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

i love kids tv



its so dirty!

least it is when you have a dirty mind!

i blame rainbow!

Bungle has a lot to answer for

yep!

And Zippy (perv)

and of course the female presenter for stying up all night blowing on rogers pipe!

I won't mention Seaman Staines and Master Bates from Capt Pugwash

And it wasn't Roger the Cabinboy, his name was Tom

I thought it was Master Mates not Bates?

They changed it to master mate as soon as they realised what was going on

ok.

I dont remember it but ive heard alot about it because of the name connotations

Ok. Here's my Megalist from the '60s and '70s.

Clapperboard,
Ask The Family,
Vision On,
Flipper,
Skippy,
Hogan's Heroes, (My fav... Corporal Klink..'I know Nussing! Nussing! Nussing!!!'
Bewitched,
Orlando (Sam Kydd, my favourite actor at the time... and his son,Jonathon, is a best mate of my sister's... fame???)
William Tell,
oh and that reminds me of Zorro and the Lone Ranger,
The Flintstones,
Telegoons (The Goons tv spinoff) and Michael Bentine's Potty Time.
Bewitched,
Randall and Hopkirk (deceased) The original series...
Car 54 ( Fred Gwynne who also starred in
The Munsters,
Rohhda (Morganstern) which was a spin-off of a series that I can't remember the title of.
Crackerjack (with Peter Glaze and 'Leathery Trousers)
The Monkees,
Robinson Crusoe (and now I've got that tune in my head... orchestra)
Quatermass,
Daktari (Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion anyone?)
Lizzie Dripping, (Had terrible freckles if I remember rightly)
Mission Impossible,
Z Cars,
Dixon of Dock Dixon,
Lost In Space,
Adam Adamant,
Ann of Green Gables,

My did I actually go to School???

Then there was stuff like Shari Lewis and Mutton Chops, Ray Charles and Lord Snooty and Watch With Mother.

I think I'll have a brief pause here, so I can get some w*rk done. Back later.

Ciao,

"Rohhda (Morganstern) which was a spin-off of a series that I can't remember the title of"

Rhoda was a spin off from the Mary Tyler Moore Show, my mum used to let me stay up late to watch it, I liked Brenda (who now does the vioce of Marge Simpson) Ida and Carlton the door man

Thanks, ReefGirl, I couldn't remember the other people. Marge of the Simpsons? Come a long way then. Wonder what happened to Rhoda? And of course, that brings us to Mary Tyler Moore, and Dick Van Dyke of course. And 'Here's Lucy'? Desai Arnaz anyone?

Oh Dear!!!! Scrapeing the bottom of the barrel now...

admittedly it was repeats i watched but i remember bewitched!

i loved that!

and skippy!

Valerie Harper is still making the odd Made for TV movie, MTM is a spokeswoman for Animal Rights and Diabetes

Then there is the British comedy with the likes of
All Gas and Gaters,
Please Sir,
And was it Bless Me Father (with Derek Nimmo)
I know it's not really Children's Tv, but I was a child at the time (as in up to mid-teens)
If so, then I guess Bless This House,
Alf Garnet (forgotten the program, but I sneaked a watch when the parents were out, as I was banned from watching it... )
Steptoe and Son...
Good old classics.
Others were required (by my parents) Sunday viewing such as:
Poldark
The Onedin Line (Good ol' Cap'n Baines they don't speak like that these days...)

But getting back to Kids tv, Saturday was always special, as it was the one day that we didn't sit at a table for supper, being allowed to watch tv in the lounge with trays on our laps. The Reason?

The Wonderful World of Disney,
The Generation Game, (Bruce Forsythe and his Bevy of Belles and Larry 'shut that door' Grayson)
followed by either The Good life, To The Manor Born, Dad's Army or Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. The memory is a little sketchy here.

I can also recall The Dick Emery Show, which I think was on the same evening, as well as Harry Worth.

One thing I am unsure of is when The Goodies first appeared, and whether I was older then. Not sure. As I say it gets a bit blurry.

I remember a programme from Saturday mornings called Fantastic Journey or something like that. I have no idea of the plotline but it was a kind of forerunner of Sliders or Quantum Leap (another personal favourite!) And I'm sure Roddy McDowall was in it.

There were basically people in silver suits trying to get home from another world or dimension or time???

And writing bout the above programme reminded me of Fantasy Island.

"Boss, da plane, da plane!!"