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Me and mate were talking after watching little kids play Jerry Springer outside my place, and we came to a startling realisation.
TV for kids is rubbish these days.
Those 20+ will remember when I start to talk, and those of you that don’t remember owe it to yourself to try and watch the DVDs so you’ll understand.
There are no action series for kids anymore. And this is why you are now a generation of delinquents and slack-jawed tv babies.
When I were a lad, many hours would be spent playing outside with my mates, we didn’t have computer games back then you see. Oh no, we made our own fun up.
And we had class tv shows to base our fantasy play on.
I’m going to throw a few names out and see who goes “Oh yeah! I forgot about that!”.
Knight Rider – David Hasslehoff, a talking car and Hasslehoff also playing evil twin Hasslehoff. This was a class show, with his car foiling crimes and him generally standing about looking manly and white-afro.
Manimal – Simon McCorkindale was a bloke that had the ability to morph into animals when needed. This usually entailed him turning into a chicken or ferret or equally useless animal. Used a lot of stock footage of nature programmes.
Automan – The only bit I remember is his car that turned right-angles at 120mph.
Tales of The Golden Monkey – a 1940s thing with a bloke in a seaplane searching for treasure, usually getting into adventures utilising a seaplane.
Monkey – Monkey, Pigsy, Tripitaka and Sandy. Chinese kung-fu series with Monkey flying on a pink cloud and using his stick in mad ways. Tripitake was a boy. Or a girl? I could never tell. This programme ruled and survives to this day.
The A-Team – If I need to tell you about this, you are a newborn.
CHIPS – LAPD Motorcycle cop show with Erik Estrada and the other bloke. They rocked, and many mates rode together on their choppers with cards in the spokes.
Magnum – Tom Selleck as Magnum PI. A detective series on Hawaii with ferraris, Higgins and his dobermans Zeus and Apollo. One of the greats.
The Fall Guy – Lee Majors as a stunt-man turned bounty-hunter. And though he’s not the kind to kiss or tell, he’s been seen with ladies. It’s true they hide his body in the hay. A-hey-hey. He might fall from tall building, or trash a brand new car, ‘cos he’s the unknown stuntman that made Eastwood such a star.
Airwolf – Stealth helicopter series with Jan Michael-Vincent and Ernest Borgnine. This was better than Blue Thunder, as proved in Log in The Creek Episode 5
BJ and The Bear – Only I remember this it would seem. The adventures of a long-distance lorry driver and his chimpanzee side-kick. My cat is called BJ in honour of this show.
Buck Rogers – Gil Gerard and his paunch, stuffed into a white silk jumpsuit. He would foil space-villains with the assistance of Twiki (biddy-biddy-biddy) and a woman.
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These shows rocked, and there is nothing like them on today. Where are the action series aimed at kids? You are not learning the difference between right & wrong with action heroes. I think if we still had episodic, hour-long action shows then this world would be a better place altogether.
TV for kids is rubbish these days.
Those 20+ will remember when I start to talk, and those of you that don’t remember owe it to yourself to try and watch the DVDs so you’ll understand.
There are no action series for kids anymore. And this is why you are now a generation of delinquents and slack-jawed tv babies.
When I were a lad, many hours would be spent playing outside with my mates, we didn’t have computer games back then you see. Oh no, we made our own fun up.
And we had class tv shows to base our fantasy play on.
I’m going to throw a few names out and see who goes “Oh yeah! I forgot about that!”.
Knight Rider – David Hasslehoff, a talking car and Hasslehoff also playing evil twin Hasslehoff. This was a class show, with his car foiling crimes and him generally standing about looking manly and white-afro.
Manimal – Simon McCorkindale was a bloke that had the ability to morph into animals when needed. This usually entailed him turning into a chicken or ferret or equally useless animal. Used a lot of stock footage of nature programmes.
Automan – The only bit I remember is his car that turned right-angles at 120mph.
Tales of The Golden Monkey – a 1940s thing with a bloke in a seaplane searching for treasure, usually getting into adventures utilising a seaplane.
Monkey – Monkey, Pigsy, Tripitaka and Sandy. Chinese kung-fu series with Monkey flying on a pink cloud and using his stick in mad ways. Tripitake was a boy. Or a girl? I could never tell. This programme ruled and survives to this day.
The A-Team – If I need to tell you about this, you are a newborn.
CHIPS – LAPD Motorcycle cop show with Erik Estrada and the other bloke. They rocked, and many mates rode together on their choppers with cards in the spokes.
Magnum – Tom Selleck as Magnum PI. A detective series on Hawaii with ferraris, Higgins and his dobermans Zeus and Apollo. One of the greats.
The Fall Guy – Lee Majors as a stunt-man turned bounty-hunter. And though he’s not the kind to kiss or tell, he’s been seen with ladies. It’s true they hide his body in the hay. A-hey-hey. He might fall from tall building, or trash a brand new car, ‘cos he’s the unknown stuntman that made Eastwood such a star.
Airwolf – Stealth helicopter series with Jan Michael-Vincent and Ernest Borgnine. This was better than Blue Thunder, as proved in Log in The Creek Episode 5
BJ and The Bear – Only I remember this it would seem. The adventures of a long-distance lorry driver and his chimpanzee side-kick. My cat is called BJ in honour of this show.
Buck Rogers – Gil Gerard and his paunch, stuffed into a white silk jumpsuit. He would foil space-villains with the assistance of Twiki (biddy-biddy-biddy) and a woman.
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These shows rocked, and there is nothing like them on today. Where are the action series aimed at kids? You are not learning the difference between right & wrong with action heroes. I think if we still had episodic, hour-long action shows then this world would be a better place altogether.
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I remember Sooty.
And I also remember books at Primary School with Bangers and Mash, two chimps that wore t-shirts.
I seem to always have been surrounding by simian imagery.
I don't mind though, could be worse
And I also remember books at Primary School with Bangers and Mash, two chimps that wore t-shirts.
I seem to always have been surrounding by simian imagery.
I don't mind though, could be worse
Did anyone like Bodger and Badger or Sooty? these were more my time, well, I like to think they were, but I have never stopped being a kid you see...
Duke's of hazard and the A-Team are always on tv, 'm sure which channels, probably living or something....
Did you ever play Blast Corps on the N64, you could drive The A-Team van, and i'm not sure if it was Starsky and Jutch or if it was General Lee, but it was red, heh, cool game, shame there was a time limit.
Oh yes.
The red and white car, Huggy Bear, knit-sweaters, David Soul.
Bring back 70s+80s programmes please, I'll start watching tv again then.
The red and white car, Huggy Bear, knit-sweaters, David Soul.
Bring back 70s+80s programmes please, I'll start watching tv again then.
How about Starsky And Huctch.
Yet another cool car and Huggy(Huggie?) Bear in a camp safari suit.
Yet another cool car and Huggy(Huggie?) Bear in a camp safari suit.
I've got a die-cast metal General Lee somewhere, and I still have some old A-Team figues lying around in the loft, including a posable Mr T.
I want to be a kid again,get home from school and your mates come round with their toys and you charge about upstairs with the vehicles and stuff.
Being a grown-up is hard
I want to be a kid again,get home from school and your mates come round with their toys and you charge about upstairs with the vehicles and stuff.
Being a grown-up is hard
Goatboy wrote:
> DUKES OF HAZZARD!!!!!!!
Cheers Grandprix for reminding
> me
No problem. I use to buy the Matchbox cars of the General Lee and K.I.T.T. Brings back a lot of memories.
> DUKES OF HAZZARD!!!!!!!
Cheers Grandprix for reminding
> me
No problem. I use to buy the Matchbox cars of the General Lee and K.I.T.T. Brings back a lot of memories.
DUKES OF HAZZARD!!!!!!!
How the hell could I forget about this?
The number of times me and my mate Chen got yelled at by his parents for playing in their car, sliding through the windows of their orange Ford Capri.
Damn, what a top show.
Daisy Duke in her shorts, Uncle Jesse, Boss Hog, Cletus...and yeah, the vehicles were a massive part of the appeal.
Cheers Grandprix for reminding me
How the hell could I forget about this?
The number of times me and my mate Chen got yelled at by his parents for playing in their car, sliding through the windows of their orange Ford Capri.
Damn, what a top show.
Daisy Duke in her shorts, Uncle Jesse, Boss Hog, Cletus...and yeah, the vehicles were a massive part of the appeal.
Cheers Grandprix for reminding me
I don't know whether it is me or not, but I watched shows like Knight Rider, Airwolf and the Dukes of Hazzard for the vehicles.
Knight Rider - K.I.T.T, the classic Black Trans-Am. I wished I had a car like that.
Airwolf - the helicopter that could fly Mach 1.
The Dukes of Hazzard - The General Lee. This car was great. Sliding through window because the doors were welded shut.
The A-Team was a quality programme. Murdoch cracked me up.
I still remember cartoons like Tom and Jerry. Jamie and the Magic Torch, Willo the Wisp, Wacky Races and cartoons like these. I haven't seen many, if any nowadays, that compare to these.
Knight Rider - K.I.T.T, the classic Black Trans-Am. I wished I had a car like that.
Airwolf - the helicopter that could fly Mach 1.
The Dukes of Hazzard - The General Lee. This car was great. Sliding through window because the doors were welded shut.
The A-Team was a quality programme. Murdoch cracked me up.
I still remember cartoons like Tom and Jerry. Jamie and the Magic Torch, Willo the Wisp, Wacky Races and cartoons like these. I haven't seen many, if any nowadays, that compare to these.
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