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The Muppet Show had it start somewhere - actually the The Muppet Show Pilot was in 1975 on ABC. In the days when Kermit wasn't a green from comparing the show. But all the usual gang are there to be seen. The Muppet Show pilot was quite different than the show itself ended up being. In this ...
For many years it's been top of every child's construction toy. Even the mighty Meccano seems to play second fiddle to Lego. So today while we look at Lego alternatives from the current market, I also want to identify my very first Lego alternative from the 1970s. Identifying this Lego alternative Update: The guys at http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/ managed to identify ...
The first season of "The Pink Panther Show" ran on NBC from 1969 to 1970 and came over to the UK. It was a top cartoon in it's day as it had attitude and appealed to adults and kids. Who can forget the amazing car that kid had. I really wasn't interested on the elephant, tiger or rhinoceroses. ...
Anyone remember the 70s Laughing Bag. It was powered by a battery and would be the tool of the family joker. It was contageous as after a few seconds someone would also start laughing. Before you know it everyone in the room starts wetting themselves with laughter. Sometimes it was known as The Laugh Box, other ...
// // In the 70s you were into Osmond-mania and other TV and music fads and pop heroes including chopper bikes, roller skates, calculators and scalectrix and dance moves at the disco
Disneyland memories are a joy to remember. How things have changed since this 1950s footage. The Disneyland park is barely recognisable. Disneyland 1950s. it had Fantasyland and Skyway but many parts of the park have expanded considerably since this early footage. It was named Disneyland when it opened on July 18, 1955. While Walt Disney was watching kids ride a merry-go-round, he ...
Houseparty from Southern Television was the Loose women of the 1970's. The Houseparty door would go and ladies would pile into the coffee morning meet up with either a new crochet pattern or news on Albert's hernia or Aunt Phylis and her Artheritis. It must of got viewers as it ran for well over a decade. ...
On 9.30 saturday Oct 1976 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop was born. Multi-Coloured Swap Shop was a Saturday morning magazine programme that was screened for 3 hours. Never had the BBC broadcast a show as long as 3 hours unless it was a sporting advent. Swapping was often not allowed at school and Ebay wasnt even a concept, so this was in ...
John Cravens Newsround is one of the first news programmes that you may ever of seen while growing up. Today we take a few minutes to find out more about John Cravens Newsround and how and why the man himself started the newsround off for younger viewers of the BBC. From the outset, the idea of it ...
Super Striker was the new and improved subbuteo for kids. If you loved football or soccer then you would love Striker and Super Striker. Though these were only 5-a-side games, not your full 11 players. These plastic figures with long necks made them all look like Rodney Trotter on a football pitch, but they had one ...
