Sinister: Re: ROMPer room & USA tv

[Madame Cholet]

> well i must have had a really messed up american childhood because i do
>not remember any of those shows.  i was raised by macrobiotic
>sharecroppers in the suburbs of NYC, and all i remember watching on
>television as a kid was Romper Room (the use of the word ROMP was
>dedicated to Tag.)  oh and i remember the magic garden because i think
>sylvester the squirrell was an old favorite. OOOOOH and ZOOM, i can
>still sing the theme song to this day (zoom zoom zoom zoom ZOOM ZOOM
>ZOOM ZOOM zoom zoom zoom zoom) and i have stripey shirt memories...
>
>on to more modern things though, speaking of Pufinstuff and the Sid and
>Marty Kroft shows of seventies america has anyone seen a show on HBO
>titled appropriately Mr. Show with bob and david?  it rules and is
>totally worth staying home on a friday night to watch.  anywho...last
>year they did a wickedly funny take off on HR pufinstuf and it was
>*shock shock  horror horror*  all drug take offs...i remember loads of
>those old shows my favorite being *THE BUGALOOS*  because all the bug
>characters had british accents...and they sang and they flew and they
>battled the evil forces of phyllis diller (something which most of
>hollywood did for most of the sixties) and did i mention that they sang
>and flew...at the same time!!!!  and the other one i remember is the one
>where the boy fell through the hat and wound up in some strange land
>where all the inhabitants are midgets dressed up as hats?  well its all
>true.
>
>seriously though i think my favorite thing about those shows had to be
>the second chance it gave to adolescent former child actors, remember
>poor Jody from *a family affair* when he hit say, 14...the poor dear
>couldn't act with anyone except for a foam octopus with rags for arms.
>if only mrs beasly could have done some more acting.  i think that had
>gary coleman and his *Different Strokes* brothers and sisters had gotten
>some jobs on those television shows they would not be in jail right now!
>
>ah well...hope this clears things up.
>
>*I LOVE YOU ALL*
>
>rachel.


The hat one was called Lidsville..the boy was Butch Patrick. :)
beth














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