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Sinister: Re:Deprived childhood(nb&s)
by KATE ANDERSON 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Vicky Parkinson <uczcvap(a)ucl.ac.uk> plaintivly wailed: > Am I the only person who's mother deprived them of ITV and Grange Hill, as > they were not 'quality' tv? > oh yes, me too, and now as we see programmes celebrating such quality shows that "really pushed the boundaries of TV" i feel like i must be socially inept as a result of my mother's iron censorship broomstick. she wouldn't let me watch rentaghost either, despite the fact that christopher biggins starred in it and is friends with my uncle. > PS All BBC cartoons pale in comparison to Dogtanian he had a mouth made of jello. 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. simon parkin; did anyone ever fancy him? kate ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: BELLE & SEBASTIAN CONTENT! COME QUICKLY!
by Rod Begbie 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Hey chaps! Well, I spent a portion of last night sampling the three summer EPs onto my computer and MPEG3ing them, so I can now listen to them without all the hassle of changing CDs (and that's a LOT of hassle, I can assure you). It's great now that the two Centurys follow each other in quick succession. I was wondering if anyone has made a decent quality copy of Tigermilk on MiniDisc yet that I could borrow, to do similar things with? (Or, at least copy onto another MiniDisc) My tape copy is a wee bitty wonky, so it would be nice to have a shiny digital copy to sample. Usual disclaimers about not being an evil bootlegger go here. (but privately e-mail me if you don't want to be associated with such a blatantly evil scam!) Single of the week for me has to be that Ultrasound EP. I almost didn't buy it, cause I thought Best Wishes was fairly weak, but Stay Young is truly great... especially when played loudly at 4am, just as you're finishing your write-up for the night. So, there we go. A post from me, with no reference to kids TV from the 80s. Rod. PS. THE ADVENTURE GAME!!! <ducks for cover> Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | People who talk in analogies should have to shampoo my crotch. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Bob Dorough/Schoolhouse Rock et al.
by Bassler 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Saw Kate's questions "3 is a Magic Number" & the subsequent response about "Multiplication Rock" and thought I'd throw in a bit more illumination on the subject. "Multiplication Rock" is 1 of 4 or 5 parts of "Schoolhouse Rock", a series of cartoons originally shown on ABC in America in the '70's, and are now embraced, for better or worse, by American twentysomethings. The principal songwriter/contributor was Bob Dorough, truly one of the coolest people ever to grace God's green earth. What most Schoolhouse Rock fans generally don't know is that Dorough's career spans back to the 50's (check out his recently released CD "Devil May Care" from like '59), recorded a couple of songs with Gil Evans & Miles, and just recently released a great new album on Blue Note. Seems to me that Dorough would be right up the alley of a lot of B&S fans ... in a similiar vein, there's Blossom Dearie (she sang on "Figure Eight", "Unpack Your Adjectives", etc) ... she's still going, as well, and is just as amazing. A few URL's to check out are: www.angelfire.com/ny/blossomdearie genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/ polyholiday.com/guide/D/dorough.html polyholiday.com/guide/V/science.html And while I'm posting for once, had to announce that thanks to a kind soul on the list, I finally got a tape copy of "Tigermilk". Truly awesome ... thanks for spreading the gospel ... me can't wait for the new stuff. Now, back to the shadows ... RPB ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: i can't resist the thread
by laurel girvan 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

i have also been trying to refrain from this whole tv thing, especially cause, as a yank, i know almost none of these shows. or maybe i'm just too young....? i still stick with jana of the jungle...and the justice league. i know john monroe, official wonder twin, knows what i'm talking about. (i dunno who the other twin is, though) wonderwoman and her invisible jet - i used to have wonderwoman underoos and go jumping around yelling, 'great hera' so you can see, i have superhero cred. (no, that wasn't yesterday, it was a long time ago, honest) anyway, it's the peter beagle mention that did it - SEE THE LAST UNICORN. i love it, though the book is better in its way than the movie. other beagle stuff is first rate too. especially the one about the guy who lives in the mauseoleum with the talking crow, err yes i'm serious. now, i know there was something else...oh richard scarey - yes, at least in the states, his books, starring lowly worm, should be available in any children's section - they're either all, or mostly, still in print. glad to be back online after days and days without leccy - and have i mentioned that two trees fell on my house? oh i did? oh well. byebye laurel xxxxxx ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Marsh Mills Manadon Flyover
by Adrian Evans 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Bugger I'm an old Bastard. I've tried to refrain from joining in this TV thread, but I can't hold myself back from the pooter any more. Caz wrote : >Someone was whistling the theme tune to Wizbit on the bus the >other day. >I'm almost sure that was what it was, anyway... Ha Ha thisaway Ha Ha thataway Ha Ha thisaway My Oh My. Paul Daniels is a twat, Paul Daniels is a twat, Paul Daniels is a twat, Yes Yes Yes. >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.... Yeah I'm sure you can, I bought one of those books with the sound-effect touchpads down the side for me little neph a while back, so I guess they're in circulation. Someone the other day mentioned the Mysterious Cities of Gold. As a measure of just how goddam SAD I am, did anyone else notice in the credits when Esteban was stood on the top of the hill, his hair being blown back by the wind.....THE BLOODY CLOUDS WERE GOING THE WRONG WAY. No mention of Henry's Cat....You kids just haven't got a clue 'avee ? I remember in music lessons at school, getting the Korg out and trying to reproduce classic Henry's Cat noises with that Joysticky type piece of apparatus. "IZZY WIZZY LETS GET BUSY". Adrian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Carrie On Romping (NBSC)
by Hopkins, Tim 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

Tag regaled us with the following... > There's no stopping me now...I got the fever... > Lassie fever I assume? He went on to call me Tiffany H!O!P!pikins and said... > You're a bitter, resentful old tosser aren't you, Tiff? > It's touching to know that they're letting people like you > into the community nowadays. > As opposed to useful members of socety who spend their time conjugating imaginary French verbs? Anyway, I've told you not to call me Tiffany except at weekends. You're just being indiscreet. You remember that playground game where all the kids have to run away from one kid, as if they all hate him or he smells or something? I wondered why they called that game Tag. I am wondering no longer. Cheerio tim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Oink!, ZZzzzz, The Irish, and Money.
by Rod Begbie 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Boodle Boodle Boodle wrote: > but round the bend! now teh adventures of doc croc and his merry bunch of chms. i always thought > it the telly extension of the mighty oink magazine - anybody remember that? better than viz will > ever even dream of being, the first truly intelligent kids comic and possibly written (or so i've > heard) by the boy lard. what a long twisted life he's led... He contributed some strips (Harry The Head for example), but it was Lew Stringer who was the Uncle Pig behind it all. Oh, and there's a mailing list spin-off of TV Cream. Go to the website (http://tv.cream.org) for details. Fairly low-traffic at the moment, but its dedicated to people going "Oh, what was that show... you know, with the bloke off of Tiswas and Floella Benjamin, and the theme by Five Star?" I've had 5 hours sleep a night, for the last three nights. And it's killing me. Dissertation's due in on Monday, y'see. So, having had the pain of writing the software, I now have the tedious task of writing about the writing of the software. On the plus side, sitting in front of my computer does lead to me playing loads of CDs that I've under-played the last few months. "This Is Hardcore" has been on for a couple of spins, and is much better than I remember it being when I first listened to it. And the Gomez album is terrific. Takes a while to get used to, but well worth it. I took part in the B*Witched online chat today on beeb.com. They think that Mr Tickle would win a fight between all the Mister Men. Oh, and they took offence to the question "The Irish music bit in your single -- Cynical Riverdance cash-in, or a genuine love of your musical heritage?" (Honey+David -- Have a look at how beeb.com do their online chats, cause it's very civilly organised. Maybe give you some ideas when (if) B&S agree to another one) Oh, and I discovered today that the credit-limit on my Barclaycard has risen from �350 to �1000. Woohoo! Major shopping-spree alert! Anyone got any CDs to recommend? (Money Mark's the only one on my shopping list just now) Bye for now, Rod. Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GCS d- s: a-- C+ UI++>$ P++>+++ L++ E+ W++>$ N+++>+ o? K++ w+ O-- M- V- | PS PE- Y-- PGP+ t--- 5-- X- R- tv++ b+>++ DI++++ D+ G e>++ h r>+++ y>++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Flumps and marbles
by Huw Jenkins 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

I almost chocked to death whilst watchiing the flumps once. I remember lying with my back on the sofa and my legs in the air holding a marble between my my big toe and the one next to it when it slipped out as I laughed at one of the flumps fumping about and landed striaght into my mouth. I then remember starting to choking as the marble restricted the air into my tiny untarred lungs. I then remeber my Dad panicing and patting my back reall hard until I spat it out. Curse those evil flumps. They look like the sort of things nightmares are made of. Huw '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: Capricho dos deuses
by ANTONIO ZUQUETE 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

MORREM JOVENS OS QUE OS DEUSES AMAM ! Esta mensagem só vai ser entendida por aqueles que falam português. E se todas as minorias desta lista ( aqueles cuja lingua mãe não é o inglês ) se revoltassem ? Sugestões ? Pedro Z ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: For all you Oldies out there!
by gordon glen 04 Jun '98

04 Jun '98

I hope I'm allowed to cut into your musings, not being the main subscriber to B&S in our house. I've been following you thoughts on cartoons and really feel you young ones have missed out. Nothing, not even Camberwick Green ( a classic) can beat The Tales of the Riverbank, with the immortal Hamie Hamster. The Woodentops, Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men stand head and shoulders above your cartoons. Is there anyone else out there who remembers Watch With Mother? Those were the days, when Mars bars were twice as thick, Aztec bars were a real treat and Jamboree bags from Woolies came in the his and hers variety! Am I the only one out here old enough to be everyones mother???? Judi -- ---------------------------------------------------- Reach me by ICQ. My ICQ# is 12652180 or, * Page me online through my Personal Communication Center: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/12652180 (go there and try it!) or, * Send me E-mail Express directly to my computer screen 12652180(a)pager.mirabilis.com For downloading ICQ at http://www.icq.com/ For adding similar signatures to your e-mail go to: http://www.icq.com/emailsig.html ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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