A so-called strongman attempted to lift Bernard Manning and Big Daddy while they sat on chairs at the end of a pole. He failed miserably.
I remember Bernard Manning ad-libbing to the strongman, "Who's your agent? Martin Boormann?" My Dad couldn't stop laughing...
I remember V1.0 of Tiswas too, when it was pretty much a kids' version of ATV Today, with John Asher, who somehow had a hit single just after he left with his version of "Let's Twist Again"... and yes, the continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson was a legend - his Friday night intros to the "Appointment With Fear" horror movies with his toy panda were fantastic... I think Tiswas was probably one of the first kids' programmes to actively gain an adult/student following, which was how it ended up mutating into the "classic" version we all remember... I didn't see it myself, but I'm sure I'm right in saying they did a university tour with a live version of the show...
OTT was a weird misfire though - in theory it should have been perfect post-pub Saturday night viewing, but it simply wasn't funny enough... a 45-minutes clip show would probably be worth seeing though...
On the TISWAS Reunited show, Sally James recalled a story where they let a live bear into the studio full of children. It managed to break away from it's handler. "Mercifully, nothing happened", said Chris.
Would you want any child to be exposed to that sort of risk?
On the TISWAS Reunited show, Sally James recalled a story where they let a live bear into the studio full of children. It managed to break away from it's handler. "Mercifully, nothing happened", said Chris.
Would you want any child to be exposed to that sort of risk?
I really dont get why there is so little in the archives. Maybe if the archivists actually pulled their finger out they would see just how much is out there.
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I remember V1.0 of Tiswas too, when it was pretty much a kids' version of ATV Today, with John Asher, who somehow had a hit single just after he left with his version of "Let's Twist Again"... and yes, the continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson was a legend - his Friday night intros to the "Appointment With Fear" horror movies with his toy panda were fantastic... I think Tiswas was probably one of the first kids' programmes to actively gain an adult/student following, which was how it ended up mutating into the "classic" version we all remember... I didn't see it myself, but I'm sure I'm right in saying they did a university tour with a live version of the show...
OTT was a weird misfire though - in theory it should have been perfect post-pub Saturday night viewing, but it simply wasn't funny enough... a 45-minutes clip show would probably be worth seeing though...
Ah yes, the good old days of Lenny when he was actually funny!
Well, to be quite frank...
Not that extreme but they go silly on gameshows.
What a long time ago that was
Lenny as Trevor McDoughnut interviewing Lenny as David Bellamy and Lenny as Algernon Razzmatazz
At about a minute in you can hear Chris Tarrant say "Don't say those idiot scriptwriters have been sniffing glue again!!"
Just noticed I forgot to actually post the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdqhm_Lqe8
I have got that on vinyl..... by The Bucketeers.