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Originally posted by Cucking Funt

The influx of low calibre American children's TV imports in the 60s and 70s has a lot to answer for. Top of the list was the ghastly, repulsive, insulting, sh*t ridden bollocks that was Banana Splits. Cynical low-budget, lowest common denominator garbage. Utterly disgraceful to inflict that heap of turd on the nation's children.

That to compared to "Do not adjust your set" which was a classic UK children's show, no comparison.

 



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View monkey's Profile monkey Flag Sittingbourne,Kent 17 Nov 18 12.13pm Send a Private Message to monkey Add monkey as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

The influx of low calibre American children's TV imports in the 60s and 70s has a lot to answer for. Top of the list was the ghastly, repulsive, insulting, sh*t ridden bollocks that was Banana Splits. Cynical low-budget, lowest common denominator garbage. Utterly disgraceful to inflict that heap of turd on the nation's children.

I loved the banana splits, maybe that’s where the damage was done!!

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Originally posted by pefwin

Oxygum, yes, of course.

I thought it was great when I was a child.

The first Anime ever showed in the West I believe.

It was quite menacing I recall for stuff aimed at littluns.

 

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Originally posted by Cucking Funt

The influx of low calibre American children's TV imports in the 60s and 70s has a lot to answer for. Top of the list was the ghastly, repulsive, insulting, sh*t ridden bollocks that was Banana Splits. Cynical low-budget, lowest common denominator garbage. Utterly disgraceful to inflict that heap of turd on the nation's children.

What was your opinion of the Irwin Allen stuff?

I loved them as a kid but it was lovingly crafted twaddle of course.
You could add Lost in Space. Thought the Robot was cool back then.

 

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Originally posted by monkey

I loved the banana splits, maybe that’s where the damage was done!!

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Agreed I worked with a guy who had square glasses and a big toothy grin so we called him Bingo. Don't knock the Bananas'

 


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View monkey's Profile monkey Flag Sittingbourne,Kent 17 Nov 18 1.22pm Send a Private Message to monkey Add monkey as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

What was your opinion of the Irwin Allen stuff?

I loved them as a kid but it was lovingly crafted twaddle of course.
You could add Lost in Space. Thought the Robot was cool back then.

The world used to stop revolving the day Lost in Space was on, it used to empty the street of us kids after school, loved it. The first series they tried to compete with Star Trek and it was really good back then,but the second series they started to try to compete with the camp Batman series that was on at the time and add a bit of humour and it was awful,,,,,especially when you watch it now!!

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Originally posted by Badger11

Agreed I worked with a guy who had square glasses and a big toothy grin so we called him Bingo. Don't knock the Bananas'

Fleegle was my favourite

I had a mate we called Bingo as well, but it wasn’t because of the banana splits, it was because he asked a girl out,,,,,and took her to Bingo

 


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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

The Magic Roundabout was French.

Would this be an appropriate time to mention the Singing Ringing Tree? That was German.

Robinson Crusoe was French and filmed in Gran Canaria.

Anyone remember Marine Boy? That was Japanese of course.

A nice bit of cultural enrichment at arm's length.

I like the music to Marine Boy, and i liked the banana splits, esp dear Drooper and the flashing blade, though it wasn't animation, the french guy who did the dubbing must be a rich man bcos it's always his voice when anything is dubbed from French, and I think the singing ringing tree was czech, like boris the bold and the mole.

 

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Originally posted by ex hibitionist

I like the music to Marine Boy, and i liked the banana splits, esp dear Drooper and the flashing blade, though it wasn't animation, the french guy who did the dubbing must be a rich man bcos it's always his voice when anything is dubbed from French, and I think the singing ringing tree was czech, like boris the bold and the mole.


I think the Singing Ringing tree was East German? Anyway that dwarf scared the living daylights out of me.

 


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Originally posted by monkey

The world used to stop revolving the day Lost in Space was on, it used to empty the street of us kids after school, loved it. The first series they tried to compete with Star Trek and it was really good back then,but the second series they started to try to compete with the camp Batman series that was on at the time and add a bit of humour and it was awful,,,,,especially when you watch it now!!

Edited by monkey (17 Nov 2018 1.23pm)

Lost in Space is hilariously bad if you watch it now but as a kid it seemed great. Star Trek was on another level altogether.

Irwin Allen was interested mostly in appearances and cheap monster thrills. The stories were secondary and often pinched.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants had a more 'serious' tone but were just as daft. Even so, the production values were far higher than anything we were doing over here, even if Allen did use the same bits of monster costumes and props in multiple shows.

Watched the new Lost in Space and after a slow start, it became quite good. 'Dr Smith' is quite enjoyable as a crazy bunny boiler woman and the PC modernisation is not too in your face, unlike the dreadful new Doctor Who.
It is fairly lightweight stuff but watchable. I have to say that the new Star Trek Discovery is bloody awful so far.
Best Sci fi on TV right now is Man in the High Castle.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Nov 2018 12.09pm)

 

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Originally posted by ex hibitionist

I like the music to Marine Boy, and i liked the banana splits, esp dear Drooper and the flashing blade, though it wasn't animation, the french guy who did the dubbing must be a rich man bcos it's always his voice when anything is dubbed from French, and I think the singing ringing tree was czech, like boris the bold and the mole.

Indeed. Very memorable. It was actually recorded for the Americanised version. They used to do some good theme tunes in those days. You can remember most of them, which must say something.

 

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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

Lost in Space is hilariously bad if you watch it now but as a kid it seemed great. Star Trek was on another level altogether.

Irwin Allen was interested mostly in appearances and cheap monster thrills. The stories were secondary and often pinched.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants had a more 'serious' tone but were just as daft. Even so, the production values were far higher than anything we were doing over here, even if Allen did use the same bits of monster costumes and props in multiple shows.

Watched the new Lost in Space and after a slow start, it became quite good. 'Dr Smith' is quite enjoyable as a crazy bunny boiler woman and the PC modernisation is not too in your face, unlike the dreadful new Doctor Who.
It is fairly lightweight stuff but watchable. I have to say that the new Star Trek Discovery is bloody awful so far.
Best Sci fi on TV right now is Man in the High Castle.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Nov 2018 12.09pm)

I agree, I enjoyed the new Lost in Space, which surprised me, I thought it was going to be pants, I agree about Doctor Who as well, which is a shame because Jodie Whittaker is brilliant, it’s just the scripts are shocking now and it’s gone all ‘bbc’ Needs a bit of mind bending twists in time as well and there’s no more long running story that they drip feed you little bits through the series and ends in a gripping season finale

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