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I used to watch this when i was just a wee girl cant belive its come back as a film!
Didnt realise people who made original were off there heads on acid but i loved it!
Didnt realise people who made original were off there heads on acid but i loved it!
Because there are so many different names for loads of different drugs, it's easy to connect almost anything to them so people go out of their way to try and find drug references in kid's shows just for fun even though the writers didn't intend those meanings.Probably
E.g. Puff the Magic Dragon (Alright, it's a song, not a TV show but the point remains.)
"Puff" was an obvious name for a song about smoking pot; little Jackie Paper's surname referred to rolling papers; "autumn mist" was either clouds of marijuana smoke or a drug-induced state; the land of "Hanah Lee" was really the Hawaiian village of Hanalei, known for its particularly potent marijuana plants; and so on. As Peter Yarrow has demonstrated in countless concert performances, any song -- even "The Star-Spangled Banner" -- can be interpreted as a "drug song."
And if you don't know the song: [URL]http://www.smile-a-day.com/puff.shtml[/URL].
E.g. Puff the Magic Dragon (Alright, it's a song, not a TV show but the point remains.)
"Puff" was an obvious name for a song about smoking pot; little Jackie Paper's surname referred to rolling papers; "autumn mist" was either clouds of marijuana smoke or a drug-induced state; the land of "Hanah Lee" was really the Hawaiian village of Hanalei, known for its particularly potent marijuana plants; and so on. As Peter Yarrow has demonstrated in countless concert performances, any song -- even "The Star-Spangled Banner" -- can be interpreted as a "drug song."
And if you don't know the song: [URL]http://www.smile-a-day.com/puff.shtml[/URL].
Pandaemonium wrote:
> In twenty years time, people will be saying the Tellytubbies are the
> product of a drug addled mind. From what I've seen of it, it
> certainly looks it.
That's opium too I believe.
> In twenty years time, people will be saying the Tellytubbies are the
> product of a drug addled mind. From what I've seen of it, it
> certainly looks it.
That's opium too I believe.
ITs kind of like saying scooby doo was no child friendly too. Shaggy was a stoner who thought his dog was talking to him. Fred and Daphne went to "investigate" together each episode and the other girl was just some geek who actually thought there were ghosts. Or something like that.
Interesting* fact:- The cabin boy in captain pugwash was called Tom
*may not be interseting (may not be a fact too, but i think it is)
Interesting* fact:- The cabin boy in captain pugwash was called Tom
*may not be interseting (may not be a fact too, but i think it is)
sweet Tooth wrote:
> It aint a myth have you seen it?
> i really do belive they were on acid to make something like that its
> the same with Alice in Wonder land!
>
> No offence ment!
I'm fairly sure Lewis Carrol was an opium addict when he wrote "Alice in Wonderland", but the Magic roundabout story is true. Do some looking up. It's a french animation with English dubbing over the top. The character names were changed from the french originals.
The only thing that's true is that it's a weird programme, and certainly a product of the sixties, but not intentionally drug related and certainly wasn't made by people on acid. The odd characters support the drug references (Zebgadee - speed, dougal (actually a characterure of Charles De'Gaul) with his sugar cube addiction, but the simple fact is it's nothing more than a simple kids programme.
In twenty years time, people will be saying the Tellytubbies are the product of a drug addled mind. From what I've seen of it, it certainly looks it.
Aha. here we are.
"He wasn't supposed to be in all that much." In the original French version, Douglas was a bit weird - the only character with an English accent. Then there was Zebedee who boiiiiingggged all over the show, and as for the dopey rabbit . . .
Surely the Magic Roundabout was drug- fuelled? "Here we go again. We've been through this every time," Wood says a tad impatiently. "It's a load of rubbish. It's not true." He claims it was academics with too much time to do too little work who made this ridiculous suggestion. "There was this other chap, a rabbit, played the guitar... " Dylan? "Yes, Dylan, that's right. And, of course, he was always asleep." Yes, quite, was he a stoner? "There we go. And universities cottoned on to that, and they said he's really high."
Was he credited as co-creator of the Magic Roundabout? "Danot didn't believe in that. He started it, so he took the credit." That's part of the problem with animation, Wood says, there is never one person entirely responsible for a series, no auteur as such."
[URL]http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,593494,00.html[/URL]
> It aint a myth have you seen it?
> i really do belive they were on acid to make something like that its
> the same with Alice in Wonder land!
>
> No offence ment!
I'm fairly sure Lewis Carrol was an opium addict when he wrote "Alice in Wonderland", but the Magic roundabout story is true. Do some looking up. It's a french animation with English dubbing over the top. The character names were changed from the french originals.
The only thing that's true is that it's a weird programme, and certainly a product of the sixties, but not intentionally drug related and certainly wasn't made by people on acid. The odd characters support the drug references (Zebgadee - speed, dougal (actually a characterure of Charles De'Gaul) with his sugar cube addiction, but the simple fact is it's nothing more than a simple kids programme.
In twenty years time, people will be saying the Tellytubbies are the product of a drug addled mind. From what I've seen of it, it certainly looks it.
Aha. here we are.
"He wasn't supposed to be in all that much." In the original French version, Douglas was a bit weird - the only character with an English accent. Then there was Zebedee who boiiiiingggged all over the show, and as for the dopey rabbit . . .
Surely the Magic Roundabout was drug- fuelled? "Here we go again. We've been through this every time," Wood says a tad impatiently. "It's a load of rubbish. It's not true." He claims it was academics with too much time to do too little work who made this ridiculous suggestion. "There was this other chap, a rabbit, played the guitar... " Dylan? "Yes, Dylan, that's right. And, of course, he was always asleep." Yes, quite, was he a stoner? "There we go. And universities cottoned on to that, and they said he's really high."
Was he credited as co-creator of the Magic Roundabout? "Danot didn't believe in that. He started it, so he took the credit." That's part of the problem with animation, Wood says, there is never one person entirely responsible for a series, no auteur as such."
[URL]http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,593494,00.html[/URL]
It aint a myth have you seen it?
i really do belive they were on acid to make something like that its the same with Alice in Wonder land!
No offence ment!
i really do belive they were on acid to make something like that its the same with Alice in Wonder land!
No offence ment!
sweet Tooth wrote:
> I used to watch this when i was just a wee girl cant belive its come
> back as a film!
>
> Didnt realise people who made original were off there heads on acid
> but i loved it!
They were'nt. It's a long discredited urban myth. If I remember rightly, it was a french animation series offered to the BBC. They refused, saying it was too difficult to dub into English. Someone involved in "Play School" liked the animation, and simply made his own stuff up over what was on screen.
It's like Captin Pugwashs' "Seaman Staines" and "Master Bates". Simply not true.
> I used to watch this when i was just a wee girl cant belive its come
> back as a film!
>
> Didnt realise people who made original were off there heads on acid
> but i loved it!
They were'nt. It's a long discredited urban myth. If I remember rightly, it was a french animation series offered to the BBC. They refused, saying it was too difficult to dub into English. Someone involved in "Play School" liked the animation, and simply made his own stuff up over what was on screen.
It's like Captin Pugwashs' "Seaman Staines" and "Master Bates". Simply not true.
I used to watch this when i was just a wee girl cant belive its come back as a film!
Didnt realise people who made original were off there heads on acid but i loved it!
Didnt realise people who made original were off there heads on acid but i loved it!