h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was at a Scottish dancing dinner do last night, and was chatting to a lady across the table from me. Her face looked vaguely familiar, but I hadn't seen her at the classes much.

She revealed that she'd played the part of Mrs Sands in Hunger. And a quick google revealed where I REALLY knew her from - she was the famous Miss Helen off of Romper Room, a kids tv programme I absolutely loved when I was wee. And I'd met her before when I was a nipper, presented her with a bunch of flowers at some event.

Small world, eh.

you've a good memory for faces!

It was probably before your time

If I go "Romper stomper domper do..." does that mean anything?

She'd finish the show by looking into her magic mirror (to camera), and recite a long list of names

"I can see Linda, and I can see Brian, and I can see Rosy, and I can see YOU!"

What a wonderful meeting!


lil x

Hmmm.... This 'romper' Kids TV show.... never heard of it... must be rather old... strange, thought I was fairly up on my historical as well as current and contempory childrens TV... I'm guessing this must be further back than I've looked... the 1930's perhaps?

Romper Room *should* be before my time - I never saw it. But it brainwashed my brother and mother so much that I could still sing you the song about "Romper Room Do-Bees"!

Altogether now...



I always do what's right,
I never do anything wrong,
I'm a Romper-room doooo-beee
A doo-be all day long.



Ah, they dont write lyrics like that anymore.

2legs, it might've been a Norn Irn thing.

*backs away very nervously*

Sounds vaguely familiar.

I know 'Romper Room'. But I didn't know you had it in the UK.

Here, there was a Romper Room teacher for each regional area, I think. I remember that magic mirror'. Something like, 'romper bomper stomper boo, tell me, do, magic mirror, tell me, say, have all my friends had fun today/'

I think we told kids to be 'doo-bees' all the time.

Hmmmm..... now it is sounding slightly* familiar.... Of course, it may be that some of these sort of things are shared across other childrens TV shows from the simular kind of period *thinks*
Your gona make me go try find this on youtube arn't you?
Which reminds me, I've still got to go look up an episode of Thundercats, which suddenly leapt into my mind, at an inoppertune moment yesterday or the day before

That's the fella, Dmitri, a quick Google reveals that it was a sort of franchise around the world, with various local "miss"es

Aha, it started in Baltimore:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0aFlgq48AU

Wow. NI, NZ, Japan, the US...I'd no idea Romper Room was such a global phenomenon!

Yeah, Kuala Lumpur, too.

I feel a guide entry coming on. Who's going to write it?

Start a thread on Ask, and get input, you two?

How many points do I get for signing up Miss Helen as a researcher?

10!

But if you sign up a Miss Helen from each continent you get 42!

Oh, do get her to join. We promise to be doo-bees.