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  1. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    Anyone remember Big John Little John? From what I can vaguely remember, it was about a bloke who drank from a "fountain of youth" and for some reason every now and again he would turn back into a kid and then back into his normal self
     
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  2. Jack Ford

    Jack Ford Well-Known Member

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    Torchy

    Tales of the Riverbank

    Sarah and Hoppity

    Bill and Ben

    Branded (Chuck Connors iirc)

    Flintstones
     
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  3. Ron

    Ron Well-Known Member
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    A couple that I can't see mentioned above:
    Popeye
    Wyatt Earp
     
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  4. Neil

    Neil Well-Known Member

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    Time Tunnel
    Land of the Giants
    Casey Jones
    The Invaders (maybe not strictly a kids program)
    Survivers ? (might not be the right name, it was about some global pandemic :))
     
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  5. Gordon Armstrong

    Gordon Armstrong Just another S.A.F.C. fan
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    I forgot about 'Land of The Giants' . . . . and 'Lost in Space' which we used to watch :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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  6. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    I remember an American tv detective programme
    Tightrope
    I was allowed to stay up late to watch
     
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  7. gelders pie

    gelders pie Well-Known Member

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    I would still watch it now just to see Colonel Deering.
     
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  8. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    My friend flicker
    Twizzle
     
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  9. Sunderpitt

    Sunderpitt Well-Known Member

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    Torchy the battery boy?
     
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  10. Oliver's Army

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    Dungeons and Dragons
    Nightmare
    Gamesmaster
    Thundercats
    Krypton Factor
     
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  11. FellTop

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    Talking of scary kids tele. What about Animal Quackers. That massive blue thing. What made anyone think bairns would like that?
     
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    Department S
    Marine Boy
    Benny Hill
    The Sweeney
    Captain Pugwash
    Old Grey Whistle Test
    The Flashing Blade
    Banana Splits (o-oh Jungo!)
    The Tube
    Petrocelli
    Mary, Mungo and Midge
    Rock Goes to College
    F Troop
     
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    Mork and Mindy - had the hots for Pam Dawber
    Happy Days
    The Manageress
    The Banana Splits

    Many have already been mentioned
     
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  14. Somebodys pinched my sombrero

    Somebodys pinched my sombrero Well-Known Member

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    Jesus wept, there’s some coffin dodgers on here!
    Some of you are two days older than seaweed.
     
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    Somebodys pinched my sombrero, Apr 12, 2022
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  15. Gordon Armstrong

    Gordon Armstrong Just another S.A.F.C. fan
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    You didn't have a telly, did you, Hatty <laugh>
     
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  16. rooch 3

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    Anybody mention The Huckleberry hound show, mystery and imagination ( s hit myself when that dismembered hand climbed off the fire and walked across the floor)
    the invisible man.
     
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  17. Somebodys pinched my sombrero

    Somebodys pinched my sombrero Well-Known Member

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    Used to have to stand outside Radio Rentals.
     
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  18. rooch 3

    rooch 3 Well-Known Member

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    And that was just to listen to a radio.<laugh>
     
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    Was he the light weight wrestler with the striped shorts?
     
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  20. rooch 3

    rooch 3 Well-Known Member

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    Aye, I reckon he was a farmer.
     
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