From the old news department (last week):
Souped-up Clangers to return to TV
Forty years after their debut, the whistling pink woolly mice are poised to return in a technically improved version
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/oct/15/clangers-remake-bbc
NO!
They can’t do that!!!
They will try and update it, make them from something that is not wool, not knitted, add additional characters and just, you know, ruin it.
I showed my kids The Clangers from YouTube and they loved it – even the sixteen year old. It was innocent fun from years ago and (like The Magic Roundabout, which they also loved) something which really does not need to be updated.
Other things from my youth that my kids thoroughly enjoyed were Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss, Batman (the 1960’s live action one), Captain Pugwash, Mr Benn, Willo the Wisp and Ludwig, Sir Prancealot, Roobarb, even Postman Pat (not with the older ones though). Thomas the Tank Engine was dismissed as being childish, and they um’d and ah’d over Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (so we never went back). None of them were all that interested in Stingray, Joe 90, or Thunderbirds (“you can see the strings!”).
What do you remember watching from your youth, and what would you like to see updated/remade for your kids, grand kids, great grand kids, etc?
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 10:41
Chas, your a Bummer, what hobbies?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 27th October 2013 at 09:55
Well that’s true …..:)
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 09:29
Not just me, ALL of us.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 27th October 2013 at 09:06
Oh I am sure you don’t need me to feed your endlessly fertile imagination!!;)
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 08:55
C’mon then, Tell.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 27th October 2013 at 08:41
Yes and they don’t include lying abed when so much beckons…….;)
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 08:31
Why on earth would anyone want to leave their pit, just to catch worms?. havn’t you got a hobby Chas?………….:sleeping:
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 27th October 2013 at 08:26
The early bird catches the worm – god knows what you lot catch!;)
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 08:20
Will he be up an hour earlier after the clocks go back? [Twiddles thumbs impatiently…]
If you look at the time he posted on here today, I don’t recon he even went to bed. I think you have him worried snafu, don’t forget, the old boy is an OAP.be kind to him…………:D
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 08:16
Go sit on the naughty step Chas, best “Cough” i’ve heard in ages…Daily Snail, I dunno what your coming to……:rolleyes:
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 27th October 2013 at 05:51
Snafu – really disappointed that you associate me with the …errr…Daily Mail!!…aargh…sorry need to wash my mouth out or the keyboard at least. I did read a copy of my father-in-law’s about 40 years ago…….
By: snafu - 27th October 2013 at 01:21
Will he be up an hour earlier after the clocks go back? [Twiddles thumbs impatiently…]
By: Lincoln 7 - 27th October 2013 at 00:42
Nice replies snafu, but I must go to bed now, no doubt Chas will reply, when he gets up.:D:D
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: snafu - 26th October 2013 at 23:34
“As for best, anyone remember a comedy called Whoops Apocalypse”
No.
You really don’t know what you’re missing.
No, really, you don’t.
snafu, can you keep your threads shorter please, every time you post, I have to de-frag my computer….:dev2:
Glad to provide a regular service.
Well I’ve learnt something from Moggy – Top Gear is a sitcom!!
Well it certainly isn’t a documentary.
Snafu’s alright – it’s a free forum and none of us have to read his lengthy diatribes…..:) ….although I do in secret, Linc!!;)
Eww! Makes me feel so sordid. [imagines Charlie sneaking off to his shed at the bottom of the garden with print offs of my latest posts hidden in a copy of the Daily Mail…shudder]
I order all of you to stop reading my posts immediately!
Their program must influence some,who will go out and purchase a car they have seen, being put through it;s paces.
Yes, the rich ones.
Come on, its an aggressive, laddish cultural cartoon-like figurehead! They have their favourite’s and, of course, you know what they dislike because they go on about it at great length – and you will never see them change their minds because that would bring down society as we know it.[/sarcasm]
Ahh, so you do?, the secret is out.
Omigawd the secret is out – run for the hills Charlie!!! (But take off those heels first. You’ll break your ankles…)
By: Scott Marlee - 26th October 2013 at 21:40
I always loved watching Jimbo and the jetset, Button moon, Budgie the little helicopter, rosie and jim, Thomas the tank engine, postman pat, thunderbirds, Rugrats..
the majority (if not all) of Budgie have been located on youtube 😀 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFilPAcl1dw&list=PL3176A885C0483EDB
By: Lincoln 7 - 26th October 2013 at 13:08
The old ones are still the best Chas. Can’t stand much of todays “Like” Carp.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 26th October 2013 at 12:56
The great Hylda Baker! I saw her live on stage twice and she was superb.:eagerness: But I didn’t think the eponymous sitcom did her any favours.
By: Lincoln 7 - 26th October 2013 at 12:45
Who was it that said, “She knows Y know”…ont the old wind up radio?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 26th October 2013 at 12:01
He knows, he knows…..:rolleyes::stupid:
By: Lincoln 7 - 26th October 2013 at 09:38
Snafu’s alright – it’s a free forum and none of us have to read his lengthy diatribes…..:) ….although I do in secret, Linc!!;)
Ahh, so you do?, the secret is out.
Jim.
lincoln .7
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