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Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:29 pmby Martin
Then I'll begin.
I spent a fun time today watching old kids TV programs.
Watch With Mother, Andy Pandy, Lost In Space, Flowerpot Men, and Tingha & Tucker, all together now...."Tingha and Tucker the two little bears".
Looking at these now it's no wonder some of us grew up a wee bit strange.
So, come on, own up, who else was a proud member of The Tingha & Tucker Club ?
The thing that shocked me the most was seeing Will Robinson (Bill Mumy) from Lost In Space, he turned 60 this year.
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:01 pmby Govangirl
Martin, I recall all of these very well EXCEPT Tingha and Tucker!!!!!!! Never heard of them - what's wrong with me??????
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:03 amby tarmmaker
Anyone remember "Four Feather Falls" with Tex Tucker and "Supercar" with Dr.Beaker?
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:07 amby tarmmaker
Just thinking that now all this Independence crap is out of the way, we can discuss the things that matter. Now was it "Midge" or "Mitch" the chimp from Supercar?
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:14 amby tarmmaker
Then there was "Torchy the Battery Boy". Who needs CGI!!
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:31 amby Govangirl
Seriously, I've never heard of any of these!!
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:20 pmby Shona
Govangirl wrote:Martin, I recall all of these very well EXCEPT Tingha and Tucker!!!!!!! Never heard of them - what's wrong with me??????
Same here, GG.
Mr Google, however, informs me that Tinga and Tucker were on Anglia TV in the 1960s.
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:21 pmby numberplease
I used to LOVE Torchy the Battery Boy, can still sing the theme tune! Never saw any of the others, although I have heard of them. Does anyone remember Prudence Kitten, with Annette Mills, or aren`t any of you as old as me?
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:39 pmby Martin
I didn't realise Tinga and Tucker were just regional, we must have been living in that area at the time.
Don't remember seeing Supercar as a kid but do recall Fireball XL5 although when I remember it, it must have already been a repeat.
Never heard of Prudence Kitten. I don't remember Torchy on TV but I had a Torchy book, like a hard back comic.
I remember Captain Pugwash at a very early age.
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:50 pmby numberplease
You`re only a young `un then Martin! Prudence was about in the mid 50s.
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:32 pmby Govangirl
Scuttling scuttlefish and plundering porpoises!!!! I actually know one - Captain Pugwash!!
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:46 pmby Shona
Roger the Cabin Boy, Seaman Staines and Master Bates are urban myths.
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:51 pmby Govangirl
Absolutely. John Ryan came to my school many moons ago and was livid about those rumours!!!
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:15 pmby LANDROVER ROGER
1.Shona,don`t be rude.
2.Tarmmaker.Yes it was Mitch.
3.Govangirl,you must have led a very sheltered life.
Brilliant programmes all of them!
Re: Are you sitting comfortably ?
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:10 pmby tarmmaker
Talking about being rude, there was "Muffin the Mule"!
Anyone remember Shirley Abicair with the autoharp. I think she was Australian.
Then the classic French-made serial "Robinson Crusoe". I just googled the theme tune and was back in 1964 instantly.