Back to the Past

So, for the last however long it's been since I posted, I've be reminiscing on YouTube. I'm not quite sure which video I started with but I've been watching a load of programs I used to watch as a child. I'm sure these old educational programs that got me hooked are half the reason I love science and learning so much.

Oh, there are so many programs I used to love as a kid and every single one of them was educational in some way. What is sort of odd is the fact that as a preschooler, I vividly remember thinking the Teletubbies was boring however all these schools programs kept me captivated.

According to my Mum, I used to love watching Sesame Street. However, unlike some of the other programs I watched, I can't really remember much about it despite Sesame Street being one of the most iconic programs of the 90s. However, there was this one episode where I remember one of the characters (I wish I could remember which) was dividing up a shoelace sweet between him and another character however every cut made the half a little too short and this kept going until he had eaten all the cut off bits and there was so little left he finished up the whole thing! For a while I really wanted this to be the way to share up food! I also used to love Big Bird. I mentioned Big Bird in a joke the other day and my sister totally didn't get it. It seems she didn't watch as much Sesame Street as I did. Oh the difference 5 years can make.

There was another show which I love for three reasons: the cats, the theme song, and the dopey male character who was after the cats half the time. I found an episode on YouTube as well!! I used to love watching Cats Eyes. It followed a fairly similar format to Come Outside (which more people seem to have heard of and I think there are still early morning reruns) if I remember correctly and re-watching half an episode now, I'd forgotten how much I loved the cats' accents! Particularly the ginger one... yup, even when I was still in single figures, I still loved accents.

However, I think the program that sparked my love of maths was Megamaths. I almost thought I had imagined this program or it was part of a different program however I came across this rather shakey video and I think I even remember this exact episode.I used to love how the "Royal" cards were so bad at maths but the number cards were so good and I always wanted to be one of the kids playing those maths-y games. Oh the days before everything had to be animated. I also used to love the guy at the very beginning and in the games. The joker I believe? I'd love to know who he was played by because I'm sure I recognise him from something else... Then again, I may be wrong... Oh! and the funny hand puppet gargoyle things! Ah, I really enjoyed this show.

Oh, and Hotch Potch House. The cutest program from my childhood. Woolie had a fantastic hat and Nana had wonderful hair and I wouldn't be surprised if the wonderful collage house at the beginning had a hand in my obsession with keeping and sticking together lots of loo rolls and bits of cardboard. I also distinctly remember learning "The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hooray, the sun has got his hat on and I'm coming out to play" from Hotch Potch House. Ah, and the "I'm a Clown" songs from this episode. I'm sure I remember that! There seems to be a lot more Hotch Potch House videos up on YouTube than a lot of my other favourites so I could easily trawl through them for a lot longer.... Oh! I'd forgotten about the singing vegetables!! The lone onion in sunglasses... and all the different numbers of vegetables for each of the numbers.

The Magic Roundabout I remember as a child didn't have Doogle. My magic roundabout was one of the stops on the Playbus. I so badly wanted to be on Playdays when I was younger I even remember having a dream about being in the big blue bus and being on the show but alas, that dream never came true. However, the song from the roundabout stop has stuck in my head even until today. Although I had forgotten how much longer the song was beyond this "chorus" bit.

"Roll up and Ride on Rosie,

the magical, musical, merry go round"

Ah, Space Ark. I have to admit, not one of my favourites but I still used to love watching it. Luka is so sweet and always gets send down to earth to investigate! "On my way". Also, at the beginning in the title bit, I'm sure it looks like a toclafane. Russel T. Davies, I'm onto you!

Another program I'd practically forgotten about is Fourways Farm. In my head, the book Animal Farm is very much like this and I think that's part of the reason I don't want to read the book. I don't want to ruin my little, rather naive picture of the book in my head. Although those rats were really creepy.

So in conclusion... I miss childhood TV... I guess, in part, that's why I like the new My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic. Yup, I'm part of 'that group'. A lot of the new things on TV for kids these days, as far as I'm aware, just aren't quite the same. Ruining Postman Pat, making too many things animated, oh how I miss the simplicity of my childhood TV....

Live long and keep posting =]

STATS

"First 12 for '12" Status: 12 down.... I may have scraped an early morning victory....

Latest film/TV watched: Fourways Farm... ahh, the memories...

Latest music listened to: Fourways Farm theme tune :)

Latest edible item eaten/drunk: A glass of milk

Predominant colour of current clothing: Grey mainly with bits of blue. Yup, I have exciting pyjamas...

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