speaking of Brits.....

[El Mayimbe]

you poor poor souls
now that I've witnessed what you grew up on T.V. I can understand yer wackyness
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http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html

[ November 08, 2004, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: EL MAYIMBE ]

[JACKO]

Hahahaahaaa! graemlins/rofl5.gif

That's one of the funniest thing's EVER to go unnoticed the way it did on T.V. here!

What the hell was they thinking?? graemlins/rofl.gif

[soulfulvibes]

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[ramar]

hahahaha unbelievable. days of innocence... biggrinangel.gif

btw, we also grew up on the Magic Roundabout (http://magicroundabout.com/) :D

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/reo/Magic_Roundabout-original_characters.jpg

The myths and facts ...

• The Magic Roundabout ran from 1965 to 1977 on BBC1. When is was revived by Channel 4 in the '90s, all the voices were provided by Nigel Planer.

• Magic Roundabout first aired in the U.K. on October 18th, 1965. Showing daily before the 5.55pm news, it attracted 8 million viewers at its peak.

• Characters inspired urban myth that each was code for an illegal drug: Zebedee was linked with amphetamines, as was Brian the snail; Dylan seemed always stoned; Ermintrude munched on colourful flowers; while Dougal was linked to LSD, due to his diet of sugar and paranoia. The shaggy dog was modelled on comic Tony Hancock.

• The show ran on the BBC for seven series, until 1977. It has been translated into 28 languages. A film, "Dougal And The Blue Cat", was released in 1972, while undiscovered French episodes aired on Channel 4 from 1992.

• The Magic Roundabout is not just the name of a hellish Swindon traffic system, it's also the name of a nihilistic '60s European art movement.

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[ November 08, 2004, 05:49 PM: Message edited by: ramar ]