RE: Sinister: Duckula, Dangermouse, & Close Lobsters
Mark Smith wrote some stuff following on from some other stuff:
Count Duckula the series was in fact a spin-off from Dangermouse - Duckula was a villain with whom the great DM locked horns on at least on occasion. Ooh, I didn't know that! How exciting! Not only is Sinister lovely and full of beautiful sparkly people, it is also highly informative. Gosh, and I thought I'd seen all the Dangermouse there was to be seen...I've even got a video of some of the episodes still. Classy stuff.
The Duckula who had his own series, I have to say, was far inferior to that from the Dangermouse series, who was if my memory serves, a would-be thespian who only really wanted to be famous. Duckula as a series wasn't as good as Dangermouse either. It was always limited rather by the vampire thing, whereas The Chief Rodent himself had that superhero thing going on, and so could go off into outer space and battle with aliens for an episode, then return to foil the evil plans of Greenback and his dim henchman Stiletto in the next.
(Just out of lurking as we've finally hit upon a subject very close to my heart - I used to want to _be_ Dangermouse!) I've got a soft spot for Penfold, personally. The poor wee thing that he is.
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hey hey hey! i dont believe it, i STARTED a topic!!! YEEYYY! on kids tv, well, nice to know people like to chat about what i ramble about when trying to hide SHHHH! (irc)
Duckula as a series wasn't as good as Dangermouse either.
OH YES YES YES it was! Duckula was both poignant, ironic, with lots of dark humour, and on one time genuinely disturbing about the natures of Good and Evil - namely where Duckula was forced into being a bloodsucking vampire duck instead of a veggie. that was very disturbing, and just as it looked as Von Duckwing (was that his name?) was about to achieve his ambition and kill this evil vampire, Duckula was cured, and Duckwing was FOILED AGAIN!
The Chief Rodent himself had that superhero thing going on,
BUT! did he have a magic castle taht he could transport anywhere? NOOOOO! did he become a spy in noo Yawk??? NOOOO!
I've got a soft spot for Penfold, personally. The poor wee thing that he is.
i know someone who looks exactly like Penfold. Then again, doesn't everyone? If anyone is ever in Blackpool, he works at the McDonalds at Bank Hey Street....ok well he USED to. Mark Smith (please let your middle name be Elijah!!) wrote...
Although the way that Dogtanian's nose shone red whenever he tried to talk to Juliet, and it made that "boyoing!" noise was very cute, and I empathise totally (apart from the boing thing).
Dogtanian. WOW. yet another classic. that was completely ace. But what do you reckon to Albert Ze Fifth Musketeer? As a modern day Muskateer adventure, very good i thought. and usually i reckkon modern remakes to be a TRAVESTY.
does anyone remember Moschops...?
OH GOD! YES! i still have a Mosochops book!!! now that was just gosh darned fab as well, i used to fo round my cousins house (bear in mind this was when i 5 and had just moved to Southampton) and we would watch Mosochops, that ruuuleed. *sighs* no we are not sad old cliches talking about kids tv. i'm only 16. i'm not THAT old.... I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Sarah ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@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@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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