Wasn’t Play School absolutely the best children’s tele program ever Brian Cant for 007

hollywoodrox

Offset said:

Vision On.  Pat Keysell and Tony Hart.  Two lovely people presenting a ground-breaking programme at a time when disability had no real media visibility.  Additionally featured a cast of amusingly oddball characters who did weird shit - The Professor, Wilf Lunn, Sylvester McCoy (yes, that one)... wonderful.

I meant to have this ,it was in my first post ,which somehow got lost but it was amazing , wilf lunns amazing contraptions, the professor running around , Sylvester McCoy  , that grasshopper logo is genius , this is the Beeb at its utmost best . Do you remember the fluffy wuffenpuss that used to fly across the room? I used to love that, they could never catch it . The burbles and of  course the wonderful gallery 

stickyfiddle

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

Offset

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

He was a smart-arse.  Nobody likes a smart-arse 

hollywoodrox

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

I was thinking more of when I was around 5 & I’d not seen it til about 10 , Captain scarlet used to be the main one when I was quite little . Love Joe 90 & the whole concept too, would make a great live action film .  Altogether though my post was about the safe cosy comfy haven programmes like jackanory ,play school ,blue Peter , hanna Barbara cartoons and Oliver post gate provided 

Philly_Q

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

I was a bit of a Joe 90 lookalike as a kid.  Somewhere between him and the Milky Bar Kid.

Offset

Philly_Q said:

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

I was a bit of a Joe 90 lookalike as a kid.  Somewhere between him and the Milky Bar Kid.

"ChatGBT - do me a mashup of Joe 90, The Milky Bar Kid and Rick Derringer.  Dress it in a Ted Nugent-styleee just for fun."

Brio

Noggin The Nog and Ivor the Engine FTW

stickyfiddle

hollywoodrox said:

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

I was thinking more of when I was around 5 & I’d not seen it til about 10 , Captain scarlet used to be the main one when I was quite little . Love Joe 90 & the whole concept too, would make a great live action film .  Altogether though my post was about the safe cosy comfy haven programmes like jackanory ,play school ,blue Peter , hanna Barbara cartoons and Oliver post gate provided 

I bloody loved Captain Scarlet as a kid. When I got the boxset as an adult I realised there's actually never any real jeopardy because obviously CS can get blown to bits to save everyone because he'll be fine etc etc . 

Offset

stickyfiddle said:

hollywoodrox said:

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

I was thinking more of when I was around 5 & I’d not seen it til about 10 , Captain scarlet used to be the main one when I was quite little . Love Joe 90 & the whole concept too, would make a great live action film .  Altogether though my post was about the safe cosy comfy haven programmes like jackanory ,play school ,blue Peter , hanna Barbara cartoons and Oliver post gate provided 

I bloody loved Captain Scarlet as a kid. When I got the boxset as an adult I realised there's actually never any real jeopardy because obviously CS can get blown to bits to save everyone because he'll be fine etc etc . 

I absolutely loved the CGI reboot New Captain Scarlet from 2005, although I believe it wasn't well-received by traditionalists at the time.  I've binged the entire series several times.

Sporky

I liked Terrahawks best of that bunch.

I didn't like kids TV with adults pretending not to be adults. It was wrong. I did like Tomorrow's World and The Great Egg Race. 

scrumhalf

Joe 90 badges that came with Sugar Smacks.

Motormouse and Autocat.

Banana Splits.

And the greatest of the lot - Tiswas.

Philly_Q

scrumhalf said:

Joe 90 badges that came with Sugar Smacks.

I remember Sugar Smacks with Star Trek on the boxes, but not Joe 90.  I wonder which came first?

Keiko

Play School? No it was bleeding awful.

hollywoodrox

Brio said:

Noggin The Nog and Ivor the Engine FTW

Even as a teen Ivor the engine on a dark November night by the glow of the fire was exceptionally special 

hollywoodrox

stickyfiddle said:

hollywoodrox said:

stickyfiddle said:

Disappointing lack of Joe 90 all round, chaps.

I was thinking more of when I was around 5 & I’d not seen it til about 10 , Captain scarlet used to be the main one when I was quite little . Love Joe 90 & the whole concept too, would make a great live action film .  Altogether though my post was about the safe cosy comfy haven programmes like jackanory ,play school ,blue Peter , hanna Barbara cartoons and Oliver post gate provided 

I bloody loved Captain Scarlet as a kid. When I got the boxset as an adult I realised there's actually never any real jeopardy because obviously CS can get blown to bits to save everyone because he'll be fine etc etc . 

The mysterons  were fascinating , those lights & “this is the voice of the mysterons “

hollywoodrox

Sporky said:

I liked Terrahawks best of that bunch.

I didn't like kids TV with adults pretending not to be adults. It was wrong. I did like Tomorrow's World and The Great Egg Race. 

I loved tomorrows World , it sometimes even had stuff on that was of interest to 5 or 6 year old me 
& was the ideal entre to the most anticipated show of the week  “Top of the Pops”  which could feature anyone from  David Bowie or Cher  to The Strawbs  New seekers   America or T Rex  sparks or Wizard so you always hoped it would be someone good .

skullfunkerry

RocknRollDave said:

Floella Benjamin, Derek Griffiths, Brian Cant….absolute legends.

Sheelagh Gilby was one of my first ever crushes, I reckon… can’t find much about her online now though.

tone1

I preferred Crown Court when I was throwing a sicky….

Kittyfrisk

tone1 said:

I preferred Crown Court when I was throwing a sicky….

Crown Court definitely made for a better excuse when explaining an absence from school.

TheMarlin

Pipkins was brilliant and anarchic (or at least it felt that way when I was young). 

Way better than Playschool rubbish.