Looking back with a smile

RCOH

Eats Squid
dilemma said:
I held Enid Blyton on the pedestal of literary brilliance in the adventure genre! (And still do? :rolleyes: )
I preferred the Magic Faraway Tree, with moonface & the slippery slide & the lollies that would fill up your mouth before exploding into nothing & the lands that came to the top of the tree, but be careful if you got trapped in a bad one!!!
 

FR Drew

Not a custom title.
RCOH said:
I used to hide behind my dad's armchair when he watched Dr Who, daleks freaked me out!! :eek:
As science has advanced we've discovered that the best method to combat Daleks is stairs.

Ahh, the Famous Five, now there was a TV series.

Not as good as Catweasel though :)
 

R33F

Likes Bikes and Dirt
what was the name of that sherbet stuff... that use to come in a dodgey little paper packet with a little black spoon...

wizz-fizz ??????

and do they still make bubble O bills ???
 

FR Drew

Not a custom title.
"Funny Feet, (ha ha ha)
They're new from Streets (ha ha ha)"

Bubble O Bill is still alive and kicking. Not so with the Funny Feet sadly :-(
 

donthucktoflat

Eats Squid
R33F said:
what was the name of that sherbet stuff... that use to come in a dodgey little paper packet with a little black spoon...

wizz-fizz ??????

and do they still make bubble O bills ???
wizz fizz still kickin it as well
 

johnny

I'll tells ya!
Staff member
RCOH said:
I preferred the Magic Faraway Tree, with moonface & the slippery slide & the lollies that would fill up your mouth before exploding into nothing & the lands that came to the top of the tree, but be careful if you got trapped in a bad one!!!
I used to pretend we were on the far away tree with my sister. Enid Blyton is a god, no doubt.

Dilemma, I was actually refering to the A-team.

Cool sharks
Pop Rocks
Night Rider
The Goodies
The Goonies
Mr PinkWhistle
"Trust British Paitns, sure can".
Automan
Bubble Yum
(the real) Star Wars
Hawaii 50
The Professionals
Boggle
Eight is enough
CHiPs
Dukes of HAzard
Donkey Kong
Game and Watch
The Harry and Ralph Show (with Moira)
The Curiosity Show
Simon Townsends Wonderworld (with Woodrow)
Sounds
Shirl's Neighbourhood
Sherbet (the band)
Roller desert boots
Bata Scouts
getting the cane at school
Tiger bags
Zooper Doopers
Strawberry pops (strawberry version of coco pops)
Roger Ram Jet
And so on :)
 

FR Drew

Not a custom title.
"Joni Loves Chachi"

Johnny, you're officially the only person I've ever met who remembers Strawberry Pops. Congratulations, you take the "Obscure Relic" award!

No doubt I'll be back to this thread this evening but I just can't resist:

"It's Goodnight from me."
"And it's Goodnight from him."
"Goodnight."
 

FR Drew

Not a custom title.
...eeeeees fallen in da waterrrrrrr...

...enters stage right... ...waits for audience applause... ...not a sausage...

"you naughty man, you've dedded me again"

'ello jim???

I say Min...
Yes Henry...

We could go on like this for years, really we could.

D.H.T.F. how bloody old are you? I blame my father for me knowing this stuff, but I had a freak upbringing as the result of being born late to two mid 30's school teachers. what's your excuse??
 

johnny

I'll tells ya!
Staff member
Bullens Animal World
African Lion Safari
The MAgick Kingdom
Paradise Gardens
The ghost train at Luna Park
Pickleberry
Bubble Gum flavour Paddle Pops
Choose your own adventure
Trixie Beldon (for Dilemma)
Knocking off dad's Penthouse mags (for the boys)
Speedwell
Reflex skateboards
C-Time
Tang
Playing flicks with footy cards.
Flick outs, pancakes and skids
Agadoo
Micronauts
Hey hey it's Saturday (in the morning)
Starstruck the movie


I'm sitting in front of the computer all day today writing about deliberative democracies. Not the most awe inspiring stuff, so I'm sure there will be a few more of these over the next few hours........
 

R33F

Likes Bikes and Dirt
the Alniters -- montego bay
the cockroachers -- now the wiggles
the Drop Bears -- ?? -- mental blank
Paul Lekakis -- Boom Boom Boom
the Hoodoo Gurus -- the mighty Gurus
the Rads -- Fess's song
the Angels -- the best band live when i was under age
I'm Talking -- Kate Ceberano's early days

and Mrs R33F wants me to get rid of all my old vinyl :(
 

Dicky

Punter God
FR Drew said:
...eeeeees fallen in da waterrrrrrr...

...enters stage right... ...waits for audience applause... ...not a sausage...

"you naughty man, you've dedded me again"

'ello jim???
Neddy, how's the pudding?
delicious!
Neddy! you scoundrel!

here, have a picture of Queen Victoria.
No thanks, I'm, er, trying to give them up.



SuperTed
The Trap Door (still gets played occasionally)
Count Duckula - and the fat one that would always crash through the wall next to the door
Victor and Hugo (bunglers in criiime....)
Bangers and Mash
Fat Tulip's Garden
Reboot (one of the first computer animated cartoons I believe)
Ghostwriter
The Dreamstone - with the floating yellow Dogfish
Plasmo
Fireman Sam
Bananaman
Raggy Dolls
Tugs - a boating equivalent to Thomas the Tank Engine. Same creators.
The Ferals - Rattice / Modigliana / Mixy / Derran, when they lived in a backyard, and when there were still human cast members. Feral TV came later.

Vidiot
Video Hits - when it was worth watching
A*Mazing - having to run through a maze, collecting letters from the word game you just completed. Competing on Super Nintendos. Final run was the key run - you won a Gameboy with the Bonus Key.
Saturday Disney
Aggro's Cartoon Connection


for those of you that also grew up on 486s and Pentium 1s:

having VGA / EGA / CGA options.
8MB of RAM, and most of your games worked.
Multiplayer was 3 people on the same keyboard.

Catacomb - before Catacomb Abyss.
Wolfenstein 3D / Spear of Destiny
Blake Stone - Aliens of Gold
Rise of the Triad
Heretic
Commander Keen. (My avatar.)
Raptor - Call of the Shadows
Descent
Terminal Velocity
Moraff's World / Blast / Escape / Entrap
Duke Nukem 1
Jazz Jackrabbit
BioMenace
Solar Winds
Kiloblaster
Castle of the Winds
Stunts (you could build your own tracks. The Indycar had a glitch - if you landed off a jump at full throttle, it would stick at 300mph and you'd go flying across the landscape - until you hit a building. Landing nose first would sometimes catapult you a few hundred feet in the air, straight up.)
Race Drivin'
Death Rally
Wacky Wheels
 
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dilemma

girl+bike
Does anyone remember the Australian kids show called 'Secret Valley'? It was an adventure show where the kids were at this place, like a camp/ranch.

I think the theme went something like "My secret valley, my secret valley..." to the tune of Waltzing Matilda.

Johnny said:
Trixie Beldon (for Dilemma)
Haha yep, but Enid Blyton was just sooooo much better.
What about the Hardy Boys?
MacGuiver?


Dicky said:
SuperTed
The Trap Door (still gets played occasionally)
Count Duckula - and the fat one that would always crash through the wall next to the door
Victor and Hugo (bunglers in criiime....)
Bangers and Mash
And of course Astroboy & Transformers, but there's a whole thread just there! ;)

How about the Raggidolls? ("We're the raggidolls, raggidolls, dolls like you and me. Raggidolls, raggidolls, made imperfectly. So if you've got a bump on your nose or a lump on your toes do not despair. Be like the raggidolls, and say you just don't care! We're the raggidolls, raggidolls, doooolllllls like yoooouuu and meeeeee!")

I can't believe I just wrote that :eek:
 

johnny

I'll tells ya!
Staff member
koo de ta [sic]
The electric pandas
Kids in the Kitchen
Psuedo Echo
Spy vs Spy (the band....and they seriously rocked! Saw them and the Angels with noiseworks at the "howling at the Horden concert for $13!!. Money well spent)
The Dynamic Hypnotics
Beatbox (music show on ABC, saturday mornings....or was it Sunday?)
Night moves (late night music show on Channel 7)
The Church (unguarded moment)
Radio Birdman (Australia was alternative before anyone else!)
The Saints (Australia was punk before anyone else)
Willessee
Sons and Daughters
Prisoner
Cop Shop
Bluey
The Sweeney
The Wombles
Electric train sets
Slot car racing
Scratch and sniff
Scented hula hoops
Those little trading card sets you used to get in Weet Bix
Choo Choo Bars


Back to the study.....
 

Grip

Yeah, yeah... blah, blah.
Old? Pfffft, you lot aren't old!

Who remembers the Tarax Show, Joffa Boy, Princess Panda?

Old... pffft.... snore.....
 

johnny

I'll tells ya!
Staff member
Are you trying to say that they had TV around when you were a kid??!! :eek:

Come on mate, we may be younger than you, but we're not completely naive! :p

Poppy, can you tell us what it was like back in the boer war? :p :p
 

scblack

Leucocholic
Kimba the White Lion
The Hardy Boys
Asterix books
Tintin books
Ovalteenies
Those drinks that were in triangle/pyramid shaped containers
Lego
Lego Technical
Matchbox cars
Airfix planes
Skippy
Aurora AFX slot cars (fastest scale speed of all toys)
Carob buds
PK Ripper bmx bike
Hutch bmx gear (I had the Hutch bike & pedals which were DEADLY)
 
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