Quote: Ben @ December 10 2008, 4:06 PM GMTI assume that kids today still like watching those old shows?
They're never broadcast. So no.
Oliver Postgate RIP Page 3
Quote: Aaron @ December 10 2008, 4:15 PM GMTThey're never broadcast. So no.
They're available on DVD and video though. I think most kids will find much of it a bit slow I'm afraid. Uncle Feedle is a bit scary too.
Yeah, but most kids don't exactly go out and buy DVDs themselves, do they? And even if they do, they'd only choose stuff they already know, love, and recognise. It's down to the parents to own the DVDs and have the will and time to show them to their kids.
Maybe, but kids see stuff when they go shopping (even at the supermarket) and ask for it because it looks good. Also sometimes the newspapers give away DVD - I recently got a Captain Pugwash this way.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ December 10 2008, 4:22 PM GMTI recently got a Captain Pugwash this way.
That's a euphemism, right?
Quote: chipolata @ December 10 2008, 4:33 PM GMTThat's a euphemism, right?
Sadly not. Those rumours about the inneundos in the show aren't true either.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ December 10 2008, 4:37 PM GMTThose rumours about the inneundos in the show aren't true either.
Tell that to Seaman Stains.
I swear they are actually there, save from Roger the cabin boy who was actually called Tom?
That's quite disappointing.
They sailed in the Black Pig. There was a Pirate Willy. And Master Mate... seems pretty euphemistic to me. And there's no shame in it, either.
Quote: chipolata @ December 10 2008, 4:50 PM GMTThey sailed in the Black Pig. There was a Pirate Willy. And Master Mate... seems pretty euphemistic to me. And there's no shame in it, either.
Black Pig and Pirate Willy. Where's the innuendo there?
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ December 10 2008, 4:52 PM GMTBlack Pig and Pirate Willy. Where's the innuendo there?
Black Pigs are negroes. And Pirate Willy is surely referring to a pirate's, er, willy.
Quote: Aaron @ December 10 2008, 4:15 PM GMTThey're never broadcast. So no.
Do they not broadcast old kids shows at about 6 in the morning on Channel 4 any more?
Remember Alfred J Kwak? Now that was deep for a kids TV show.
Quote: Griff @ December 10 2008, 4:56 PM GMT"I had the privilege of meeting Oliver Postgate a number of times back in the '70's as a friend lived next door to him in Blean, Canterbury. I remember being invited to have afternoon tea with him, and he very kindly gave my two sisters a clanger each."
Quote: chipolata @ December 10 2008, 4:53 PM GMTBlack Pigs are negroes. And Pirate Willy is surely referring to a pirate's, er, willy.
Bloody hell - that's a bit tenuous isn't it?
I bet you snigger at Winnie the Pooh (it's a turd called Winnie) and think Humpty Dumpty is a euphemism for anal sex?