tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post4742048749620376542..comments2024-03-28T16:03:57.344+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES KIDS' TVWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-17154327380369451012020-02-23T16:37:11.785+00:002020-02-23T16:37:11.785+00:00Me too.Me too.Paul Adams from New Zealandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-21725804379061179642020-02-23T11:50:06.469+00:002020-02-23T11:50:06.469+00:00I'd forgptten the name of Catweazle's toad...I'd forgptten the name of Catweazle's toad Paul! Thanks. And yes, its just Follyfoot. Its about 15 miles from where I live, the farm. Just outside Leeds. I wonder of the tree is still there. As for Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop. I could have married her. Shari. Not Lamb!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-38110677898069448022020-02-23T08:15:35.837+00:002020-02-23T08:15:35.837+00:00Loved Catweazle, a very poor wizard trying to esca...Loved Catweazle, a very poor wizard trying to escape the Normans cast a spell, and ended up in the 20th Century. His familiar was a toad named Touchwood. There were two seasons. Gerry Anderson from Stingray onwards. Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and Charlie Horse were wonderful. Disneyland, with the programmes introduced by Walt Disney himself. Surely it was just Follyfoot, rather than Follyfoot Farm ? About a home for rescued and retired horses, the lightning-blasted Lightning Tree I think featured in the theme song ? There were so many great cartoons - The Flintstones, Jetsons, Yogi Bear, and countless others. As NZ only had one TV channel until 1975, and no early morning TV in those days, the number of programmes was limited, so a lot of shows well known in Britain and America never made it to NZ. Lancelot Link - Secret Chimp was a James Bond/Get Smart spoof with real Chimpanzees, a bit like the PG Tips tea adverts.Paul Adams from New Zealandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-89594030187671820112015-09-12T09:39:16.879+01:002015-09-12T09:39:16.879+01:00My Missus saw it in Germany Ed so I thought it mig...My Missus saw it in Germany Ed so I thought it might have migrated. One show that I heard went Stateside was the Double Deckers about a bunch of kids living in a red London double decker bus. Sound familiar? Or Catweazle about a medieval wizard living in the modern day - he lived in an old water tower and called electricity electrickery and the phone the telling bone! ha ha. great fun. Shown in Germany too!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-58945781162606541372015-09-12T01:04:55.061+01:002015-09-12T01:04:55.061+01:00British kiddie TV wasn't very well represented...British kiddie TV wasn't very well represented over here Woodsy. No Follyfoot Farm in the Milwaukee market. Perhaps it showed elsewhere.Ed and Bettina Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776907888776423702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-73623615026111930112015-09-11T23:26:19.906+01:002015-09-11T23:26:19.906+01:00Just been reading bout Romper Room on Wiki. There ...Just been reading bout Romper Room on Wiki. There were loads of presenters in the States and some controversy too! As for Shari Lewis, her and Lamb Chop had the most wonderful voices on telly. Pure magic. Don't recall Howdy Doody but have seen it a lot in my books on TV collectables. Did you ever see a show called Follyfoot Farm? The location isn't far from here. There was a Lightning Tree.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-51226085482722957232015-09-11T19:41:30.364+01:002015-09-11T19:41:30.364+01:00No toys from that show Woodsy. As I recall it was ...No toys from that show Woodsy. As I recall it was little more than a televised classroom with essentially a kindergarten teacher reading and telling stories. At the end she would hold up a mirror (frame only, minus the mirror) and would look into it say sumthin' like, "and I see Billy, and Mary, and Bobby, and Joanne. And you be good now!" or whatever - it was a loooong time ago. I didn't realize Shari Lewis and Lamb Chops aired over there. That was another favorite (and Howdy Doody) Ed and Bettina Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776907888776423702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-11341260920439669122015-09-11T15:49:39.667+01:002015-09-11T15:49:39.667+01:00Hello, Hello, Hello was made in Finland but with b...Hello, Hello, Hello was made in Finland but with brilliant British influence. One of the creators and the actor of Dud, Neil Hardwick, settled in Finland and went on to become one of our most successful comedy directors.<br /><br />Hello, Hello, Hello was very inventive in many respects, with enigmatic characters, a plot full of strange twists and the overall mood of a haunted house. The visuals mixed sets resembling drawings or cardboard cut-outs with thrilling special effects.<br /><br />From time to time, the story was interrupted for English lessons by a young female teacher. In those sequences, the main characters Stan and Dud were reproduced as Punch & Judy puppets. An accompanying book was published with comics and excercises, made in the best tradition of pure psychedelia! Well, it was 1974 after all.<br /><br />About Mio Mao, I believe the series (with most of the original episodes lost it seems) was recreated in 2005 and broadcast also in the U.K.<br /><br />Found this original episode online<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyOrVHbtgWU<br />Artonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-25976854229821118302015-09-11T15:22:38.534+01:002015-09-11T15:22:38.534+01:00You know, both you and Arto have mentioned Romper ...You know, both you and Arto have mentioned Romper Room Ed. I've never heard of Romper Room Ferry toy set at a car boot sale and subsequently selling it. Do you think that the show would have spawned plastic toys in the Seventies?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-43566045298414396952015-09-11T14:50:41.892+01:002015-09-11T14:50:41.892+01:00Just about any Hanna-Barbera cartoon. We had Rompe...Just about any Hanna-Barbera cartoon. We had Romper Room for really little tykes, 'Captain Kangaroo' for the somewhat older (Peabody & Sherman and the Wayback Machine was the cartoon highlight), but there was 'Circus Boy' (starring a very young Micky Dolenz of later Monkees fame), 'Super Circus, and the original 'Mickey Mouse Club'!!Ed and Bettina Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776907888776423702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-74002404041126803362015-09-11T07:51:42.131+01:002015-09-11T07:51:42.131+01:00Wow, that's 3 TV programs I've never heard...Wow, that's 3 TV programs I've never heard of or seen Arto! Strange, as one of them sounds very English. Was Hello Hello Hello made in Finland or England?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-36235654360364044062015-09-10T18:39:18.261+01:002015-09-10T18:39:18.261+01:00Oh they were aplenty, from the East German classic...Oh they were aplenty, from the East German classic Sandmännchen to a silly Italian claymation Mio Mao. We even had our own version of Romper Room with that Magic Mirror! So exciting each and every time to wait whether your name was called as you were "seen" through the mirror (and tv screen) - the first interactive childrens' tv show!<br /><br />The real classic of the 70's however was an English learning programme aimed for children called Hello, Hello, Hello. It starred two englishmen Stan Mitchell and Neil Hardwick as bobbies Stan and Dud, chasing an elusive Cat. "Where's the Cat?" Everyone in Finland knows the answer - "The Cat's in the Moon!"<br /><br />You can see a clip here<br /><br />http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/11/23/hello-hello-helloArtonoreply@blogger.com