctor Who (initially aimed at kids & today a family favourite & the oldest running tv SciFi show)
Great shout mafc. "
OMG. Rhubarb & Custard (another memorable theme tune)
fffs I've been humming that tune all morning, pure deed brilliant tune lolol
Kids miss out on so much good stuff we got as kids loloolloollo
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By *andom2chat OP Man
over a year ago
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"OMG. Rhubarb & Custard (another memorable theme tune)
fffs I've been humming that tune all morning, pure deed brilliant tune lolol
Kids miss out on so much good stuff we got as kids loloolloollo
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Today’s kids, according to the show, are living in the Digital Age where programming (& they mean this in more than one definition) is structured in order to “sell” kids stuff. Toys, sweets, & other merchandise associated directly or indirectly with the show. It’s formulated to encourage them to be consumers. No wonder I look at some parents & listen to their kids beseech them for this or that, & see the adults buckle under the pressure. Even grandparents seemingly want to “spoil” their little darlings with all the stuff we didn’t get.
Our generation however grew up in the “Golden Age” of kids tv where there was no monetary concept. Blue Peter asked for recycled stamps, milk bottle tops etc in their appeals. No premium rate call to donate £5, £10 or £20 (remembering to ask the bill payers permission). They explained how to make your own Tracey Island or (flammable) Christmas decorations from coat hangers & tinsel. Not something out of Toys R Us at £70! Our programmes primarily entertained, educated or were innovative.
Tbh I hadn’t thought quite as deeply as that but there is a marked difference & even the rebooted shows are designed to appeal to our sense of nostalgia, whilst updated for today’s consumer kiddies.
The kids even have their own channels running 24/7 that the kids can access, mostly unsupervised, whereas we had a couple of hours & Saturday mornings. The rest of the time we were using our imaginations or outside playing - not glued to mobiles, tablets, & laptops.
I wonder if we will see a return to “inclusive” viewing or if that age has now passed? |
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Alias Smith and Jones
the 2 most successful outlaws in the history of the west,and in all the trains and banks the robbed,they never shot anyone,that made them very popular with everyone except the railroads and banks
lol |
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"Alias Smith and Jones
the 2 most successful outlaws in the history of the west,and in all the trains and banks the robbed,they never shot anyone,that made them very popular with everyone except the railroads and banks
lol"
missed out our 2 latter day robin hoods |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OMG. Rhubarb & Custard (another memorable theme tune)
fffs I've been humming that tune all morning, pure deed brilliant tune lolol
Kids miss out on so much good stuff we got as kids loloolloollo
Today’s kids, according to the show, are living in the Digital Age where programming (& they mean this in more than one definition) is structured in order to “sell” kids stuff. Toys, sweets, & other merchandise associated directly or indirectly with the show. It’s formulated to encourage them to be consumers. No wonder I look at some parents & listen to their kids beseech them for this or that, & see the adults buckle under the pressure. Even grandparents seemingly want to “spoil” their little darlings with all the stuff we didn’t get.
Our generation however grew up in the “Golden Age” of kids tv where there was no monetary concept. Blue Peter asked for recycled stamps, milk bottle tops etc in their appeals. No premium rate call to donate £5, £10 or £20 (remembering to ask the bill payers permission). They explained how to make your own Tracey Island or (flammable) Christmas decorations from coat hangers & tinsel. Not something out of Toys R Us at £70! Our programmes primarily entertained, educated or were innovative.
Tbh I hadn’t thought quite as deeply as that but there is a marked difference & even the rebooted shows are designed to appeal to our sense of nostalgia, whilst updated for today’s consumer kiddies.
The kids even have their own channels running 24/7 that the kids can access, mostly unsupervised, whereas we had a couple of hours & Saturday mornings. The rest of the time we were using our imaginations or outside playing - not glued to mobiles, tablets, & laptops.
I wonder if we will see a return to “inclusive” viewing or if that age has now passed? "
Well Said. 
It's such as shame how it's been only looked at commercially now when I feel it was more just for our entertainment and learnings. |
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"Because of this thread I revisited nosybonk on YouTube. In the video on there it looks like he is growing dildos in a greenhouse.
Terrifying  "
im sure nosybonk was you with a silly mask on growing dildos! |
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