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Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
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Sunday, 14 March 2010
Rabies is a Threat? That Character from "Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"? I Knew It!
Rabies Outbreak (1976) - Public Information Film
Although Rabies never really gets talked about much these days, it's still a serious infection, it's just that us, western spoiled-types are all vaccinated, as well as domestic warm-blooded animals and livestock. Old news, maybe but, if you live in a poor country in Africa or Asia, you can still be killed from it. It's fatal from the word go. That doesn't mean this overly-charged PIF isn't immune from some of the classic scaremongering that was going on in PIF's in those days. You can get rabies from basically any mammal, but why is so much to blame on the dogs? This PIF warns of all domestic animals being a danger, but 1 poor dog is the centre of the piece, revered like a killer. Dogs get most of the stick because, out of the 2 domestic mammals that are allowed to roam freely, not from a farm, cats are more controlled in their behaviour, although not perfect. Dogs like to put just about anything into their mouths out of curiosity or whatnot.
The situation of the film, poses like it's a nuclear fall-out zone. Rabies areas are cordoned off, all foxes are to be killed, no free moving of mutts and felines and worst of all, no cat shows and dog shows! Better off without them actually. The dog featured, faces execution as non-verbally told by the PIF.
Although Rabies never really gets talked about much these days, it's still a serious infection, it's just that us, western spoiled-types are all vaccinated, as well as domestic warm-blooded animals and livestock. Old news, maybe but, if you live in a poor country in Africa or Asia, you can still be killed from it. It's fatal from the word go. That doesn't mean this overly-charged PIF isn't immune from some of the classic scaremongering that was going on in PIF's in those days. You can get rabies from basically any mammal, but why is so much to blame on the dogs? This PIF warns of all domestic animals being a danger, but 1 poor dog is the centre of the piece, revered like a killer. Dogs get most of the stick because, out of the 2 domestic mammals that are allowed to roam freely, not from a farm, cats are more controlled in their behaviour, although not perfect. Dogs like to put just about anything into their mouths out of curiosity or whatnot.
The situation of the film, poses like it's a nuclear fall-out zone. Rabies areas are cordoned off, all foxes are to be killed, no free moving of mutts and felines and worst of all, no cat shows and dog shows! Better off without them actually. The dog featured, faces execution as non-verbally told by the PIF.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
A Feast of Lycra and not-so Lycra Men/Women in Snow and Ice 1972-2002
Alright, we end our Winter Olympics special with this rough, but brilliant highlighting music video of recent Winter Olympics bar 2006 and 2010, of course. Some really good footage of the earlier Olympics which are hard to find on Youtube. The Sports genre will take a break, but we'll be back to good ol' football and more.
List of Winter Games shown:
1972 -Sapporo, Japan
1976 - Innsbruck, Austria
1980 - Lake Placid, USA
1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1988 - Calgary, Canada
1992 - Albertville, France
1994 - Lillehammer, Norway
1998 - Nagano, Japan
2002 - Salt Lake City, USA
It's a very good highlights video with small clips of each Games opening ceremonies, and the features the most awe-inspiring and most excelled athletes of the games, so we see the likes on Torvill and Dean for '84, Alberto Tomba for '88 and so on. Also, period music of the time from each Olympics, If you want to know what the songs are, well, I'm horribly bad at naming these earlier ones. I've heard the 1972 one loads of times, I just can't put a name to it?
1972 -???
1976 -???
1980 -???
1984 - Irene Cara - What a Feeling
1988 -Erasure -Give a Little Respect
1992 - Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
1994 - Whigfield - Saturday Night
1998 - ???
2002 - James Williams - Call of the Champions
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Donald Duck Sounding Tentacle-Fingered Octopus Art Lovers
Paperplay
From Thames Television, this was disturbing but quite weirdly funny. Alright the finger puppets are actually 2 spiders, blook more like tiny octopus. Set in studio fantasyland, "Paperplay" is much like "fingerbobs" but with has no musical element and the finger puppets can fully communicate with an on-screen presenter, who is former "Magpie" presenter Susan Stranks, who came up with the idea of this show also. The puppeter is not seen, who is Norman Beardsley, camoflaged in the black background, and it's a good effect. In this episode, under the influence of a rather inconcisely titled book called "The Dangerous Sort", and they create a hot-air ballon from paper and yes, a balloon.
The 2 spider's names were Itsy and Bitsy, clear inspiration from the nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Itsy was the Donald Duck-sounding red male, and Bitsy was the squeaky, human trumpetting yellow female. Other puppets also featured like Boris the Ladybird, Cardew the Caterpillar and Katie the bird.
"Paperplay" ran from 1974-1981 on weekday lunchtimes, so it was by no means, an oscure show.
From Thames Television, this was disturbing but quite weirdly funny. Alright the finger puppets are actually 2 spiders, blook more like tiny octopus. Set in studio fantasyland, "Paperplay" is much like "fingerbobs" but with has no musical element and the finger puppets can fully communicate with an on-screen presenter, who is former "Magpie" presenter Susan Stranks, who came up with the idea of this show also. The puppeter is not seen, who is Norman Beardsley, camoflaged in the black background, and it's a good effect. In this episode, under the influence of a rather inconcisely titled book called "The Dangerous Sort", and they create a hot-air ballon from paper and yes, a balloon.
The 2 spider's names were Itsy and Bitsy, clear inspiration from the nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Itsy was the Donald Duck-sounding red male, and Bitsy was the squeaky, human trumpetting yellow female. Other puppets also featured like Boris the Ladybird, Cardew the Caterpillar and Katie the bird.
"Paperplay" ran from 1974-1981 on weekday lunchtimes, so it was by no means, an oscure show.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
B1 2J PEEEEEEEEEE! What?
Celebrity Squares: ATV: 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6Mm38C1bc
This is the only clip of the 70's version of show I've found on Youtube. "Celebrity Squares" originated from the US version's "Hollywood Squares", and began on ATV (Associated TeleVision), a Midlands outlet of the ITV regions. A young looking Bob Monkhouse presents, in an even younger looking polo neck and lightish red buttoned jacket. The show ran from 1975-1979, however it came back in a short 90's revival(1993-1996) with a more demure-looking Monkhouse.
The shows seen to have harvested partly, the American schmaltz of the original, with an American-sounding voiceover, presenting the celebrities (How do the ones in the second and third rows get up there?), and the end credits are shown also, with the announcer giving a mail address if you would like to be a contestant, ending it with B1 2JPEEEE. That was actually Kenny Everett, then-radio star, taking the pee.
Cue "name-clanging" exercise. The celebrities involved were:
Magnus Pyke - Eccentric Scientist and media figure
Patsy Rowlands - British actress on the "Carry On" films. Not hard to see why...
Terry Wogan - Radio/Chat Show Host/Future Eurovision Song Contest Moaning Announcer
Pat Coombs - English actress. Appeared in "Eastenders", "Till Death Us Do Part", Carry On movies and much more...
Arthur Mullard - Singer/comedy actor, most famously appeared in sitcon "Romany Jones" and "The Arthur Askey Show"
John Conti - British boxer
Roy Hudd - Singer/Actor
John Inman - Sitcom actor, famous role as Mr. "I'm Free" Humphries from 70s sitcom "Are You Being Served?"
Willie Rushden - Actor, comedian and chat show host. Appeared early 60s satire show "That Was The Week That Was"
Other Youtube users in the comments sections discuss about the dead/alive ratio of the celebrities on show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6Mm38C1bc
This is the only clip of the 70's version of show I've found on Youtube. "Celebrity Squares" originated from the US version's "Hollywood Squares", and began on ATV (Associated TeleVision), a Midlands outlet of the ITV regions. A young looking Bob Monkhouse presents, in an even younger looking polo neck and lightish red buttoned jacket. The show ran from 1975-1979, however it came back in a short 90's revival(1993-1996) with a more demure-looking Monkhouse.
The shows seen to have harvested partly, the American schmaltz of the original, with an American-sounding voiceover, presenting the celebrities (How do the ones in the second and third rows get up there?), and the end credits are shown also, with the announcer giving a mail address if you would like to be a contestant, ending it with B1 2JPEEEE. That was actually Kenny Everett, then-radio star, taking the pee.
Cue "name-clanging" exercise. The celebrities involved were:
Magnus Pyke - Eccentric Scientist and media figure
Patsy Rowlands - British actress on the "Carry On" films. Not hard to see why...
Terry Wogan - Radio/Chat Show Host/Future Eurovision Song Contest Moaning Announcer
Pat Coombs - English actress. Appeared in "Eastenders", "Till Death Us Do Part", Carry On movies and much more...
Arthur Mullard - Singer/comedy actor, most famously appeared in sitcon "Romany Jones" and "The Arthur Askey Show"
John Conti - British boxer
Roy Hudd - Singer/Actor
John Inman - Sitcom actor, famous role as Mr. "I'm Free" Humphries from 70s sitcom "Are You Being Served?"
Willie Rushden - Actor, comedian and chat show host. Appeared early 60s satire show "That Was The Week That Was"
Other Youtube users in the comments sections discuss about the dead/alive ratio of the celebrities on show.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Bill "oh shit" Grundy Turns Chip-pan fire into House Fire. Infamous Interview with the Sex Pistols...
Full Bill Grundy with the Sex Pistols and Siouxsie Interview
This interview lives in infamy, as members of revolutionary Punk group "The Sex Pistols" swearing on live prime-time TV, using the f-word, s-word and a word that decribes an illegitimate son! There was no bleeping or anthing. This was featured on the "Today" show, presented by Bill Grundy. The F-word had been uttered on TV before, but this was still seen as very shocking, in 1976, as it has only been uttered 3 times before.
Much of the blame was put on poor Grundy. He seemed to take a very hands-on approach though jokingly, perhaps a clever way to get into the minds of these young rebels, claiming to be drunk, but of himself being of the older generation, alot older at 54 infact, he made himself look extremely foolish. He didn't seem to hear the first swear word by Sex Pistol's Steve Jones, answering where their £40,000 given to them by EMI record labels, which was "f***ing spent it", however as the chatter dragged on, Grundy must've had tunnel vision, thinking how ratings will shoot up. He asks both Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones to repeat what they had just said, in colourful fashion.
Also, Grundy, still in dumb/joking mode, has a little banter with another punk girl star of the time, at the back of the group, the white-haired Siouxsie. He jokingly prods her if they would like to meet up afterwards. That fell flat. The interview ended, Grundy himself going "oh shit", as the sound was beginning to fade to the ending credits, but that gets caught on camera. Grundy knowing this wasn't really his day, but still meeting it with a smile on his face. However, after this, it was all over the newspapers nationwide, despite not everyone had seen it. Grundy didn't disappear altogether, but whatever momentum he had on TV, came to a crashing end. He was slapped in the hand for 2 weeks, while his "Today" show finished 2 months later.
It was touch-n-go, as The Sex Pistols were breaking the manistream, and Punk music as a whole, with the hit "Anarchy in the UK" in 1976, a controversial single that was deemed anti-religious and promoted mob violence and disorder. It was a year later, they had their biggest and even more controversial hit "God Save the Queen", an almost anti-thesis to the British national anthem, regarded as insluting by the older generation.
This interview lives in infamy, as members of revolutionary Punk group "The Sex Pistols" swearing on live prime-time TV, using the f-word, s-word and a word that decribes an illegitimate son! There was no bleeping or anthing. This was featured on the "Today" show, presented by Bill Grundy. The F-word had been uttered on TV before, but this was still seen as very shocking, in 1976, as it has only been uttered 3 times before.
Much of the blame was put on poor Grundy. He seemed to take a very hands-on approach though jokingly, perhaps a clever way to get into the minds of these young rebels, claiming to be drunk, but of himself being of the older generation, alot older at 54 infact, he made himself look extremely foolish. He didn't seem to hear the first swear word by Sex Pistol's Steve Jones, answering where their £40,000 given to them by EMI record labels, which was "f***ing spent it", however as the chatter dragged on, Grundy must've had tunnel vision, thinking how ratings will shoot up. He asks both Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones to repeat what they had just said, in colourful fashion.
Also, Grundy, still in dumb/joking mode, has a little banter with another punk girl star of the time, at the back of the group, the white-haired Siouxsie. He jokingly prods her if they would like to meet up afterwards. That fell flat. The interview ended, Grundy himself going "oh shit", as the sound was beginning to fade to the ending credits, but that gets caught on camera. Grundy knowing this wasn't really his day, but still meeting it with a smile on his face. However, after this, it was all over the newspapers nationwide, despite not everyone had seen it. Grundy didn't disappear altogether, but whatever momentum he had on TV, came to a crashing end. He was slapped in the hand for 2 weeks, while his "Today" show finished 2 months later.
It was touch-n-go, as The Sex Pistols were breaking the manistream, and Punk music as a whole, with the hit "Anarchy in the UK" in 1976, a controversial single that was deemed anti-religious and promoted mob violence and disorder. It was a year later, they had their biggest and even more controversial hit "God Save the Queen", an almost anti-thesis to the British national anthem, regarded as insluting by the older generation.
Sunday, 24 January 2010
First Episode of a Children's Cult Classic
Rentaghost 1 of 3
One of the most fondly remembered Children's programming from the 1970's, was "Rentaghost". Here is the first ever episode of the shoow from 1976. Running from 1976 -1984, the show was about a recently deceased man by the name of Fred Mumford (Anthony Jackson) who runs a ghost agency and finds never-do-wells, like Timothy Claypole (Michael Staniforth), a medieval looking jester who claims he is a poltergeist (ghost that can move/throw objects), and fears modern technology. The only other ghost to appear in this episode is Victorian gentleman Hubert Davenport (Michael Darbyshire), who is outraged by modern society in general. Harold Meaker (Edward Brayshaw), is the living human renting them the office space to perform their ghostly deeds.
A comedy that was sometimes over-the-top in it's acting, it has a special place in people's hearts, for thise who grew up in the 70's. In this episode, there is much play on Mumford humourously trying to play it straight in a train carriage, being theonly one looking normally dressed, talking and telling off 2 invisible ghosts, in front of bewildered passengers. Living people though, can actually see the ghosts, whenever they are visible on-screen. In later series, the cast of ghost expands, however, only Claypole stars in ever series, as Mumford (Jackson) opts out after the third series, and actor Michael Darbyshire dies in 1979.
The series had a short revival, after it was repeated in the mid-90's at the weekends.
One of the most fondly remembered Children's programming from the 1970's, was "Rentaghost". Here is the first ever episode of the shoow from 1976. Running from 1976 -1984, the show was about a recently deceased man by the name of Fred Mumford (Anthony Jackson) who runs a ghost agency and finds never-do-wells, like Timothy Claypole (Michael Staniforth), a medieval looking jester who claims he is a poltergeist (ghost that can move/throw objects), and fears modern technology. The only other ghost to appear in this episode is Victorian gentleman Hubert Davenport (Michael Darbyshire), who is outraged by modern society in general. Harold Meaker (Edward Brayshaw), is the living human renting them the office space to perform their ghostly deeds.
A comedy that was sometimes over-the-top in it's acting, it has a special place in people's hearts, for thise who grew up in the 70's. In this episode, there is much play on Mumford humourously trying to play it straight in a train carriage, being theonly one looking normally dressed, talking and telling off 2 invisible ghosts, in front of bewildered passengers. Living people though, can actually see the ghosts, whenever they are visible on-screen. In later series, the cast of ghost expands, however, only Claypole stars in ever series, as Mumford (Jackson) opts out after the third series, and actor Michael Darbyshire dies in 1979.
The series had a short revival, after it was repeated in the mid-90's at the weekends.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Basil Brush and Roy North Tell to be Wary of Inflatables...at the Beach!
Basil Brush and the Airbed (1976) - Public Information Film
Cue some bad jokes and a "jolly joust with the waves" from Roy North and 1970's children's TV megastar puppet at the time, Basil Brush. Not a great PIF, but a great pull towards the kiddies at the time. This short PIF, tells us not to go out with our inflatables (hmmm) into the sea when the wind and tide is looking dreadfully at ill ease. Some inane musings here, Roys mutters "I'll have a nice peaceful flirt on my hair bed"? The PIF's all done in one shot/scene, nothing much else to say...
Basil was a witty but mischievious fox glove puppet voiced by Ivan Owen throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's from his first appearance back in 1963. Owen modelled the voice on Terry-Thomas, a posh, eccentric english film comic actor of the 1950's mould. The character's peak was throughout the 1970's, starring in "The Basil Brush Show" for 12 years. As Brush's career fizzled out, along came the new children's puppet star Roland "Yeaaaaah" Rat. A quite successful revival of "The Basil Brush Show" returned in 2002, however, Ivan Owen died in 2000. He was taken over by the more voicework of Christopher Pizzey. I prefer the original voice, because the new one seems more toned down.
Roy North was the adult presenter accompanee to Brush in the same show from 1973-1977. He has also starred in West End theatre plays and Pantomines.
Cue some bad jokes and a "jolly joust with the waves" from Roy North and 1970's children's TV megastar puppet at the time, Basil Brush. Not a great PIF, but a great pull towards the kiddies at the time. This short PIF, tells us not to go out with our inflatables (hmmm) into the sea when the wind and tide is looking dreadfully at ill ease. Some inane musings here, Roys mutters "I'll have a nice peaceful flirt on my hair bed"? The PIF's all done in one shot/scene, nothing much else to say...
Basil was a witty but mischievious fox glove puppet voiced by Ivan Owen throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's from his first appearance back in 1963. Owen modelled the voice on Terry-Thomas, a posh, eccentric english film comic actor of the 1950's mould. The character's peak was throughout the 1970's, starring in "The Basil Brush Show" for 12 years. As Brush's career fizzled out, along came the new children's puppet star Roland "Yeaaaaah" Rat. A quite successful revival of "The Basil Brush Show" returned in 2002, however, Ivan Owen died in 2000. He was taken over by the more voicework of Christopher Pizzey. I prefer the original voice, because the new one seems more toned down.
Roy North was the adult presenter accompanee to Brush in the same show from 1973-1977. He has also starred in West End theatre plays and Pantomines.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Controversial Drama from the Seventies...
Bouquet Of Barbed Wire (1976)...short clip
Suggestive and disturbing 70's ITV drama here. There's a second short clip uploaded too. It's a family web of deceit, affair and possible incest. Father Peter Manson(Frank Finlay) is intensively jealous of his daughter Prue's boyfriend, whom he is obsessed by. Hence the steely stare of the father, to the boyfriend Gavin Sorenson(James Aubrey) at the window. Not an obvious saint himself, he perhaps has a right to be wary, as the boyfriend is bedding his disenchanted wife Cassie. So, all rather messy proceedings.
Based from the 1969 novel of the same name. A sequel was made a year later in 1977, entitled "Another Bouquet".
Suggestive and disturbing 70's ITV drama here. There's a second short clip uploaded too. It's a family web of deceit, affair and possible incest. Father Peter Manson(Frank Finlay) is intensively jealous of his daughter Prue's boyfriend, whom he is obsessed by. Hence the steely stare of the father, to the boyfriend Gavin Sorenson(James Aubrey) at the window. Not an obvious saint himself, he perhaps has a right to be wary, as the boyfriend is bedding his disenchanted wife Cassie. So, all rather messy proceedings.
Based from the 1969 novel of the same name. A sequel was made a year later in 1977, entitled "Another Bouquet".
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Pans People Say Goodbye..Am I Seeing What I am Seeing?
Pans People last dance TOTP 1976
Pans People go out in a blaze of glory, as they present their artistic musical interpretation of the song for the very last time. Are they wearing next to nothing with star glitter on their cajones, or is that craftily skin-coloured gear? This last group consists of Mary Corpe, Cherry Gillespie, Sue Menhenick,Ruth Pearson (the only remaining original member of Pan's People)
and Lee Ward. The group were still in demand despite being dumped by TOTP.
Pans People go out in a blaze of glory, as they present their artistic musical interpretation of the song for the very last time. Are they wearing next to nothing with star glitter on their cajones, or is that craftily skin-coloured gear? This last group consists of Mary Corpe, Cherry Gillespie, Sue Menhenick,Ruth Pearson (the only remaining original member of Pan's People)
and Lee Ward. The group were still in demand despite being dumped by TOTP.
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