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For those of us of a certain generation the BBC are again doing, what for me was <b>the</b> radio program of 2008.
On Christmas Day, Radio 2 at 09:00, Ed Stewart is doing a another two hour "Junior Choice".
I only caught half of last years program, when my sister rang me to tell me about it.
What I heard of last years show though was a pure nostalgia fest of Saturday and Sunday mornings long gone, having a lie in and listening to "Stewpot" on the old transistor radio.
If it is anything like last years show nearly all the "old favourites" will get played.
Looking at what else is being broadcast on radio and TV over Christmas this one may well be the highlight. (Apart from the King George of course)
Another blast from the past; having still got a rotten cough I read that cherry brandy is good for the bronchial tract….I don’t usually drink alchohol at all, but I bought a bottle of De Kuypers cherry brandy from the supermarket the other night [along with the ingredients for my chicken soup] and I must say it’s jolly nice. Not sure if you can still get Cherry B these days [it was always Cherry B, Babycham or a Snowball when I was a youngster]. I now have a glass or two when I go to bed. For some reason I went to bed at 6 o’clock last night..perhaps I’m turning into an alchoholic?
Oh my! I grew up on Sparky’s Magic Piano (dreadful), Puff the Magic Dragon, Hole in the Ground, I Know an Old Lady, Little White Bull etc. It’d be awesome to relive the good ol’ days.
gc did a link to lots of these last year, Tor; Twizzle was particularly wierd; I’m surprised we all grew up to be the well balanced individuals that we are!
I Am A Troll.
Fol de rol; was a particular favourite.You’re a pink toothbrush, I am a blue toothbrush
made me cringe when I was seven.Goodbye children……everywhere,
as Uncle Mac used to say.gc did a link to lots of these last year, Tor; Twizzle was particularly wierd; I’m surprised we all grew up to be the well balanced individuals that we are!
GC surely isn’t old enough to remember stuff on this thread.I think he’s a good twenty years younger than the likes of you,me and the male bee.
Though he seems very knowledgable about a lot of things.
I’ve got a worrying level of factual recall for stuff I probably shouldn’t know about. Archie Andrews? Radio ventriloquism? What in blazes was all that about, then?
Moe – I’d dig out the Twizzle thread for you, but I don’t think the search facility is working as well on the new site as it did on the old. Previously I could type in "Cartmel" or "Quixall" and retrieve everything I’d written on either subject (plenty!), but irrespective of how generously I set the settings, only the last year’s worth of hits are returned now.
Perhaps Cormack could advise? I refer back to a lot of my old rubbish for the purposes of article-writing, so I could use the same untrammelled access to it as previously. Ta!
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Peter Brough’s vent act on the wireless was indeed strange.He did TV as well,so we did get to see him.I would prefer his radio work as I find a vent’s dummy to be quite spooky.Still remember that film called Magic with Anthony Hopkins
He did TV as well,so we did get to see him.
Got to see his lips move, more like! From what I gather Mr Brough was not an especially gifted ventriloquist, and the medium of TV exposed that shortcoming pretty quickly.
He was probably still better than the subject of this clip, though;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_W6FwN_hY
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
What about the "Clitheroe Kid"?
That was a strange one.
Regards – Matron
I’d almost forgotten about Jimmy Clitheroe…
He did TV as well,so we did get to see him.
Got to see his lips move, more like! From what I gather Mr Brough was not an especially gifted ventriloquist, and the medium of TV exposed that shortcoming pretty quickly.
He was probably still better than the subject of this clip, though;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_W6FwN_hY
gc
Ah-Ha!
Ha-Ha
Elasticised waistbands……I can’t stand ‘old people’ although admittedly I can stand them slightly more than I can stand ‘young people’……
He was probably still better than the subject of this clip, though;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_W6FwN_hY
Ah-Ha!
Ha-HaThanks for that; John Thompson is an underrated talent.
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