tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5096560538177511333..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Watch with MotherBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31229828818856552762019-06-24T16:12:28.531+01:002019-06-24T16:12:28.531+01:00Note that having a show called "Watch With Mo...Note that having a show called "Watch With Mother" would be unthinkable nowadays.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-39071893813107395332019-06-24T12:36:48.980+01:002019-06-24T12:36:48.980+01:00@JD - yes, I know that stuff of how MR was improvi...@JD - yes, I know that stuff of how MR was improvised etc., just didn't want to go into it. Pugwash was an excellent show, well scripted - but for older kids. I loved Noggin the Nog, which did have that magic; but I only saw it infrequently - I think it was embedded in some episodes of Blue Peter. The makers (Postgate and Firmon) went on to do Pogles, Clangers, Bagpuss etc - the pinnacle of kids TV shows. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-83087465862142196492019-06-24T12:25:38.336+01:002019-06-24T12:25:38.336+01:00Ah, so that's where "Are you sitting comf...Ah, so that's where "Are you sitting comfortably?" (the Moody Blues song) comes from!Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85636083298518560352019-06-24T10:27:32.987+01:002019-06-24T10:27:32.987+01:00Bruce, the Magic Roundabout was a French programme...Bruce, the Magic Roundabout was a French programme. The English version was scripted and narrated by Eric Thompson, father of the unlovely Emma so your reservations are entirely justifiable.<br /><br />I would like to have seen the French version just for comparison.<br /><br />Oh, and two more from when I was older but still enjoyed - Captain Pugwash and Noggin the Nog.John Douglashhttp://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com/search/label/JDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-73841821478972491402019-06-24T09:02:02.358+01:002019-06-24T09:02:02.358+01:00@John - I was too young for the Bumblies, and it w...@John - I was too young for the Bumblies, and it wasn't repeated; so they don't trigger the same response from me. I remember the Flowerpo Men very well - having had strong preferences between the characters, as usual: pro Ben and a bit afraid of Bill (deeper voice, as I recall), disliking the Little Weed interlude, liking Slowcoach the tortoise...<br /><br />@d - I remember it, although I was a bit older by then and did not perceive any real magic in it; indeed, Magic Roundabout seemed self-consciously 'arch' (as I would now describe it) and indeed apparently that was pretty much how it was made. MR probably made more impact as a cult among young adults and adolescents - who (with whatever degree of truth) regarded MR as laced with subversive and smutty innuendo about sex, drugs, rock and roll etc. - than among young children. It's a matter of whether a show is aimed at the kids or over-their-heads. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-76445812558920686862019-06-23T21:39:48.201+01:002019-06-23T21:39:48.201+01:00I remember a children's programme becoming wil...I remember a children's programme becoming wildly popular with undergraduates: The Magic Roundabout starring Dougal, Zebedee, Florence and friends. Bags of charm.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9BJtVQWA_kdeariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-18034943808700188512019-06-23T18:19:11.058+01:002019-06-23T18:19:11.058+01:00Two more for you Bruce.
Michael Bentine had a ser...Two more for you Bruce.<br /><br />Michael Bentine had a series called The Bumblies and I can remember this one very clearly from the late fifties when we got our first TV with its tiny nine inch screen!<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJeIX8y3Go<br />Read the notes under that one for an idea of what it was all about and I remember being fascinated how they would float up to the ceiling to go to sleep. Why couldn't I do that?<br /><br />And this is the very famous Flowerpot Men from the fifties -<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6pT5hsn0io<br /><br />From the days when telly was good, even the children's programmes.John Douglashhttp://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com/search/label/JDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-89451951092825463422019-06-23T17:32:54.372+01:002019-06-23T17:32:54.372+01:00Charming programs. It's a shame they don't...Charming programs. It's a shame they don't many like these anymore. Francis Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063224017320651978noreply@blogger.com