Remember these kids TV programs discussion.

[Jetfire]

3 things have suddleny popped into my mind now. And I want answers, discussion and possible links or information on them:

(By the way a lot of these are british TV programs if you're confused)


1) Does anybody remember a childrens program with a girl who gets called into another world and has to escape a witch or complete puzzles or something to escape the world or save the kingdom. Her male friends form the real world always got put under the witches control.

2) Anybody rememebr a cartoon called "Mr Rossi" or something. I rememebr the theme tune (All pre 90's cartoon themes rocked) it went "Mr Rossi want you want? tried to get soem happyness. tried to get with no success". The music sounded a lot like the Brazil football theme. I believe he changed clothes a lot and had a dog that seemed smarted than him.

3) Anybody remember Dark towers? I was always shown that at school.

4) Anybody remember "Rent a ghost"? Another memorable theme tune. Don't recall too much about the show except it was light comedy.

5) Anybody remember Supergran?

6) Jog my memory with 80's kids TV shows that we used to love . I had 10 more a minute ago, but they slipped out of my head

[Kaylee]

number 1 could be 'Teabag' or something similar.

as for the rest just go to www.80snostalgia.com

[Guest]

1) Does anybody remember a childrens program with a girl who gets called into another world and has to escape a witch or complete puzzles or something to escape the world or save the kingdom. Her male friends form the real world always got put under the witches control.

Karl's right. That was the (many) adventures of T-bag. The girl was always doing the puzzles, and the boy was called T-shirt, T-bag's turncoat henchman, who in the real world was always her brother or something, but did his best to hamper her in the 'game'.

2) Anybody rememebr a cartoon called "Mr Rossi" or something. I rememebr the theme tune (All pre 90's cartoon themes rocked) it went "Mr Rossi want you want? tried to get soem happyness. tried to get with no success". The music sounded a lot like the Brazil football theme. I believe he changed clothes a lot and had a dog that seemed smarted than him.

It was foreign, didn't the credits go "viva! viva happiness!" or something?

I was always nicknamed 'Mr Rossi' at school. Never watched it until years later, so had no idea what they were on about.

3) Anybody remember Dark towers? I was always shown that at school.

Is that the Look and Read (kids'school's proggie with Wordy) story about the castle? With the Tall Knight's Folly, or something?

4) Anybody remember "Rent a ghost"? Another memorable theme tune. Don't recall too much about the show except it was light comedy.

3 'ghosts' residing in the house of a real grump. A court jester, a woman who teleported when she sneezed, and a witch. Oh, and a pantomime horse called Dobbin. And Christopher Biggins had loads of time on-screen, for some reason.

5) Anybody remember Supergran?

Theme tune by Billy Connolly - "Stand back superman, iceman, spider-man. batman and robin too..."

Old granny accidentally gets hit by a stray 'super' ray. mad scientist is unable to duplicate experiment and wants her powers for himself. His son or nephew is friends with the grandkids, or something.

6) Jog my memory with 80's kids TV shows that we used to love . I had 10 more a minute ago, but they slipped out of my head

Bananaman, The Raccoons, Superted.

Ah, I'll leave it to Karl's linky. It's got loads on it.

[Obfleur]

Jayce and the wheeled warriors! Awesomenes.

T-bag.. teehee.. t-bagging.

[snarl]

I'd like to see supergran in a fight with Shipman.

Who would win that one?

[Legion]

2) Anybody rememebr a cartoon called "Mr Rossi" or something. I rememebr the theme tune (All pre 90's cartoon themes rocked) it went "Mr Rossi want you want? tried to get soem happyness. tried to get with no success". The music sounded a lot like the Brazil football theme. I believe he changed clothes a lot and had a dog that seemed smarted than him.

this chap? http://www.mmstudio.com/bozzetto/html/rossipage.htm

[Metal Vendetta]

What about those live action ghost stories they used to show on CBBC? Not forgetting the hilariousy-dubbed Legend of Tim Tyler, the boy who sold his laugh, or something...

[spiderfrommars]

I remember T-Bag, Supergran, Rentaghost very well.

I also used to watch something called The Last Vampire.

And a really spooky kids thing with a kid and this ghost/alien/spirit thing in his room. I've been reliably informed its 'Chocki' but I can't remember nowt about it.

What others are there? I assume a lot of us were watching the same cartoons on UK telly.... Ullysees, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, Dungeons and Dragons, Superted, Dogtanion, He-Man, Inspector Gadget?

Terrorhawks was amazing.

Was Vicki the Viking a boy or a girl?

[Metal Vendetta]

And a really spooky kids thing with a kid and this ghost/alien/spirit thing in his room. I've been reliably informed its 'Chocki' but I can't remember nowt about it.

I think it's mentioned here: http://uk.geocities.com/supernaturaltv/80to89.html

I was looking for those old ghost stories, turns out that (at least some of them) were wrapped up in this show called Dramarama. I remember one called Josephine Jo that was particularly good at the time.

Anyone else remember Tales of the Golden Monkey?

[Metal Vendetta]

Terrorhawks was amazing.

When I was at uni, my housemate brought over Terrahawks video. "Great!" we said. We watched it. It was ****. Star Fleet, on the other hand, kicked ass every second.

[Hound]

I also remember Through the Dragons Eye (one of those awful school type programs starring Wordy!) and some cartoon racer where the racing cars had sentinent computers on board and they did crazy things and fought crime....possibly Pole position?

Oh, and I cant remember the exact name, but Tellybots? An animated series with 3 robots (red,white and yellow) and evil black one. They had TVS in their chests. That was awesome.

[Best First]

yeah, Pole Position.

Was there also some abdly dubbed thing (al al Tim Tyler) about some kids lost in Malta or something? Or did i just dream it?

Jem. Crap.

[Hound]

aha, not Tellybots, Telebugs!

[Legion]

ah yes, the original (and far superior) teletubbies *puttup*

[Metal Vendetta]

Teleheadies, Shirley.

[Impactor returns 2.0]

thats scary when u see that.

vicky the viking rocked it was on all one summer holiday, along with 'OX tails' I belive which was a very odd cartoon.

Pole postion has super music, but lately I found the music to galaxy rangers to be entertaining - that and thunderbirds 2021 (or whatever its called)

[Best First]

didn't that have to be pulled because it turned out they never actually bothered to get the licence?

[Kaylee]

didn't that have to be pulled because it turned out they never actually bothered to get the licence?

yep n_n

i have a video of it, i prefer it to the original thunderbirds

EDIT -

now i think of it, being better than the original thunderbirds is hardly difficult o.o amazing as the sets/models were, it was always the same story! some new and ridiculously improbably gadget was being tried somewhere and it would invariably blow up (normally with a radiation leak/fire) and IR would turn up and save them.

"Here we show the latest scientific achiement, a 400 story robot for sorting toothpicks in residential areas and... oh my god it's blown up! Some people are trapped somewhere with fire and/or radiation! Someone help!"

and what was with the camera detector?? "my god, people will know we fly around in a big green shed with a door in the front and rockets at the back! our secrets will be compromised!!" o_O;;

[Scraplet]

Terrorhawks was amazing.

When I was at uni, my housemate brought over Terrahawks video. "Great!" we said. We watched it. It was ****. Star Fleet, on the other hand, kicked ass every second.

Thats encoraging, because I've been toying with the idea of getting Star Fleet since Autobloke raised it a few weeks back. I'm nevous about being disppointed because I remember that programme so fondly.

I'm wary because most other nostalgia trips have ended up disappoining me and I've wished I let it alone.

For example, has anyone watched Will'o' the Wisp recently? Very fondly rembered in my head as an innocent, funny show. However, every episode was about the characters failing - it was like some old propagnda film to keep the workers in the fields or something. The moral of each episode was "don't try it, you'll only fail, and then be humiliated. Know your place, you're thick/fat/unworthy/common!" Awful.

And Battle of the Planets, Godzilla (and Godzuki) - all awful when viewed with adult eyes. Yet I lived for these programmes at the time......

Godzilla had a cool theme song though. Up there with the original Spiderman.

[Kaylee]

Terrorhawks was amazing.

When I was at uni, my housemate brought over Terrahawks video. "Great!" we said. We watched it. It was ****. Star Fleet, on the other hand, kicked ass every second.

Terrahawks is f***** weird!!

An International Rescue style bunch of airheads trying to save the world from three androids (who look like pensioners) and their son who is simultaneously male and female. Oh and not forgetting those sentient bowling balls that used to help out the good guys.

All performed through the miracle of glove puppets.

What on earth was Anderson on when he came up with that?? Furthermore who on earth comissioned it as a series???? O.O

[Impactor returns 2.0]

on the subject of IR, some evil dude always turned up, took pictures and then parker and penolpe or whatever her name was would shoot them off the road in FAB1, I love legal killing!

[Metal Vendetta]

Thats encoraging, because I've been toying with the idea of getting Star Fleet since Autobloke raised it a few weeks back. I'm nevous about being disppointed because I remember that programme so fondly.

I found it was pretty good on second viewing. Strong story arc, nice action, major characters die, yeah it was pretty good.

[spiderfrommars]

Terrorhawks was amazing.

When I was at uni, my housemate brought over Terrahawks video. "Great!" we said. We watched it. It was ****. Star Fleet, on the other hand, kicked ass every second.

Terrahawks is f***** weird!!

An International Rescue style bunch of airheads trying to save the world from three androids (who look like pensioners) and their son who is simultaneously male and female. Oh and not forgetting those sentient bowling balls that used to help out the good guys.

All performed through the miracle of glove puppets.

What on earth was Anderson on when he came up with that?? Furthermore who on earth comissioned it as a series???? O.O

Was it glove puppets and not strings then?

I remember it being pretty scary considering it was for kiddies. But I suppose you could get away with a lot more then.

Anderson seems to have swept Terrahawks under the carpet, so I suppose that says it all. But I definitely remember thinking it was miles better than Thunderbirds and co.

The music was cool too!

[Guest]

And a really spooky kids thing with a kid and this ghost/alien/spirit thing in his room. I've been reliably informed its 'Chocki' but I can't remember nowt about it.

Chocky, Chocky's Children.

How about Children of the Dogstar?

Then, if we go back to the time of T-Bag, and we didn't watch Wizbit, there was always this weird CITV prog called C.A.B.?

I was looking for those old ghost stories, turns out that (at least some of them) were wrapped up in this show called Dramarama. I remember one called Josephine Jo that was particularly good at the time.

Not sure if this is right, although I'm pretty sure that I'll be the only one to even have any idea, but was there an episode of that where a kid finds a passage to india under his bedsheet (of all places!)?

Anyone else remember Tales of the Golden Monkey?

YES! (Not to be confused with Monkey, of course )

And Disney crossed it with the Jungle Book to make Tailspin!

Still, Rescue Rangers and Gummi Bears made up for that, possibly.

Saturday Morning tv, eh?

Number 73. Get Fresh, Ghost Train (Oooh-Ahh!), MotorMouth. All good.

Parallel Nine, On The Waterfront, The 815 from Manchester. All not-so-good.

Was there also some abdly dubbed thing (al al Tim Tyler) about some kids lost in Malta or something? Or did i just dream it?

I actually knew someone called Tim Tyler...

There were a few of those dubbed Eurodramas.

Electric Eskimo! obviously wasn't one of them, but I can't remember any others.

Alien In The Family, Dark Season, Century Falls. The Girl From Tomorrow. The Odyssey. Eerie Indiana. Halfway Across The Galaxy And Turn Left. Pugwall, Pugwall's Summer.

Weird cartoon stuff shown on an early Channel 4. Will o' the Wisp, Murran Buchstanzinger (or however it's meant to be spelled/pronounced!), Ludwig (a crystal egg), Robo Story, Loads of well-meaning but dreadfully executed religious & quasi-religious stuff.

And I think I'll take a break now before my brain goes into full-on kids tv overdrive!

[Impactor returns 2.0]

in the same summer pugwall was on TV, I looked a bit like Pugwall, and thus was called Pugwall, untill I hurt the ppl calling me it...

[Jetfire]

thats scary when u see that.

vicky the viking rocked it was on all one summer holiday, along with 'OX tails' I belive which was a very odd cartoon.

I remember that summer

[Impactor returns 2.0]

thats scary when u see that.

vicky the viking rocked it was on all one summer holiday, along with 'OX tails' I belive which was a very odd cartoon.

I remember that summer

apart from whackaday which obviously had transformers on it, and thus was cool - this was my other fav summer holiday, it went on for ever and the cartoons didnt stop till 1pm, mega! 7 hours of cartoons!

[spiderfrommars]

I remember that Summer too. It was ITV and it had He-Man, Inspector Gadget, and Vicki the Viking. As well as 'Just for the Record', an Australian version of Record Breakers.

Going further back I used to love Godzilla. But even at the time I knew the animation was pants.

[BB Shockwave]

3 things have suddleny popped into my mind now. And I want answers, discussion and possible links or information on them:


5) Anybody remember Supergran?

Ahh, Supergran! We in Hungary had that show translated... Iloved it as kid. Can't remember the starting theme though...