Reliving my Childhood

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:59 pm

Ritchie wrote:Ha ! Gentle Ben !! yessss.... Does anyone remember a show that was filmed up around Alaska or it might have even been Canada and it was fishing trawler boats and life and times in and around the harbor .. anyone remember what it was called ?

Edit : I just remembered what the show was called " Beachcombers " i loved that show !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beachcombers

Ritchie that great. I have lots of fond memories as well with Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Street hawk and Chips...

now I am thinking there was some great stuff; I loved Hunter too and dempsey and Makepeace and even Rentaghost too, although I don't know if anyone outside the UK would have seen that?

Matt

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:01 pm

Trigger wrote:
Ritchie wrote:Ha ! Gentle Ben !! yessss.... Does anyone remember a show that was filmed up around Alaska or it might have even been Canada and it was fishing trawler boats and life and times in and around the harbor .. anyone remember what it was called ?

Edit : I just remembered what the show was called " Beachcombers " i loved that show !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beachcombers
did you get many British shows over in Australia when you were growing up?

Ian, Shaun, Rob/Simon

Do you remember the awesome Robin Of Sherwood? It is still great now watching it and has a young Ray Winstone (sp) in

Matt

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:30 pm

Trigger wrote:
Ritchie wrote:Ha ! Gentle Ben !! yessss.... Does anyone remember a show that was filmed up around Alaska or it might have even been Canada and it was fishing trawler boats and life and times in and around the harbor .. anyone remember what it was called ?

Edit : I just remembered what the show was called " Beachcombers " i loved that show !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beachcombers
did you get many British shows over in Australia when you were growing up?

Yes Ian Australia gets most of it's shows from the U.K and the U.S ..

But now i'm living in the U.S , when i turn on the TV ( rarely ) there's no shows from either U.K or Australia !! ... haha

JustTakeAPebble · Post by **JustTakeAPebble** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:58 pm

Isn't Robin of Sherwood the one with sean connery's son as Robin Hood in one of the series?

Simon

Sarab · Post by **Sarab** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:45 am

Scooby Doo! I still watch it when I can, as long as that damn nephew Scappy isn't in them!

My favorite episode of 'Taxi' is the one where Rev. Jim is taking the written part of the driving exam, and he asks the question
"What does yellow mean?" Classic!

Post by **Trigger** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:28 am

Sarab wrote:
My favorite episode of 'Taxi' is the one where Rev. Jim is taking the written part of the driving exam, and he asks the question
"What does yellow mean?" Classic!

I watched that episode this week on cable

I really love the Rev charector.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:55 pm

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Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:04 pm

JustTakeAPebble wrote:Isn't Robin of Sherwood the one with sean connery's son as Robin Hood in one of the series?

Simon

Yes he replaced Michael Praed as Robin the Hooded man

I liked the atmosphere a lot in that series and also the sense of paganism that is still a big part of the British Isles to this day.

Matt

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:54 pm

I lived in the U.K ( Kidderminster ) for a time when i was very young and i loved shows like : Joe 90 , Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons and also UFO .. in fact i loved all those Gerry Anderson shows !

Post by **Trigger** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:23 pm

I loved those old UK Sci-fi shows when I was a kid but as I got older I just couldn't relate to them.
Captain Scarlet has a personel conection to me though because Jessica's father helped to fund the most recent episodes.

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:52 pm

UFO is still on british TV

What about cartoons people! I think i was lucky the childrens tv got progressivly worse as i was growing up,a trend that seems to continue.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ghostbusters
Action Force (thats what GI Joe is outside US)
Transformers
even Go Bots

that was proper tv

Rob

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:24 pm

rice_pudding wrote: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ghostbusters
Action Force (thats what GI Joe is outside US)
Transformers
even Go Bots

Those date you, my boy

The funny thing is those are my 8-year-old's favorite cartoons right now.

For me, cartoons were:

Wacky Races
Pink Panther
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
The Jackson 5
Fat Albert
Marine Boy
Dastardly & Muttley
Speed Racer

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:05 pm

Paul Wolfe wrote: Those date you, my boy The funny thing is those are my 8-year-old's favorite cartoons right now.

For me, cartoons were:

Wacky Races
Pink Panther
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
The Jackson 5
Fat Albert
Marine Boy
Dastardly & Muttley
Speed Racer

My favourite cartoons were all made before my time but they kept playing on british tv into the early 90s so i got to see them. I remember wacky races as well, it amazing how some cartoons just never seem to age.

Bugs Bunny re-runs will be with us forever

on a side note; i still have transformers and turtles toys somewhere

Rob

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:36 pm

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rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:30 pm

Alex wrote: This was the intro to a Swedish show that I used to watch as a kid. Doesn't really seem that appropriate now for young kids, when I watch it 20 odd years later or so. Catchy theme music though!

I was intrigued so i just watched an episode, a halloween special. That girl makes Don Costa seem normal, i'd love to meet her in real life, if Sweden is like England she probably went on to be a news presenter or something

Rob