Comments on: Childhood Horrors

By: harry b

harry b — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:59:33 +0000

Pogle’s Wood. That reveals my age—its my first TV memory. Apparently the witch in it was so terrifiying that Oliver Postgate had to drop her.

By: Backword Dave

Backword Dave — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:59:01 +0000

Re 2: can I be the first to say, ‘Feck!’?

By: mollymooly

mollymooly — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:56:45 +0000

My favourite line from WW:
O’Brien: “Don’t panic! The first thing to do is, don’t panic!”
Space mice [in unison as ever]: “That’s not the first thing to do: that’s the first thing not to do!”
Children’s TV too rarely panders to the pedant’s love of logic.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:08 +0000

I loved the documentary on vol 1 about all the Lambert children doing the puppets for the show. Being a large faily, they were always arguing and often weren’t talking to eaxch other except through Mr Crow and the Squirrels.
I saw the Wagon itself at Connolly Barracks a few years ago, and it was a bit sad, because intrinsic to the appeal of the Wanderleys was the indoor set, and that, of course, was not part of the Wagon. It was always cosy and warm and crowded and full of life and magic and chat…sniffle. No, no, I’m okay…just something in my eye…

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:48 +0000

This is just another ploy to make readers reveal their age isn’t it? Go go Danger Mouse, where the heroes are stupid and the villains are stupider!

By: Nick Caldwell

Nick Caldwell — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:42 +0000

Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of the writers and performers on Wanderly Wagon, Frank Kelly, became better known as Father Jack Hackett in Father Ted.

By: René Daumal

René Daumal — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:46:10 +0000

It is hard, as an adult, not to develop the suspicion that the writers for these shows have more fun than anybody. How many of these jokes are only for the kids? Jokes about BBC syndication?