June 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

04 Jun '98

BUTTON MOON! FINGERMOUSE! GLEN MICHAEL'S CARTOON CAVALCADE! (he lived near me, y'know. One of my friends was on that, once....) oh dear.... I'd forgotten.... However I have got videos of Bagpuss, Trumpton, Mr Benn, Inspector Gadget, the Herbs... Bagpuss rules. I think I used to be scared of him though. Someone was whistling the theme tune to Wizbit on the bus the other day. I'm almost sure that was what it was, anyway... Anyway, while we're (almost) on the subject...another show I remmeber from the early 80s, I think, was some sort of first world war thing about a radio operator (female) who spent a lot of time in a barn in france. the titles had a plane going across the moon.... no-one I know has ever heard of this. Can anyone help? And, to get a bit literary, does anyone know if you can still get Richard Scarry books these days? I can't find them anywhere.... caz -- "Do something pretty while you can Don't be afraid" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: Hannah Barbera is Satan.
by ELIZABETH DAPLYN 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Rory wrote: > Stop it! You're all grown-ups (jon g and bethey excepted of course), Hey! I'm still a teenager until October 14th (also anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, factfinders), and I reserve the right to talk about cartoons. And no, it's not ironic either. > just blimmin well except it and talk about PEP's and slippers and stuff > like you know you want to. What's a PEP, mister? Slippers? Eh? I do not understand your old man's terminology... > Stay pre-pubescent, Rory xxx > > Sorry if these seems a little harsh. I'm on a lethal cocktail of sleep > depravation and massive doses of caffiene at the mo' Nice to see the healthy-living faction making a comeback to the list. Liz ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Carry On Romping
by McTaggart, Robert 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

There's no stopping me now...I got the fever... Tiffany H!O!P!pikins wrote: Tag wrote >>You don't know what I'm on about, do you? >And you're asking us to believe that you do? You're a bitter, resentful old tosser aren't you, Tiff? Of course, I know what I'm talking about. I'm sorry if it's tough on the hard of learning. It's touching to know that they're letting people like you into the community nowadays. On a cartoon tip, much as I disapprove of such wanton nostalgia, I was giving my address to a woman on the phone yesterday, and on mention of the word "Chorlton", she whooped with delight, and said "...and the wheelies?". It's true, Cosgrove Hall Productions, who also brought Danger Mouse into the world, are based in my manor, round the back of Safeway, and named their chortling creation in honour of the area. John Squire used to work their too, before almost beating Color Me Badd into the Keith Watson all-time top pops, and then disappearing up his bottom. His own, not Keith's, you understand. Mark's dedication was a magnificent gesture, I'm sure you'll all agree. And I like this sit-com idea. A friend and I developed a sitcom a while ago, called "Oh no, it's my mother-in-law". Of course, it was liberally sprayed with double-entendres, and compromising positions, and hilarious consequences would ensue. Sadly, it fell by the wayside, but I feel it would have been a classic of its genre, up there with "Mind your language" and "Love thy neighbour", which together did so much to improve cultural understanding between nations. That is all, Love Tag x ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: G-Force, Ulysses
by iles＠boreas.leeds.icnet.uk 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

"KATE ANDERSON" <96a10193(a)eca.ac.uk> was reminiscing: >i like the episode where all the sugar in the world is gettin' stolen >and at the end tiny would rather stay and stuff his fat face than >escape. Anyone remember the episode where a big statue at the entrance to a funfair came to life? I think it was a robot of Zoltar's or something. >ulysses? did the song have the line "like a probe upon a ball of >glue" or is that just me? I remember the line "No one else can do the things you do", so maybe your misheard line rhymed with it. I assume it's misheard... Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles(a)boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, "Libraries gave us power" LS9 7TF Manic Street Preachers U.K. ____________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: CBBC mascots
by ELIZABETH DAPLYN 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

> Reply To: KATE ANDERSON, who wrote some other stuff, then... > > also, was i watching some version of children's bbc that only royston > (?) gets, or was there a mascot called "bobby the banana"? please > help. no one else believes me Ah, the CBBC *mascots*. Who can forget Gordon the Gopher or, indeed, Bobby the Banana...? Well, me, for one, until Kate jogged my failing memory. A penchant for alliteration and animate fruit (except bananas aren't really fruit, as any biologist will tell you) led to this bizarre facet of BBC children's TV while it was still resident in *The Broom Cupboard* and was helmed by Philip Schofield (pre-Coat of Many Colours), Simon Parkin (pre-working in McDonald's, probably) and the like. Eminently ignorable. My fingertips hurt. I spent a while last night learning the chords to more B&S songs, and my bastard steel-strung acoustic has decided to hurt me for inflicting bad playing on it. Ho hum. > ByeBye, > Liz. > > ******************* > silence > > .is > a > looking > > bird: the > > turn > ing; edge, of > life > > (inquiry before snow > > e.e. cummings > ********************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The goodbye makes the journey harder still/Another pearl, another gannet: Homemade tape/Trees/Partridge/Honey
by Martin Conneely 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

1. "sezah" <haras(a)eisa.net.au wrote: <<these past few days i have had stuartm counting "1,2,3,4.." (like at the beginning of mayfly) in my head, with the result that i have been marching around town everywhere in time to his counting!! and no matter how hard i try, i cannot break the rhythm>> How about intensive listening to the end of "Modern Rock Song" where SM counts it out as 4, 3, 2, 1 [or is it some other song from the radio sessions]? Or would that lead to backward marching? 2. Andre Vieira <alerche(a)ibm.net wrote: <<The State I am In"... I downloaded the first 50 seconds of the song one night through the Tweenet site..., some of the B&S songs I like to sing along the most are from that album. "How so?", you may ask. Well, let's take "The State I am In" as an example. The whole song has more or less the same meter, so I just sing the whole thing to the melody of the part available through the net....I do the same thing to "She's Losing It", "You're Just [list of songs].... even though I have never heard a single second of either one. Pretty sad, huh?>> No. If you recorded all that, it could be a way to get around the Tigermilk copyright problem. What a tape it would make, especially if recorded on a homemade tape of the kind envisaged by Mr Hopkins. 3. A very long shot. There was a band called Trees which released at least two LPs on CBS, probably in the early 1970s. Their female lead singer had (maybe still has) an absolutely beautiful voice and one of the LPs was called "The Garden of Jane Delawney". Searching the web for "Trees" has been very interesting and educational, as can be imagined, but hasn't given me any info on the band. Has anybody heard of them or know if any of their material is still available? 4. Thanks to those who recommended Alan Partridge. The TV guides would not have led me to watch it and, with the end of "Killer Net", there's such a gap in my life. (In my next life I'll try to get to college in Brighton - great accommodation and term assignments consisting of simulating electric chair usage with Teenage FC playing in the background seems not too onerous.) And Partridge even featured about 3 seconds each of China Crisis and Steeleye Span (ask your grandparents). 5. A message this long should ensure that PaulHoney doesn't send me to the corner on his return. It's going to be a crowded corner. Martin C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Deprived childhood
by Vicky Parkinson 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Am I the only person who's mother deprived them of ITV and Grange Hill, as they were not 'quality' tv? When I saw that there was a listie thing for B & S fans my heart leapt, and I though at last, like minded people, and then cruel fate, I joined right in the middle of a cartoon discussion from which I am totally alienated given my mother's cruel idea of good parenting! The only ITv programme we got to watch was Glen Michael's Cavalcade whenever the parents wanted some peace and quiet at the weekend - hardly quality cartoons. Someone mentioned The Longest Day a few days ago. I never went when I was resident in the dear green place, and now I have moved to the metropolis I think I should go esp. as my friend's band are playing - Nimbus, and they are very very good. But I need help, as it is the same weekend as the London picnic if I am not mistaken, and after spending 8 fairly lonely months in London and a chance to finally meet some B&S fans, I have a HUGE dilema. Go to the Mecca that is Glasgow, or go to find soulmates (or at least drinking partners) in my new home. Dare I create a Glasgow V London thing by asking which I should attend?! Vicky PS All BBC cartoons pale in comparison to Dogtanian ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: virtual cards
by blue soda 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

a few people have complained about the way that the script that runs the virtual postcards on the fanclub site deletes the cards after viewing them , which means that if you're having connection problems the card is being deleted whilst you havn't actually viewed it, and when you go back it gives you an error message. as i need to be able to delete card sautomatically after they have been collected (otherwise my space will over-run with old cards and then i'd be no more!) i have changed a different part of the script. when you receive your notification e-mail saying that you have been sent a card, it will now let you know the name and e-mail address of the sender, this way should anything happen you can just ask them to send another. but for this to work people mustn't send anonymous cards, it makes no sense if the person you intended it for has trouble and can never collect your good intentions. david kitchen PS: if you havn't yet tried the postcard thing, try it at the url below. -- -=- http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/ - fanclub - fiction - lyrics - merchandise - records - competitions - - poetry - IRC chat - voting booth - FAQ - picnics - socials - news - mailto:d.kitchen@virgin.net mailto:bluesoda@totalweb.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: 'Toons
by Huw Jenkins 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

MarkyC wrote: >Also, is children's TV the only subject which really stimulates people? Actually, I never enjoyed cartoons myself, I found them ghastly and tedious. I much preferred the intellectual stimulation of Bergerac. Huw. P.S. Is there a Anna Chapman on this list and if so are you responsible for the Embrace review in this month's 'Face'. 'I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it and I don't know why I'll do it again' -Bart Simpson.

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Sinister: Three six nine, twelve fifteen eighteen...
by Mark Casarotto 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Kate Anderson wrote: > listening to scot fm sunday nite to that program that i can't > remember the name of, a children's record fronted by bob dora (?) > cropped up. it's got 10 songs, each one sesame steet style showcasing > (sssss) the talents of each number . de la soul sampled NUMBER 3 for > their magico hit record and it's just really good jazz pop funk like > a love! and the lyrics aren't about grinding sex or revenge > or love or the world which i like too. it's quite rare now this, i > think. > > so if anyone knows what i'm rambling on about or HAS a copy of this > disc , please mail me and mebbe i could get a tape, huh? please? > kate xx The Band concerned are called Multiplication Rock, and their "Three is a magic number" (much better than De la Soul's, I reckon) is so good that whenever my mate Robin makes me a tape (of old funk and hip hop, mainly) he insists on putting this song on yet again. Apparently, "Naughty Number Nine" is the other hit off the record, but I've never heard it. I can try and get Robin to tape me the album if you like? "A man and a woman had a little baby, yes they did - they had three-ee-ee in the family" Also, is children's TV the only subject which really stimulates people? While I've been subscribing, Kafka, Galaxie 500 and sodding Mysterious cities of gold have been the most popular threads, but enough is surely enough. More importantly, me and a friend are working on a sitcom, but the "sit" bit is currently missing. I would like YOU - yes, you! - to try and help us think of an amusing situation our characters could find themselves in. Chew on that, my friends! Gott a go bed - back in the studio in benighted Bow, East London, by 8 am tomorrow... Love you all, Marky C. P.S Trousers - glad you appreciated the gesture. Gerard thought I was being an arse. There's no pleasing some people! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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