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

No bells at all there Gran!

hi all,well today i have a visitor,and he says has anyone remembered pisture book??i hadnt !!!it was in amongst the well remembered ones such as andy pandy etc.
heres another ivanhoe

You been on the or did you mean Picture Book. If you did, yes I remember that one.

Running Jimmy was not a cartoon, it was a childrens series at the end of which the main character, Jimmy, was always running away from something or someone as the cliff hanger to the next episode.

Dixon of Dock Green was mentioned earlier and you probably know it went out "live". Did anyone see the episode when Jack Warner was taken ill whilst trying to speak his lines, and the character who played his son-in-law (someone whose surname was Byrne) had to speak both sets of lines as a sort of question and answer session to get the programme to its conclusion, all the while the producer was stage-whispering at Jack Warner, by now leaning on a doorpost, to see if he was all right. Sounds funny, but was actually quite scary knowing it was "live".

How are you all this evening?

Universal Granny

lol,i did mean picture booki didnt know that dixon of dock green went out live.never too old to learn.i will always remember jack warner.my mothers claim to fame was that he once picked her up(as in lifted)and sat her on a cupboard when she worked in holbeck train station.......some 70 or so years ago!!!!!i dont remember the one,i wonder why????

Hi Smurfles, only teasing. Now, a question... I have been able to work out most of the abbreviations but what the heck is lol? I see it so often that I must be an idiot not to be able to work it out, but there you go

Unless you are coming up to retirement, I am not surprised you don't remember Running Jimmy! He rates with the Bumblies, Andy Pandy and Muffin the Mule

How about the version of "The Prince and the Pauper" which was one of the first programmes using a split screen so that the same actor played both parts but could not stray out of the left/right hand side of the screen or he would disappear

UG

*too tired to read the backlog*

Tinga & Tucka?
Torchy the Battery Boy?
Compact?
Emergency Ward 10?
Four Feather Falls?
Whacko?

Dr Kildare

hi U G i'm 54(sshhhhh)!!!lol means either laughed out loud..or lots of laughs...unless someone knows any different????
good morning al!!!

AND someone else that remembers emergency ward 10...yipppeeeeee!!

Hi Sal

I have just got another one off my cousin Alan Dragon Slayer, this is what he has just told me.

Anita's Back Yard.

He doesnt remember her surname though.
Oh by the way, he has done a posting for you.

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hi nats,i dont remember that one at allthe grove family was the one i couldnt think of,does anyone remember that one?????
nats,how do i find the posting?i'm a bit thick when it comes to using the site!!!!

I still have vivid memories of Granny Groves to this day!!

I have a vivid memory of Sarah Jessica Parker as a pigtailed girl on the special Hannukah show made in Israel for Sesamee Street. I think she was about 14 at the time, and very nice.

that must have been in the 50's U.G.i dont know why,but i alaways think of my gran when i think of her!!!!!

So what was your all time fav kids program then guys..??

hello limitless,it seems as though a lot of people remember the good old watch with mother programmes.
andy pandy
the woodentops
rag,tag,and bobtail
bill and ben
picture book
tales of the riverbank
but i cant speak for everyone else!!!!!!i suppose it depends on peoples ages!!!!!

Hey Smurfles.. name...

The only time i watched 'watch with mother' was when my parents got a video of it to show their kids what they grew up with..

I don't think bill and ben had the same effect on me as Bravestar or Transformers..

Still, children are conditioned at a young age nowadays..

What about Noddy?? That's got to up there amongst the top candidates n'est pas?

Who remembers Vision On? It was a ker-azy programme which included art, crafts, comedy, mime and Wilf Lunn, the extraordinary 'inventor'. The notable regulars were Tony Hart, Pat Keysall, Sylvester McCoy and Wilf.
Not forgetting the speeded up comedy shorts with 'The Prof'.There was nothing like it on the box, and it still stands out as quality children's programming, IMO.
Its a shame not many episodes exist in the BBC archives.

Yep, definitely remember Vision On, but my memory becomes blurred when I try to remember which of Tony Hart's programmes Morph appeared in. I have a signed picture of him (signed by Morph, that is) which holds pride of place to this day.

What about Mork and Mindy

I use to love Mork And Mindy

nanoo nanoo Mork caling Olsen come in Olsen lol
I didnt half felt sorry for Mindy for putting up with him lol

The one when Morph was with Tony Hart was just called Tony Hart. I use to love the picture gallery on it and use to say aahh bless 'em.

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