 TV programmes of way back when, What did everyone waste their youth watching? |
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 Jun 1 2007, 06:25 PM
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 Member  Group: Established Members Posts: 26 Joined: 4-May 07 From: West Midlands Member No.: 3,455 Gender: Female  |
This topic has given my friends and i at least an hour of conversation... So we'll see how it pans out
*Realises this should be in Media, Beats self mercilessly with yesterdays newspaper* --------------------  |
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Jun 1 2007, 11:24 PM
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 Transdimensional Traveler Group: Established Members Posts: 1,322 Joined: 20-August 04 From: Somewhere in the Ęther Member No.: 1,244 Gender: Secret |
i dont know this very well might belong in both places...
in any case... I spent it watching M*A*S*H I feel strange already... -------------------- It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. Jack of all trades, master of none, though offtimes better than master of one. Carpe Noctem, pro cras nos necemus Carpe Diem, pro hodie nos mutiamo |
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Jun 2 2007, 12:42 AM
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 Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
Quantum Leap, Mork And Mindy and most definitely my video of "family favourites" The Family Ness, Bertha, Pigeon Street, and Bagpuss.
Also Postman Pat, Garfield and Friends, Thunderbirds, Sesame Street, The Crystal Maze, Star Trek, Transformers, and as many Steve Martin films as you could shake a stick at. -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Jun 2 2007, 01:06 PM
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Member Group: Established Members Posts: 26 Joined: 4-May 07 From: West Midlands Member No.: 3,455 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Daria @ Jun 2 2007, 01:42 AM)  Quantum Leap, Mork And Mindy and most definitely my video of "family favourites" The Family Ness, Bertha, Pigeon Street, and Bagpuss. Also Postman Pat, Garfield and Friends, Thunderbirds, Sesame Street, The Crystal Maze, Star Trek, Transformers, and as many Steve Martin films as you could shake a stick at. I used to love Crystal Maze and Star trek, they were amazing, especially crystal maze... -------------------- |
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Jun 2 2007, 08:44 PM
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 Perfection Personified Group: Established Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 17-December 04 From: Land of the Wombles! Member No.: 1,548 Gender: Male |
Crystal Maze, Moomins, Bagpuss, Around the Bend, Grange Hill, Ulysses 31, Pirates of Dark Water, Quantum Leap, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet (oh man he ruled. Like a very lame terminator
 ), Star Trek, X-Men, Transformers, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Avengers, Ren and Stimpy, Spitting Image, and Red Dwarf are the ones that spring to mind.  I need to get Captain Scarlet on DVD somewhere. Is it just me or did he fail about half the time? I remember one episode where he had to stop a nuclear power plant from blowing up. He couldn't, so got vaporised. Then came back. It must really suck, because his powers didn't stop the pain. He'd die the most painful deaths, then his bosses would throw him back out to die again. Poor bugger! " They crash him, and his body may burn, They smash him. But they know he'll return, To live again." -------------------- "Too often Fate,
By all abhorred, To savage poison, Adds the sword" - Boethius, The Concillations of Philosophy |
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Jun 3 2007, 11:17 AM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
CAPTAIN SCARLET, INDESTRUCTABLE.
Also, I now have "Have you ever, ever felt like this? When strange things are happening, and you're going round the twist?" song in my head. Also, Noel's House Party and other such delights of mid-nineties weekend programming. -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Jun 7 2007, 12:19 PM
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 Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
It was all about Knightmare - the program I'd actually run home for, making it one of the very few things to make me adjust my speed to above a saunter.
Sidestep left... left... pick up the apple... PUT IT IN YOUR KNAPSACK! KNAPSACK! FASTER! FASTER! ...aaaand, death. -------------------- the end is nice |
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Jun 7 2007, 06:04 PM
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 Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 7 2007, 01:19 PM) It was all about Knightmare - the program I'd actually run home for, making it one of the very few things to make me adjust my speed to above a saunter. Sidestep left... left... pick up the apple... PUT IT IN YOUR KNAPSACK! KNAPSACK! FASTER! FASTER! ...aaaand, death. Ed auditioned to be on that but unfortunately they were picked as understudies and the main team were OK to go on. Booo  I saw a Transformer's poster in my local cinema the other day and thought that was a blast from the past. Also, does anyone remember The Children of Green Knowe?!? 
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Jun 7 2007, 11:28 PM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Pixiegoth @ Jun 7 2007, 07:04 PM) QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 7 2007, 01:19 PM) It was all about Knightmare - the program I'd actually run home for, making it one of the very few things to make me adjust my speed to above a saunter. Sidestep left... left... pick up the apple... PUT IT IN YOUR KNAPSACK! KNAPSACK! FASTER! FASTER! ...aaaand, death. Ed auditioned to be on that but unfortunately they were picked as understudies and the main team were OK to go on. Booo I saw a Transformer's poster in my local cinema the other day and thought that was a blast from the past. Also, does anyone remember The Children of Green Knowe?!? Zorro was another of my childhood favourites and Black Beauty Scooby Doo (without the annoying Scrappy), Grange Hill (back when it was based in Laarrnddon where it should be!), Blue Peter, The Clangers, Ulysses, Jason and the Argonauts, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, Moomins.What was that programme called Moon something and it had a spooky lighthouse keeper ghost in it?!?
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Jun 8 2007, 11:18 AM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
Wait wait wait- are you telling me that Grange Hill is now not based in Grange Hill- as in the Grange Hill on the Central line, in London? W T F ?
-------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Jun 8 2007, 11:46 AM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Pixiegoth @ Jun 8 2007, 12:28 AM) Grange Hill (back when it was based in Laarrnddon where it should be!) Bets thing about Grange Hill was the original intro (and the music for it). It wasn't the same after they got rid of that comic-style opener. The series was the poorer for the loss of 'the presentation of the sausage'. And i echo the disbelief that it has been shifted away from Laaaaaaaaahhndaaaaaahhhnn. Wasn't it originally pitched as EastEnders for kids? There were some crossovers, weren't there? |
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Jun 8 2007, 07:56 PM
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 Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
Sigh...this is going to be one of those British Only threads, isn't it? The minute I mention Power Rangers you'll all throw bricks and the queen at me.
(It was a lot of fun, though--back before it would have been a problem to make the black ranger a black dude and the yellow ranger an Asian girl named 'Trini'. Ah, subversive racial stereotypes of the mid-90's.) -------------------- can I kiss your dopamine? In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine |
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Jun 8 2007, 08:22 PM
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 The Key of Joy is disobedience. Group: Established Members Posts: 2,093 Joined: 4-May 04 From: The UK of GB and NI. Member No.: 1,102 Gender: Male |
POWER RANGERS! ...but not those schmancy new ones. Only the originals.
...and Mr. Motivator >_> Edit: *throws the Queen at elphaba anyway* -------------------- Waiting for a superhero intervention |
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Jun 8 2007, 11:21 PM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (elphaba2 @ Jun 8 2007, 08:56 PM) Sigh...this is going to be one of those British Only threads, isn't it? The minute I mention Power Rangers you'll all throw bricks and the queen at me. (It was a lot of fun, though--back before it would have been a problem to make the black ranger a black dude and the yellow ranger an Asian girl named 'Trini'. Ah, subversive racial stereotypes of the mid-90's.) I don't hate Power Rangers because I'm British I hate them because they're awful  *refrains from throwing bricks* Grange Hill is now based oop North either near Liverpool or Newcastle, can't remember which, darn Northerners *grumble*  Bring it back and we want the sausage 
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Jun 8 2007, 11:42 PM
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Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
Hey, that's my childhood you're stepping on!
Can I get an American ally up in here? -------------------- can I kiss your dopamine? In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine |
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Jun 8 2007, 11:52 PM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (elphaba2 @ Jun 9 2007, 12:42 AM) Hey, that's my childhood you're stepping on! Can I get an American ally up in here? Aw *hugs* I just don't like the programme. I'm sure you'd say the same about my taste in childhood programmes too
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Jun 9 2007, 09:12 AM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
Power Rangers was just a little after our time, wasn't it, Pixie? Children's progs are only good at two stages in your life - when you're a kid, and when you're a stoned student chuckling at Tellytubbies.
That said, I do have the Dungeons & Dragons box set, and I love it. They never got home! Wah! -------------------- the end is nice |
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Jun 9 2007, 11:00 AM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 9 2007, 10:12 AM) Power Rangers was just a little after our time, wasn't it, Pixie? Children's progs are only good at two stages in your life - when you're a kid, and when you're a stoned student chuckling at Tellytubbies. That said, I do have the Dungeons & Dragons box set, and I love it. They never got home! Wah! Shhhh! *tries to hide laughter lines* It was Saturday morning viewing at some point in my life. I was just pointing out I didn't enjoy it Sorry, elphaba  What's happened to Saturday morning kids TV Bring back Live & Kicking and MOM It's all poncy cooking shows now. I don't wanna know how to cook sweet and sour pork on a Saturday morning, I wanna watch Scooby Doo with my hangover!
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Jun 12 2007, 02:45 AM
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Perfection Personified Group: Established Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 17-December 04 From: Land of the Wombles! Member No.: 1,548 Gender: Male |
-------------------- "Too often Fate,
By all abhorred, To savage poison, Adds the sword" - Boethius, The Concillations of Philosophy |
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Jun 12 2007, 09:26 AM
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 Microwave your children Group: Established Members Posts: 1,082 Joined: 14-June 04 From: Hampshire, UK Member No.: 1,164 |
How exciting is the Thundercats film? Very. That's how exciting. Like Transformers, even if just for the effects.
Everyone's talking about Quantum Leap like it's in the past, but Sam Beckett can live on in you, y'know. We have the boxsets and it's still as fantastic as it always was. Oh, Scott Bakula. How we love you. QUOTE That said, I do have the Dungeons & Dragons box set, and I love it. Really? I was always worried I'd watch it and it'd p*ss all over my childhood love of it. Sometimes it happens. -------------------- Half Iago. Half Fu Manchu. All bastard.
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Jun 12 2007, 09:34 AM
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Perfection Personified Group: Established Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 17-December 04 From: Land of the Wombles! Member No.: 1,548 Gender: Male |
The Dungeons and Dragons drinking game is fun.
Every time they do something monumentally stupid, have a drink! You'll be wasted within the hour! Seriously, they could have gotten home in the very first episode, but they didn't want to leave poor Uni behind. Not like it'd be dissected for medical science if they brought it back to the real world, oh no... *Ahem* Thundercats Ho! -------------------- "Too often Fate,
By all abhorred, To savage poison, Adds the sword" - Boethius, The Concillations of Philosophy |
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Jun 12 2007, 03:57 PM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
FU - it's not great, true enough, but you do begin to notice other levels. Such as just how sarcastic Uni is. And the wonderful fact that the whole of the exposition is summed up in just the opening sequence.
"Hey look! A Dungeons & Dragons ride!" Twonk... -------------------- the end is nice |
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Jun 12 2007, 04:12 PM
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 Candbrush Threepwood Group: Established Members Posts: 5,391 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Derby Member No.: 345 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (elphaba2 @ Jun 9 2007, 12:42 AM) Hey, that's my childhood you're stepping on! Can I get an American ally up in here? Sorry, but I was a bit too old for the Power Rangers! I was forced to watch them when I babysat my cousins, though. They adored them and I'm sure they'd be on your side. I liked He-Man, She-Ra, Pee Wee's Playhouse, The Muppet Show, Smurfs, Captain Kangaroo..and oh god. JEM. I was Jem for at least 3 Halloweens. And to think I almost left her off the list! Oh! And Punky Brewster. I went through a huge phase of wearing sideways ponytails, mismatched shoes/socks, and obnoxious sweaters because I wanted to be just like Punky. Yeah. I grew up in the 80's. It doesn't show at all. 
-------------------- I love you in a way that is mystical and eternal and illegal in 20 states.
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Jun 12 2007, 08:11 PM
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Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
It's cool. I have my entire generation to back me up. And we're huge (can I hear it for the 89-90 miniboom, thank you crack cocaine).
It was a pretty good time, though. Power Rangers, the little Jack Russell terrier who dressed up in ridiculous outfits to play out historical literature, Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, Transformers--when we were a little older there was Freaks and Geeks. Making massive generalizations, but I think we (15-19 or so) were the last group to watch TV before everyone got cable and some idiot invented whatever they're watching now. -------------------- can I kiss your dopamine? In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine |
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Jun 12 2007, 08:37 PM
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 Faeries don't bite we just nibble a bit! Group: Moderators Posts: 1,695 Joined: 16-August 03 From: A town called Malice, England, The world Member No.: 535 Gender: Female |
Ok deep breath everyone, I'm about to recite the list of programmes...
Thundercats She Ra He Man M*A*S*K Transformers Bucky O' Hare Moon Dial Dark Season Hangar 17 Bagpuss (Of course) Pirates of DarkWater Visionaries Power Rangers Knightmare Activ8 The Lowdown Byker Grove Teenage Mutant HERO turtles Mighty Max Henry's Cat Alphonso Bonzo The Girl form Tomorrow/ Tomorrow's End The Tomorrow People (90's version) Count Duckula Dangermouse Round the Bend Trapdoor The Wombles Fingermouse To name but a few. I had a REALLY misspent youth!!! -------------------- If life hands you a lemon make lemonade, lace it with cyanide and then pass it around. What can I say I'm a revenge type of gal!!! Ryn
Wearing a large shiny tag around neck "Uncullable Faerie" Official S P A N G L E R and self proclaimed protector of Tribe Wyvern- OOh Sparkly!! Proud leader of the Super Spangler Squad. Me and Stardust wil spangle your a$$!! |
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