"Ooh, Betty!" - Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
"I didn't get where I am today by . . . " - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
"Get down Shep!" - John Noakes on Blue Peter
"You're gonna like this - not a lot, but you're gonna like it! " - Paul Daniels, magician
"Good game, good game", "Nice to see you, to see you nice", "Didn't they do well?", and when memory fails say "Cuddly toy!" - Bruce Forsyth on the Generation Game
"Ooh, you are awful! But I like you!" - Dick Emery
"Ooh, Betty!" - Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
"I didn't get where I am today by . . . " - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
"Get down Shep!" - John Noakes on Blue Peter
"You're gonna like this - not a lot, but you're gonna like it! " - Paul Daniels, magician
"Good game, good game", "Nice to see you, to see you nice", "Didn't they do well?", and when memory fails say "Cuddly toy!" - Bruce Forsyth on the Generation Game
"Ooh, you are awful! But I like you!" - Dick Emery
"It's good night from me" " And it's goodnight from him" - The Two Ronnies
"Que?" ("He's from Barcelona") and "Don't mention the war!" - Fawlty Towers
''You've all done very well'' (in a quavery voice), “It’ll ride up with wear”, "Are you free?" "I'm free!" - Are You Being Served?
"May your God go with you" - Dave Allen
"I've started so I'll finish" - Magnus Magnussen on Mastermind (Did you know he wasn't British? Lived in Britain most of his life but never took British citizenship.)
"Evening all!" - Dixon of Dock Green
"Exterminate!", "It’s bigger on the inside!" - Dr Who
"Shut that door!" - Larry Grayson
“Just like that” - Tommy Cooper
“Gissa job” - Yosser Hughes in Alan Beasdale's Boys from the Black Stuff
“42″ - is the answer to the ultimate question in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was a radio show before it became a book, computer game, comic book and TV show.
"It's good night from me" " And it's goodnight from him" - The Two Ronnies
"Que?" ("He's from Barcelona") and "Don't mention the war!" - Fawlty Towers
''You've all done very well'' (in a quavery voice), “It’ll ride up with wear”, "Are you free?" "I'm free!" - Are You Being Served?
"May your God go with you" - Dave Allen
"I've started so I'll finish" - Magnus Magnussen on Mastermind (Did you know he wasn't British? Lived in Britain most of his life but never took British citizenship.)
"Evening all!" - Dixon of Dock Green
"Exterminate!", "It’s bigger on the inside!" - Dr Who
"Shut that door!" - Larry Grayson
“Just like that” - Tommy Cooper
“Gissa job” - Yosser Hughes in Alan Beasdale's Boys from the Black Stuff
“42″ - is the answer to the ultimate question in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was a radio show before it became a book, computer game, comic book and TV show.
1. "Little weeed!" - Bill and Ben, the flowerpot men (1950's and 60's)
2. The Woodentops and their Spotty Dog. While Daddy Woodentop was busy doing 'men’s work', Mummy Woodentop was busy in the kitchen with assistance from Mrs Scrubbit. (1950's and 60's)
3. This (American) one from the 1960's was in color - but I mostly remember Stingray in black and white.
4. "Hugh, Pugh, Barney, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub!" The firemen in Trumpton.
5. "A house. With a door. One. Two. Three. Four." Playschool.
6. The Clangers. (No soup dragon in this episode though.)
7. "Making good use of the things that we find, things that the everyday folks leave behind." The Wombles- who went big time with a hit record and a movie!
1. "Little weeed!" - Bill and Ben, the flowerpot men (1950's and 60's)
2. The Woodentops and their Spotty Dog. While Daddy Woodentop was busy doing 'men’s work', Mummy Woodentop was busy in the kitchen with assistance from Mrs Scrubbit. (1950's and 60's)
3. This (American) one from the 1960's was in color - but I mostly remember Stingray in black and white.
4. "Hugh, Pugh, Barney, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub!" The firemen in Trumpton.
5. "A house. With a door. One. Two. Three. Four." Playschool.
6. The Clangers. (No soup dragon in this episode though.)
7. "Making good use of the things that we find, things that the everyday folks leave behind." The Wombles- who went big time with a hit record and a movie!
Lynneguist posted about Sesame Street and other kids' TV shows this week and started me thinking. She commented that "From the Flower Pot Men to Clangers to the Teletubbies, there are many British children's television characters who don't speak in discernible language." Hmm - I'd not really thought of that as a cultural difference before, but I suppose perhaps it is. I'm sure American kids like Trixie's "Aggle flaggle" in the book Knuffle Bunny though*, and incomprehensible language does provide parents with the opportunity to discuss the philosophy of language with their children. Yeah, right! [sarcasm] Of course I used Teletubbies as an opportunity to introduce my kids to the philosophy of language! [/sarcasm]
One of the things about living other than where I grew up is not being able to use catch phrases from TV shows or share memories of the strange shows I grew up with. I remember Listen With Mother ("Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin!") on the radio in the afternoons, and Watch With Mother which was a time slot rather than a specific show on TV. The Magic Roundabout was on right before the 6 o'clock news. In our house (when I was little at least) as soon as it ended, it was time to go and get ready for bed.
This appears to be an entire episode, except where's Zebedee saying "Goodnight! Time for bed!" Was that not in every show after all? And what is with that awful music?
I can't imagine why as a kid I thought this was interesting. Looking through the videos on YouTube, I'm amazed how bad so many of the the kids' TV shows were! I remember bits and pieces of a few of them.
Can you name the shows that go with these memories?
"Making good use of the things that we find, things that the everyday folks leave behind."
I think I've arranged them in roughly chronological order, though my memory may very well be faulty. 1 & 2 are the definitely the oldest - I think they debuted even before my time, in the 1950's. (Answers in a couple of days.)
*My favorite phrase from Mo Willems' Knuffle Bunny is not "aggle flaggle" but "going boneless" to describe a toddler who does not want to be picked up!
Lynneguist posted about Sesame Street and other kids' TV shows this week and started me thinking. She commented that "From the Flower Pot Men to Clangers to the Teletubbies, there are many British children's television characters who don't speak in discernible language." Hmm - I'd not really thought of that as a cultural difference before, but I suppose perhaps it is. I'm sure American kids like Trixie's "Aggle flaggle" in the book Knuffle Bunny though*, and incomprehensible language does provide parents with the opportunity to discuss the philosophy of language with their children. Yeah, right! [sarcasm] Of course I used Teletubbies as an opportunity to introduce my kids to the philosophy of language! [/sarcasm]
One of the things about living other than where I grew up is not being able to use catch phrases from TV shows or share memories of the strange shows I grew up with. I remember Listen With Mother ("Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin!") on the radio in the afternoons, and Watch With Mother which was a time slot rather than a specific show on TV. The Magic Roundabout was on right before the 6 o'clock news. In our house (when I was little at least) as soon as it ended, it was time to go and get ready for bed.
This appears to be an entire episode, except where's Zebedee saying "Goodnight! Time for bed!" Was that not in every show after all? And what is with that awful music?
I can't imagine why as a kid I thought this was interesting. Looking through the videos on YouTube, I'm amazed how bad so many of the the kids' TV shows were! I remember bits and pieces of a few of them.
Can you name the shows that go with these memories?
"Making good use of the things that we find, things that the everyday folks leave behind."
I think I've arranged them in roughly chronological order, though my memory may very well be faulty. 1 & 2 are the definitely the oldest - I think they debuted even before my time, in the 1950's. (Answers in a couple of days.)
*My favorite phrase from Mo Willems' Knuffle Bunny is not "aggle flaggle" but "going boneless" to describe a toddler who does not want to be picked up!
