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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2010 12:49:47 GMT
In my roll as father I frequently come across some odd and occasionally downright mental Children's TV.
Today's Balamory *SHOULD* have included this song but didn't:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2010 12:54:37 GMT
I can go through a list of classic kids shows that were a little on the strange side. The most recent odd kids show I've seen though is In the Night Garden which some of here are quite familiar with. I've only watched about a couple of episodes of it but some of the elements in it cause me to chuckle unintentionally.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2010 13:42:45 GMT
I tried to find a decent recording of Tomliboos Clean Their Teeth for use here but there isn't one on YouTube
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2010 14:50:07 GMT
In some ways classic kids show Chorlton and the Wheelies can be considered odd. I used to watch it when I was very young and I used to find the concept of good characters having wheels for feet and a witch that pops up out of the ground as a means of travel were strangely weird yet also fun. Furthermore, the witch in question had a son whose leg alone was three times the size of her! As a kid I never gave it a second thought but as an adult I begun to question how a miniature green skinned witch has a giant with a normal skin colour as a son!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2010 14:54:18 GMT
Clifford could have been adopted by Fenella?
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Post by Gav on Nov 6, 2010 17:32:52 GMT
Probably the oddest/scariest kids TV ever made:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2010 18:07:38 GMT
Clifford could have been adopted by Fenella? I never actually thought of that but it is something worth considering. She could also have put a spell on him to make him grow (she is a witch after all and she does have a spell book). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2010 9:54:21 GMT
At the same time that Cosgrove Hall were making Chorlton and the Wheelies they also made another classic that can be considered odd. Jamie and the Magic Torch featured a boy who went into a strange world via a hole created by a torch and in that strange world he found some very odd characters indeed. A policeman who travels on a motorised unicycle who eats cucumber shaped trunctions, a giant rabbit who seemingly bounces around on one foot, a professor who travels around in a craft that can tunnel underground as well as fly and also a bizarre musician creature who plays an odd instrument called a Trombonium! I challenge anybody to say that isn't an odd children's show!
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Post by legios on Nov 7, 2010 22:03:11 GMT
I challenge anybody to say that isn't an odd children's show! Jamie and the Magic Torch isn't odd. At least, I didn't think so when I was a kid - it just seemed like wherever it was Jamie went had different rules by which it worked. Chorlton and the Wheelies by contrast seemed downright alien to my young mind. Karl |
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Post by Benn on Nov 7, 2010 23:49:49 GMT
I REMEMBER THAT!!! Watched this over and over again as a kid! I thought it was a film, though... |
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Post by bertie on Nov 8, 2010 0:23:58 GMT
As a new quasi-step father (sort of) to a 2 year old and a 6 year old. I can now say that childrens TV is weird. But the guy who plays Mr. Tumble and appears on loads of different shows is a talented chap and a genius.
Elliott.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2010 7:40:59 GMT
Justin Fletcher
Have you seen Something Special Out & About: The High Street? Mr Tumble goes into a library, finds a book on famous tumbles, and ends up singing one of Cliff Tumble's most famous songs:
Power To All Our Friends was Cliff Richard's 1973 Eurovision Entry. It was co-written by Guy Fletcher, Justin's dad.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2010 7:45:47 GMT
I challenge anybody to say that isn't an odd children's show! Jamie and the Magic Torch isn't odd. At least, I didn't think so when I was a kid - it just seemed like wherever it was Jamie went had different rules by which it worked. Chorlton and the Wheelies by contrast seemed downright alien to my young mind. Karl |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2010 18:35:38 GMT
When I was a kid I never thought that Jamie and the Magic Torch was odd but when you look back on it with an adult perspective you can see a few oddities with the show that your young self would have easily missed. One show however that I thought even as a kid was a little bit odd was Dr Snuggles. There's a few things that don't seem quite right with that cartoon!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 8, 2010 19:38:44 GMT
Woogie and the Singing Sheep? The Cosmic Cat? Uncle Fred and his Lobster Machine? Rickety-Rick the walking shed? The Dreamy Boom-Boom? The Multi-Whereabouts machine?
Nobby Mouse???
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 6:40:37 GMT
I arrest my case!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 9, 2010 8:00:58 GMT
There's a Douglas Adams written episode of Doctor Snuggles
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 17:52:45 GMT
Yesterday I gave this topic a bit more thought and I remembered this animated movie that I saw as a kid that I thought was quite odd at the time and, upon checking up on it via the net I still think its a bit odd today. The film is called Heidi's Song and was based on the well known story of the mountain girl Heidi and was made circa 1980 by Hanna Barbera Productions. Near the beginning of the film there was a weird dream sequence that I remembered vividly (I watched it again recently on Youtube) and an equally weird sequence near the end which seemed to go on forever and featured a bloke dancing with his horse while him, the horse and everything around them turned multiple colours!
Another animated film I enjoyed as a kid (but haven't seen for many a year) that I thought was a little odd was Sparky's Magic Piano. I remember the voice of the piano clearly and it sounded like somebody was speaking down a harmonica! Although not in the same league of strangeness as Heidi's Song I still thought it was a little odd as a kid.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2018 16:28:29 GMT
The Miwk page of face has reminded me of this blast from the past!!! Anyone else remember it?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2018 16:39:57 GMT
Totally. Used to love Chockablock.
Hmm. 1981! I'd have guessed later than that if you'd asked. Wasn't Fred Harris Chockabloke?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2018 16:54:34 GMT
It must have been repeated later on. I was only 3 in 1981 so too young to be able to remember it this clearly. I really liked the vehicle the presenter would drive in.
There was also a bloke but I don't know who he was.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 27, 2018 16:57:22 GMT
Totally. Used to love Chockablock. Hmm. 1981! I'd have guessed later than that if you'd asked. Wasn't Fred Harris Chockabloke? He was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chock-A-BlockIt must have been repeated later on. I was only 3 in 1981 so too young to be able to remember it this clearly. I really liked the vehicle the presenter would drive in. Like all Children's television, it was repeated ad nauseum. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 27, 2018 23:00:26 GMT
Chockabloke checking in!
Martin
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Post by blueshift on Jul 28, 2018 3:44:48 GMT
Chockablock has missing episodes, tapes wiped in the early 90s
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2018 7:42:24 GMT
Noooooooooooo!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 6, 2019 17:23:41 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Jun 6, 2019 17:29:39 GMT
He looks like Freddy Kruger!!!
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 6, 2019 17:32:05 GMT
Worzel is a scarecrow... That one looks like he's been carved out of a tree trunk.
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Set the internet on fire! This is the end of the world! My childhood has been destroyed! etc etc.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 6, 2019 17:32:53 GMT
Mind you, Freddy Gummidge does have a ring to it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 6, 2019 18:04:00 GMT
Mission to the Unknown's Trantis
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