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[STEMO]

I was talking to my lad about stuff that went on when I was young, believe it or not, he's actually interested. I told him about watching Noggin the nog when I was about six, and his enemy, Nogbad the bad. He liked the sound of their names so I found a vid on the tube. He watched it right through without peeing himself laughing or anything, I think he enjoyed it. Not the storyline or anything, but the peek at what used to be on the telly.
They grow up earlier these days, so we're told, but they're just big kids really.

[STEMO]

P.S. I was a bit scared of Nogbad. 

[Terbs]

I used to love watching Noggin the Nog. Misses wasn't too happy....said we should be making babies

When I see what my grandchildren are watcing on TV nowadays, I shudder with disbelief....ugh

[Terbs]

And further to that...the cartoons are full of hideous monsters. Geez... a puppet called Mr Onion used to put the fear of god into me in the fifties
IIRC, Mr Onion was in the same show as Mr Turnip !!!!!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I used to like Muffin the mule until I got caught.

[tigers_gonads]

I used to like Muffin the mule until I got caught.

I bet you got a hell of a kick out of that you dirty old man 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I used to like Muffin the mule until I got caught.

I bet you got a hell of a kick out of that you dirty old man 

I'll have you know that Muffin was a national treasure back in the fifties.

[redelitev6]

  I remember getting the kids to watch the original "thunderbirds" telling them it was brilliant , they all looked at me like I was a nutter, "dad this is c**p " was the general consensus 

[Lizzie Zoom]

I was talking to my lad about stuff that went on when I was young, believe it or not, he's actually interested. I told him about watching Noggin the nog when I was about six, and his enemy, Nogbad the bad. He liked the sound of their names so I found a vid on the tube. He watched it right through without peeing himself laughing or anything, I think he enjoyed it. Not the storyline or anything, but the peek at what used to be on the telly.
They grow up earlier these days, so we're told, but they're just big kids really.

Absolutely right.  Children today are the same as we were all those years ago; they just have advanced technology now.  I watch one of my grandsons who i see almost everyday.  He is six, and shows all the traits of the boys in the late 1950's.  He loves Tom & Jetty, steam railway locomotives, and anything that seems to him like a toilet joke!  He has tumbles, gets in scraps, and doesn't like it being suggested that he has a girlfriend! He is everybit going through the same evolution that my brother did in the 1950's, and my sons in the 1970's. Boys will be boys, as girls will be girls today as they were in yesteryear's. I said technology, and with girls fashion with make up and hair styles may have changed, but nothing else has.

Anyone for watching Andy Pandy, Twizzle, Captain Pugwash, or Stingray?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I was talking to my lad about stuff that went on when I was young, believe it or not, he's actually interested. I told him about watching Noggin the nog when I was about six, and his enemy, Nogbad the bad. He liked the sound of their names so I found a vid on the tube. He watched it right through without peeing himself laughing or anything, I think he enjoyed it. Not the storyline or anything, but the peek at what used to be on the telly.
They grow up earlier these days, so we're told, but they're just big kids really.

Absolutely right.  Children today are the same as we were all those years ago; they just have advanced technology now.  I watch one of my grandsons who i see almost everyday.  He is six, and shows all the traits of the boys in the late 1950's.  He loves Tom & Jetty, steam railway locomotives, and anything that seems to him like a toilet joke!  He has tumbles, gets in scraps, and doesn't like it being suggested that he has a girlfriend! He is everybit going through the same evolution that my brother did in the 1950's, and my sons in the 1970's. Boys will be boys, as girls will be girls today as they were in yesteryear's. I said technology, and with girls fashion with make up and hair styles may have changed, but nothing else has.

Anyone for watching Andy Pandy, Twizzle, Captain Pugwash, or Stingray?

Human nature be it good or bad hasn't changed. We still have the same emotions we had when a house was a cave.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I was talking to my lad about stuff that went on when I was young, believe it or not, he's actually interested. I told him about watching Noggin the nog when I was about six, and his enemy, Nogbad the bad. He liked the sound of their names so I found a vid on the tube. He watched it right through without peeing himself laughing or anything, I think he enjoyed it. Not the storyline or anything, but the peek at what used to be on the telly.
They grow up earlier these days, so we're told, but they're just big kids really.

Absolutely right.  Children today are the same as we were all those years ago; they just have advanced technology now.  I watch one of my grandsons who i see almost everyday.  He is six, and shows all the traits of the boys in the late 1950's.  He loves Tom & Jetty, steam railway locomotives, and anything that seems to him like a toilet joke!  He has tumbles, gets in scraps, and doesn't like it being suggested that he has a girlfriend! He is everybit going through the same evolution that my brother did in the 1950's, and my sons in the 1970's. Boys will be boys, as girls will be girls today as they were in yesteryear's. I said technology, and with girls fashion with make up and hair styles may have changed, but nothing else has.

Anyone for watching Andy Pandy, Twizzle, Captain Pugwash, or Stingray?

My favourite along with Captain Scarlet and Fireball XL5. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

I was talking to my lad about stuff that went on when I was young, believe it or not, he's actually interested. I told him about watching Noggin the nog when I was about six, and his enemy, Nogbad the bad. He liked the sound of their names so I found a vid on the tube. He watched it right through without peeing himself laughing or anything, I think he enjoyed it. Not the storyline or anything, but the peek at what used to be on the telly.
They grow up earlier these days, so we're told, but they're just big kids really.

Absolutely right.  Children today are the same as we were all those years ago; they just have advanced technology now.  I watch one of my grandsons who i see almost everyday.  He is six, and shows all the traits of the boys in the late 1950's.  He loves Tom & Jetty, steam railway locomotives, and anything that seems to him like a toilet joke!  He has tumbles, gets in scraps, and doesn't like it being suggested that he has a girlfriend! He is everybit going through the same evolution that my brother did in the 1950's, and my sons in the 1970's. Boys will be boys, as girls will be girls today as they were in yesteryear's. I said technology, and with girls fashion with make up and hair styles may have changed, but nothing else has.

Anyone for watching Andy Pandy, Twizzle, Captain Pugwash, or Stingray?

My favourite along with Captain Scarlet and Fireball XL5. 

Everyone watched that one. The real start of space themed TV I think

[STEMO]

The two before that were Four Feather Falls and Supercar.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The two before that were Four Feather Falls and Supercar.

Thinking about it now I watched some real crap as a kid.

Daktari being woefully bad . Loved The Jensen Code though

[BazaJT]

Doubt very much that they'd get away with a couple of the names in Captain Pugwash today though Daktari ah,yes with Clarence the cross eyed lion

[TD]

Doubt very much that they'd get away with a couple of the names in Captain Pugwash today though Daktari ah,yes with Clarence the cross eyed lion

You want to google Captain Pugwash.....I used to like that programme as a youngster....I think you'll find the names your thinking of were made up and not the real characters 

For example....Your thinking...."Roger the the cabin boy".....his name was actually Tom.....
Also...your thinking "Master Bates" his name was actually Master Mate 

[BazaJT]

Along with Andy Pandy there was also the Woodentops with Spot the dog and of course there were also Bill and Ben.Or[pre Thomas the tank engine??]there was Ivor the engine.

[redelitev6]

Doubt very much that they'd get away with a couple of the names in Captain Pugwash today though Daktari ah,yes with Clarence the cross eyed lion

Would it not be "Clarence the sight impaired lion" nowadays ?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Doubt very much that they'd get away with a couple of the names in Captain Pugwash today though Daktari ah,yes with Clarence the cross eyed lion

You want to google Captain Pugwash.....I used to like that programme as a youngster....I think you'll find the names your thinking of were made up and not the real characters 

For example....Your thinking...."Roger the the cabin boy".....his name was actually Tom.....
Also...your thinking "Master Bates" his name was actually Master Mate 
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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And what of Seaman Staines?

....and cabin boys shouldn't be 'rogered' whatever their name.

[Ever Ready]

The Magic Roundabout with Dylan the stoned rabbit

[Lizzie Zoom]

The two before that were Four Feather Falls and Supercar.

Oh yes, and these with many of the others named were created by a genius, Gerry Anderson, MBE

[Lizzie Zoom]

..............and remember Torchy The Battery Boy?  That was also created by someone else, but Gerry Anderson, MBE was involved in the production

[Ever Ready]

..............and remember Battery Torch Boy?  That was also created by Gerry Anderson, MBE

Torchy the battery boy to give him his proper title

If I remember correctly

[Lizzie Zoom]

..............and remember Battery Torch Boy?  That was also created by Gerry Anderson, MBE

Torchy the Battery Boy to give him his proper title

[Lizzie Zoom]

..............and remember Battery Torch Boy?  That was also created by Gerry Anderson, MBE

Torchy the battery boy to give him his proper title

If I remember correctly

You are right!  My memory at times plays tricks, and when I checked on Google there was the correct title

and Gerry Anderson did not create this one apparently, but he did produce the second series..........that was when I first saw/recognised his name as a 7 year old!

[BazaJT]

Blimey,the memories!The test card,the National Anthem at the end of the days programming[no 24hr tv back then]and of course watching the little white dot in the centre of the screen disappearing when you turned the tv off

[biggriffin]

Cor blimey, another"it was better Back then" thread.

[Ever Ready]

Not forgetting Late call

Ricky Fultons's Last Call was a lot more chuckle worthy

[Tony H]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

[Ever Ready]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

Singing ringing tree goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

[Tony H]

Nice one Ever Ready I used to love that programme didn't realise it was in colour as mum and dad only had a black and white tv at the time.

[Ever Ready]

A real rave from the grave

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

Singing ringing tree goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

That is surreal, like a bad acid trip.

[Mister Rog]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

Singing ringing tree goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

That is surreal, like a bad acid trip.

or a really good one ?

[STEMO]

I'm soooooo glad I started this thread. My missus hasn't laughed so much for ages. The girl, the goldfish and the dwarf cracked her up and, when Tony said he didn't realise it was in colour cause they only had a b&w set, it finished her off 

[TD]

And what of Seaman Staines?

....and cabin boys shouldn't be 'rogered' whatever their name.

No such character 

[Ever Ready]

List of characters, original and updated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

List of characters, original and updated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash

It's amazing how the memory plays tricks.

I felt sure Roger the cabin boy, seaman staines, and Master Bates were all real. Perhaps I was watching the adult version.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Blimey,the memories!The test card,the National Anthem at the end of the days programming[no 24hr tv back then]and of course watching the little white dot in the centre of the screen disappearing when you turned the tv off

.......and the Intermissions with especially "the Potters Wheel" and "The Windmill".  I loved them

[Lizzie Zoom]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

Singing ringing tree goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

That is surreal, like a bad acid trip.

or a really good one ?

...............and so weird.  Like a bad dream, a nightmare, from which you would awake screaming!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

Singing ringing tree goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

That is surreal, like a bad acid trip.

or a really good one ?

...............and so weird.  Like a bad dream, a nightmare, from which you would awake screaming!

In the sixties everybody was 'spaced out' wth LSD or the Apollo missions, Lizzie.

[Bigron]

Aw, no tribute to Bill and Ben - and Weeed!
Oh, and of course Whirligig and Mr. Pastry?

Ron.

[STEMO]

In the sixties, there was Carnaby Street, mini skirts, free love, lots of drugs....it was a time for the youngsters to take control of their own lives and to start influencing society in a big way......on the telly. Switch it of and go outside and it was still raggety arsed kids kicking a football about the back streets of Liverpool.

[Bigron]

Football? Now that IS a bad thing!

Ron.

[moggy]

This joke still cracks me up,my dad told me.Bill and Ben are in a pub,Bill said to Ben Flobballob,Follalloballobat,Ben said go home you smoked to much weed.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Can anyone remember a series that ran on bbc1 for several years in the late sixties it was in black and white and was based around a pool surrounded by rocks. It was produced in an eastern European country possibly Rumania and the main characters were a girl, a giant gold fish and a dwarf, can anyone recall the name of this programme? sounds weird I know or did I dream it?

Singing ringing tree goldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

That is surreal, like a bad acid trip.

or a really good one ?

...............and so weird.  Like a bad dream, a nightmare, from which you would awake screaming!

In the sixties everybody was 'spaced out' wth LSD or the Apollo missions, Lizzie.

Yes, it was the latter with me, and I can remember the sixties (and fifties) so I was on nothing!

[Lizzie Zoom]

In the sixties, there was Carnaby Street, mini skirts, free love, lots of drugs....it was a time for the youngsters to take control of their own lives and to start influencing society in a big way......on the telly. Switch it of and go outside and it was still raggety arsed kids kicking a football about the back streets of Liverpool.

...and flower power, with the Vietnam War that we protested about in our own useless way!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

In the sixties, there was Carnaby Street, mini skirts, free love, lots of drugs....it was a time for the youngsters to take control of their own lives and to start influencing society in a big way......on the telly. Switch it of and go outside and it was still raggety arsed kids kicking a football about the back streets of Liverpool.

...and flower power, with the Vietnam War that we protested about in our own useless way!

The summer of 'lurve' in 1967. Sadly I was too young to take part. However, I do remember being given a flower by a hippy chick without understanding the significance.

[Tony H]

I'm soooooo glad I started this thread. My missus hasn't laughed so much for ages. The girl, the goldfish and the dwarf cracked her up and, when Tony said he didn't realise it was in colour cause they only had a b&tw se, it finished her off 

With the age of the programme and the fact it was produced in eastern Europe I naturally assumed it would be in black and white  Keep this thread going it's great

[Colin G]

Topo Gigio
tinker and tucker
The tufty club

Kids don't know what they missed back in our day 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Topo Gigio
tinker and tucker
The tufty club

Kids don't know what they missed back in our day 

Tingha?

[Tony H]

Topo Gigio
tinker and tucker
The tufty club

Kids don't know what they missed back in our day 

Ahh the Tufty club with Tufties pal,  the weasel with the stripy top that had the road sense of a hedgehog