For the older Cake stoppers

bagpusscp
bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
edited May 2008 in The bottom bracket
Found this on the tube :roll: 8) 8) :oops: :wink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7vJpZi ... re=related.


Whilst out on the park :shock: :shock:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N ... 037193705/ 8)
bagpuss

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  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    I used to have one of those torches that made the Mysteron rings. It used to scare my little sister silly :lol:
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  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    OMG you have just made my day.
    And the day of half of my corridor.
    And you've just sparked a Captain Scarlet vs Thunderbirds Debate (with 1 weirdo voting for Stingray)

    Absolutely awesome.
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    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    nolf wrote:
    OMG you have just made my day.
    And the day of half of my corridor.
    And you've just sparked a Captain Scarlet vs Thunderbirds Debate (with 1 weirdo voting for Stingray)

    Absolutely awesome.

    Pointless fact of the day (acquired via the BBC spin-off book from "James May's 20th Century") - did you know that the Tracy brothers' first names were taken from those of the first five Americans in space?

    David
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Captain Scarlet was brilliant. Especially used to like the episodes where he'd go on a bender and get kicked off spectrum for a bit, or that one where he had a gambling problem haha. Also loved the fact Captain Black (or was it Captain Cider and Black?) was clearly hungover all the time.

    But to choose between Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, and Stingray is too tough, i still watch them all now when they're on tele.

    The intros are still incredible after all these years:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs Stingray

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RzCB3VRruE Thunderbirds

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2q65-M1M90 Joe 90
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  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Nah ...This gang really top the bill..... :wink:
    Zoonie and co ....on our way home..... :) .
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQhw05Ss ... re=related
    bagpuss
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Love it love it love it! I have every episode on DVD, much better than Stingray.

    CS vs Thunderbirds = hmm tough call, no wait, forgot about the Angels, so yeah Captain Scarlet rules!! Good old GA!! :D
  • Red Rock
    Red Rock Posts: 517
    I loved all the Gerry Anderson stuff, from Fireball XL5 and SuperCar, Stingray (I had a toy one), Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet (had the SPV, his car and an Angel Interceptor too), and Joe 90.

    Red Rock
  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Should we run a poll :?: Are there enough of us to know about this quality TV :?:
    bagpuss
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    NOW I do feel old!

    Any links to kids' wireless stuff please? Whaddya mean, not on youthingy? Pah. 'Umbug. An' that....
    d.j.
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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Remember the complaints about the baddie being Captain Black?

    Actually it was groundbreaking stuff.....

    Femal fighter piolts, a coloured officer in a senior position etc. All they needed was "Captain Pink" and they could have won over the gay lobby as well!
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    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Cop the theme tune
    To Fireball
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvBTqfTrzA
    bagpuss
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    I use to have a die cast Captain Scarlet cap gun - life doesn't get better than that when you're 5 - there are some days where I wonder if I might have peaked a bit early. I always wanted a pair of Joe 90 glasses, in fact as the years advance I think that they're becoming more of a neccessity.
    DavidBelcher wrote:
    Pointless fact of the day (acquired via the BBC spin-off book from "James May's 20th Century") - did you know that the Tracy brothers' first names were taken from those of the first five Americans in space?
    Another day, another pointless fact: Captain Scarlet's real name is Paul Metcalf. All of the characters in Captain Scarlet had real names, including the Angles, except for Captain Black because he is too mysterious (apparently).
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  • onehipwonder
    onehipwonder Posts: 129
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    [/quote]Another day, another pointless fact: Captain Scarlet's real name is Paul Metcalf. All of the characters in Captain Scarlet had real names, including the Angles, except for Captain Black because he is too mysterious (apparently).[/quote]

    What, like Right, Obtuse............................ :wink:
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    onehipwonder wrote:
    Another day, another pointless fact: Captain Scarlet's real name is Paul Metcalf. All of the characters in Captain Scarlet had real names, including the Angles, except for Captain Black because he is too mysterious (apparently).

    What, like Right, Obtuse............................ :wink:
    Eh, they were all...em...angle-saxons? Except the non-euclideans!

    :oops:
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Night Network (1987 :shock: ) hosted by Craig Charles used to show Captain Scarlet. Happy days :D always wished they had shown Joe 90 though. If this were a poll thats where my vote would go, I think. This is harder than choosing Boris or Ken was the other week :roll:
  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Even sadder......................

    In later (print) adventures published in TV21 magazine, Captain Black was identified as Conrad Turner.

    I can see why it was kept quiet.

    Conrad is hardly a name to inspire fear!
    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
    (Unattributed Trad.)
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Crapaud wrote:
    I use to have a die cast Captain Scarlet cap gun - life doesn't get better than that when you're 5 - there are some days where I wonder if I might have peaked a bit early. I always wanted a pair of Joe 90 glasses, in fact as the years advance I think that they're becoming more of a neccessity.
    DavidBelcher wrote:
    Pointless fact of the day (acquired via the BBC spin-off book from "James May's 20th Century") - did you know that the Tracy brothers' first names were taken from those of the first five Americans in space?
    Another day, another pointless fact: Captain Scarlet's real name is Paul Metcalf. All of the characters in Captain Scarlet had real names, including the Angles, except for Captain Black because he is too mysterious (apparently).

    Oh, and one other snippet - the actor (Robert Rietty) behind the "This is the voice of the Mysterons...." voice-over at the start of each episode also provided the voice of The New Number 2 in the opening credits of The Prisoner for those episodes where the voice of the actor playing No. 2 wasn't used.

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    For me it has too be

    1. Captain Scarlet
    2. TB's
    3. Joe 90
    4. Hmmm Stingray, always thought that was a bit gay even when I was 7

    I have to admit I did find the Team America spoof amusing.

    Whilst we are on this topic, what about magic roundabout vs The herb Garden vs Hectors House?? :D
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  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Poll your votes. As i have said in the poll NO String pulling :roll:
    bagpuss
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    SteveR_100Milers wrote:
    Whilst we are on this topic, what about magic roundabout vs The herb Garden vs Hectors House?? :D
    Better than either were The Pogs, I think they were called. They used to get drunk on Elderberry wine and hallucinate pipecleaner men who would enact stories told by the rose bush. :shock: Classic!
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  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    The Pogs, ws that the one that had Badrick in it (as in Tony whatshisname :D ) or was that Pob's island.....memories a bit vague that far back...
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  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    SteveR_100Milers:

    I was talking out my digestive trumpet! It was Pogles' Wood. (I don't know why I don't check these things before posting.) And it was Bilberry wine they drank according to the official website, but there's no mention of the pipecleaner men - maybe it was me who was hallucinating.

    Now that I see it again...

    plant.jpg

    ...it doesn't look so good. :?
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