It Was Alright in the 70s

[hot air baboon]

....did you ever see that Al Murray one with the Pink Nazi...not that long ago....I remember thinking how the ****ing **** was that just broadcast...!?

 

[JTG]

bollocks was it

 

[hot air baboon]

..fighting talk...

( I'll hold the coats )

 

[Citizen66]

In the present day there's still the isnt rape funny? comedians kicking about. If anything it's worse than Benny Hill. Some people like sick humour I guess. That Aussie guy whose name escapes me springs to mind.

 

[Citizen66]

Jim Jeffries that's the one.

 

[Gingerman]

Lots of good stuff on telly in the '70s,Accent of Man,Life on Earth,Parkinson,The World at War,Fawlty Towers,Rising Damp,The Colditz Story,The Old Grey Whistle Test etc.....

 

[JTG]

Accent of Man,

Tried to get into that but couldn't make out a word they were saying

 

[DexterTCN]

Monkey, Captain Scarlet, The Tomorrow People, The Goodies, Crystal Tips and Alistair.

 

[Citizen66]

Monkey! And The Adventure Game which was the weird scifi forerunner to The Crystal Maze. The Krypton Factor. It's a Knockout. New Faces which didn't give us shit like One Direction and JLS but amazing talent like Lenny Henry, Michael Barrymore, Les Dennis and Jim Davidson.

 

[DexterTCN]

The Gemini Man, The Man From Uncle, The Six Million Dollar Man, Not The Nine o'Clock News (I think)

 

[friendofdorothy]

The Gemini Man, The Man From Uncle, The Six Million Dollar Man, Not The Nine o'Clock News (I think)

Man from Uncle was '60s and Not The Nine o'Clock News was definitely '80s

 

[jakethesnake]

The Great Egg Race... always wanted a fully equipped shed ever since.

 

[DexterTCN]

Soap.

H R Puffnstuff...The Banana Splits...Fantasy Island

 

[DexterTCN]

Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade.

 

[Greebo]

Hong Kong Phooey, Speed Buggy, The Flashing Blade...

 

[JTG]

Monkey! And The Adventure Game which was the weird scifi forerunner to The Crystal Maze. The Krypton Factor. It's a Knockout. New Faces which didn't give us shit like One Direction and JLS but amazing talent like Lenny Henry, Michael Barrymore, Les Dennis and Jim Davidson.

The Adventure Game was def 80s. Nobody ever escaped the Vortex

 

[DotCommunist]

sapphire and steel was from the 70s and also shite.

 

[Greebo]

The Herbs

Spoiler

 

[Celyn]

Monkey! And The Adventure Game which was the weird scifi forerunner to The Crystal Maze. The Krypton Factor. It's a Knockout. New Faces which didn't give us shit like One Direction and JLS but amazing talent like Lenny Henry, Michael Barrymore, Les Dennis and Jim Davidson.

Ooh "Monkey"! Where the guy seemed to leap into the air and remain there for a week.

What was that series of wandering-about-in-search-of ancient-wisdom, where there was an old guy with odd eyes, (blind?) and the young seeker-after-wisdom was always being addressed as "Grasshopper"?

Also, "The Good Life" was a bit funny. And Spike Milligan's "Q" (although a bit hi-and-miss)

Re. "New Faces", am not sure whether it or "Opportunity Knocks" was worse.

 

[Celyn]

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[Greebo]

Ooh "Monkey"! Where the guy seemed to leap into the air and remain there for a week.

What was that series of wandering-about-in-search-of ancient-wisdom, where there was an old guy with odd eyes, (blind?) and the young seeker-after-wisdom was always being addressed as "Grasshopper"? <snip>

Kung Fu "when you can walk on rice paper, then you will have learned".

BTW Opportunity Knocks was worse, in my arrogant opinion.

 

[Citizen66]

Ooh "Monkey"! Where the guy seemed to leap into the air and remain there for a week.

Any program that involves driving around on a pink cloud with a character called Pigsy "aaaaaaayyy, Pigsaaayyy" is genius. Period.

 

[hot air baboon]

The Water Margin pre-dated Monkey & was imo superior althouh Monkey may have gone down better with the more juvenile element

"Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""

...was usually enough to trump most playground disputes round my way...

 

[Citizen66]

The Water Margin pre-dated Monkey & was imo superior althouh Monkey may have gone down better with the more juvenile element

"Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""

...was usually enough to trump most playground disputes round my way...

I haven't seen it. But perhaps you miss the point that what makes Monkey great isn't the srs kungfu but the (unintentional?) comedy.

 

[isvicthere?]

Lots of good stuff on telly in the '70s,Accent of Man,Life on Earth,Parkinson,The World at War,Fawlty Towers,Rising Damp,The Colditz Story,The Old Grey Whistle Test etc.....

And also: serious social drama ALL THE TIME! I think of Play for Today with real nostalgia amid all the cookery, house makeover, buy-a-house-in-France, the only way is mindless "reality" that defecates all over the schedules now.

 

[ruffneck23]

sapphire and steel was from the 70s and also shite.

bollocks, Sapphire and steel was aces when you're 7

 

[hot air baboon]

.....The Tomorrow People.....

...huh..those bastards....Ace of Wands was cancelled to make way for that...just as it was getting into its stride....and with one of the all time great feeem-toons of any kids show....

 

[MrSki]

Danger UXB late seventies drama about the bomb disposal squad in the 2nd WW. Watched it again on You Tube earlier this year & it stands the test of time.

Plus go get the added bonus of it being made by Thames TV & get their themed clip at the start. (Worth it just for that bit of nostalgia.)

 

[Citizen66]

I remember watching that when I was off school with the lurgy once.

 

[MrSki]

I remember watching that when I was off school with the lurgy once.

Really? I am surprised it was on daytime TV. It has tits & all! Maybe it was edited.