Weird kids show 'In The Night Garden'. Has anyone else seen it?
SparkleBabe
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I came across it the other week whilst flicking channels. My god, its like Teletubbies on acid! Its plain weird.
Its full of weird creatures. One is a blue thing called 'Iggle Piggle' and another called 'Makka Pakka'. Who pushes a pram and says 'Makka Pakka, Makka Pakka' over and over again. Then there are these baby like creatures who live in an air ship type of thing. Plus these tiny soldier like things.
Its as random as hell! I know its aimed at toddlers, but bloody hell!
Its full of weird creatures. One is a blue thing called 'Iggle Piggle' and another called 'Makka Pakka'. Who pushes a pram and says 'Makka Pakka, Makka Pakka' over and over again. Then there are these baby like creatures who live in an air ship type of thing. Plus these tiny soldier like things.
Its as random as hell! I know its aimed at toddlers, but bloody hell!
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it made me want to smash the tv
Were any of the characters carrying a handbag?
K
The air craft is called the ninky nog and it on cbbc at about 6 pm.
I thought that as well Upsy Daisy running around after a bed sounded very much like Po chasing a scooter saying the same words over and over. Im not sure what its teaching the kids but they seem to like it.
I know. It sort of hooked me in and I couldn't stop watching it either. Its utterly bizare!!
It's certainly bizarre - although I do like the Ninky-nonk. Now if Virgin ran those along the West Coast line they'd empty the M6 in a week...
With a dry sponge that he didn't clean in between washing different peoples faces! LOL! My 5 year old was very amused about that. And why can't he carry the sponge?:rolleyes:
Because he likes to use his Og Pog!
Seriously though my 2 year old loves it, she cracks up at the gaseous noises that come out of the Pinky Ponk (airship).
Its very bizarre but wonderful!
Not random or strange when you know the real meaning....
Check it out and give a comment:
http://inthenightgardenexplained.blogspot.com/
Jammy
The sexual subtexts in Captain Pugwash are an urban myth made up many years after Captain Pugwash was on TV. The cabin boy's name was Tom, not Willie and there was no one in it called Master Bates.
The Guardian were sued for saying Captain Pugwash had sexual subtexts but one pirate was called Willie and there was a character called Master Mate.
John Ryan who created Pugwash also worked with Ann Wood the creator of Night Garden and Teletubbies and he also worked with Peter Hawkins who was the voices for Bill and Ben so these things all go round in circles,
It's like a human talking to a mouse, in terms of scale.
Rather dusty old thread too.
Used to work in Toys R us, and it was one of the most bought/loved show, and everyone bought their items and products. I watched the show and I was shocked at how weird it was. It was scary!!
I found the weird characters and simplistic stories quite enchanting for some reason. And the end of every episode when Iggle piggle sails off in his boat and the garden turns into the night sky always left me quite sad.
As he got older my son grew out of it and thought it was babyish (as boys tend to do), but worryingly I still found myself watching it alone if I was ever flicking through the channels and found it on.
Is there something wrong with me??? :eek: