Tv was THE
unofficial babysitter in 1970
Pretstayn during the summer
but WHERE was the good old UK Children's programmes?
Marine Boy (Japan) Robinson Crusoe (France) White Horses (Hungary)Banana Splits, Casey Jones and High
Chaperral (US) and lastly
FollyFoot (waving the lone flag for the UK)
I loved Marine Boy. Thanks for the memory. m.
ReplyDeleteBlimey, John - have you been drinking in the morning? This amount of music in the morning (I'll listen to it tonight) can only mean one thing...
ReplyDeleteAh marine boy, another favourite.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I missed Marine Boy.... I now consider my education incomplete.
ReplyDeleteWhere's 'Champion the Wonder Horse', or the re-runs of 'Flash Gordon'?
ReplyDeleteI must be a bit younger than you John (although I feel about 90 today!)
Ah Casey Jones - my son so loved that - I had the tune on the brain for years - in fact it is going round in my head now!
ReplyDeleteOK. I officially predict you were born the same year as me.
ReplyDeleteLoved all of these, and was singing 'Grow, grow, the lightning tree' to my children only last week.
Mr Ben.
ReplyDeleteSay no more!
titus
ReplyDelete1962
We had none of these in Quebec!
ReplyDeleteDid you watch Thunderbirds and Stingray... you know... those puppet shows? Made in UK!
Hugs
Jon
My kids watched The Smurfs, but that may have been the 80's. There was also that horrible Brady Bunch, but I would not let them watch that as it was so insipid; I thought it would warp their young minds.
ReplyDeleteSaturday mornings for my generation were full of live action shows. Circus Boy, Rin Tin Tin, Sky King, and, best of all, the horse series, My Friend Flika and Fury (with a very young Peter Graves, yum!) Lassie, of course, was in a category by herself and was shown in the evening.
ReplyDeleteLike a streak of lightning flashin cross the sky
ReplyDeleteLike the swiftest arrow whizzin from a bow
Like a mighty canonball he seems to fly
You'll hear about him everywhere you go
The time will come when everybody knows the name of...
...Tom Stephenson
"They called him FLIPPER!" (and they still do)
ReplyDeleteCasey Jones was brill. My fave episode was when the dam burst (i love it when the dams burst) and Casey out ran it steaming and a rolling!!xxxx
ReplyDeleteJohn I can't open these links but I remember them all ..... sigh....
ReplyDeleteYou've started it now!
ReplyDeleteI remember Magpie, crackerjack, and some weird thing with a dwarf and unicorns probably Germanic ish
oh and Ivor the engine!
Jane
Plus the Clangers, Bagpuss & the one with Spotty dog, what was that called? And finally the one with the Hector the dog and Kiki the cat??
ReplyDeleteJane
Ps Trumpton and Windy Miller !
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jane
ReplyDeleteI couldnt find the opening of the german scary thing
it was called
THE SINGING RINGING TREE!!!
That's the one! Thanks for putting me out of my misery, it was sooo creepy
ReplyDeleteJane
The Lady Of The House says you are obviously the same generation as her.....The Singing Ringing Tree was very creepy.
ReplyDeleteShe also says she loved The Three Musketeers and Arabian Knights on Banana Splits and the cartoon about The Osmonds (she's a girlie - forgive her)
She loved The Flashing Blade too and was sad enough to buy it on DVD (but has no prospect of having time to watch it).
Based on this 'kindred spiritedness' you share she's given you an award on my blog today!!
Love, Winnie the Greyhound