BS: part II Forgotten TV series

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: SharonA
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 10:56 AM

P.S. – Now, here's a memory for ya: "Fireball XL5" (marionettes in space)!!!! A quote from fiddlersgreen.net: "For the 1962-63 TV season, NBC picked up a show from the UK for its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. 'Fireball XL5' was produced by Gerry Anderson, who would go on to create 'Thunderbirds', 'Stingray', and 'Captain Scarlet'. But this was his second show to be produced and the first to be picked up in the USA. XL5 featured, as did most of Anderson's work, marionettes or as they called it, 'Supermarionation.' "

See pictures, synopsis, character list and episode descriptions here: http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/trekker/fireball.html

To hear music from the series, click on this link (beware: music plays automatically when the page appears!):http://www.zip.com.au/~raoul/fireball.htm

More XL5 images (black-and-white): http://www.chuckfoster.com/xl5/

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: SharonA
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 10:19 AM

Mark Cohen and Ranger Steve: I remember "Clutch Cargo", mainly because the lips did look so creepy! It wouldn't have been so bad if the people who were filmed reading the lines had kept as stock-still as the cartoons, but as it was, the effect was of the lips floating around on the faces! It sure made an impression on this impressionable young mind! Check out the "Clutch Cargo Story" here: http://members.aol.com/PaulEC1/clutchstory.html

Mark, you are correct; Courageous Cat's sidekick was Minute Mouse. The music for the cartoon was quite similar in style to that used for the live-action Batman series starring Adam West.

I feel compelled to clarify your cartoon-character list, though. Foghorn Leghorn was a Warner Brothers creation, along with Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Elmer and Taz); however, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and Quick Draw McGraw were products of the Hanna-Barbera team. Other Hanna-Barbera characters from that particular era included Yakkee Doodle (a tiny duck), Pixie and Dixie (with Mr. Jinks – "I hate meeces to pieces!"), Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber, Wally Gator, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, along with half-hour shows like the Flintstones, the Jetsons and my personal fave, Top Cat. There are lots more Hanna-Barbera characters and memories here: http://members.aol.com/PaulEC1/HBindex.html

Trevor: What young girl wasn't in love with Ilya Kuryakin? I know I was!!

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: RangerSteve
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 06:20 AM

Mark Cohen - Clutch Cargo's lips were real. They animators filmed real people speaking the lines and then super-imposed the filmed lips over the cartoon characters faces. They did the same thing with a 'toon called Space Angel. The whole thing looked fairly creepy, which is why it never caught on.

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Teribus
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 05:11 AM

Another two that I forgot to mention above was a series called "Moonstrike". That was about the pilots of Special Operations Squadron, flying agents into and out of France during WWII. The second was called "Wings" all about the early days of the Royal Flying Corps during WWI.

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Teribus
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 05:07 AM

From the first part some questioned if Robison Crusoe was French - Robison Crusoe - Daniel Defoe - Alexander Selkirk - all Scots.

The series I'd like to see again was called "Spycatcher", the wartime cases of Major Pinto. Probably can't be repeated as it was shown in the days when not everything was taped and stored. It was a fascinating programme that was set round interviews with people coming into Britain from neutral countries. Pinto would interview them to determine whether their stories were genuine or not - the debrief at the end of each episode used to be terrific.

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 04:49 AM

Of course I remember Snagglepuss...and Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear and Quick Draw McGraw and Foghorn Leghorn and all the Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies characters that have had such a renaissance in the past decade (Bugs and Daffy and Elmer and Porky et al). You know, I still don't understand how "Taz" has become such a superstar. I remember his debut: he arrived in a box labeled "CAUTION: Tasmanian Devil", and I seem to recall that the first thing he did when he was let out was to eat the box. By the way, way back somebody mentioned Courageous Cat. I think his sidekick was Minute Mouse, not Motor Mouse. But I could be wrong. And does anybody remember that old stoneface, Clutch Cargo? It was such low-budget animation that only his lips moved when he spoke...and not very much!

This sure is a lot more fun than working!

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: GUEST,micca at work
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 04:38 AM

Steve Parkes, Yes she was a Brummie, but the show she appeared on was NOT Juke Box Jury but "Thank Your Lucky Stars" (they didnt give scores on JBJ but did on TYLS)on ITV I think, JBJ was on the BBC,
Anyone remeber Snagglepuss, the ham actor lion " Exit, stage left, Yukkin all the way"? or " Ah 'tis Spring again and a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of this and that, THOSE even"

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Trevor
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 04:23 AM

The Danger Man agent's name was John Drake. It was scheduled at the same time as 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'. Many fights with my sister, who was in love with Ilya Kuryakin.

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 04:11 AM

Refresh (to put it above part 1)

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 03:54 AM

"Girl from up north"? How dare you, Dagenham Doc! She was a Brummie, Janice Nicholls.

Melani, He was billed in Circus Boy as Mickey Braddock, since an hispanic name would have been non-pc in the climate of the time; sounds utterly barmy to us Brits!

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Melani
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 01:04 AM

Spin and Marty, and all the other Mickey Mouse Club serials.

Also, I had forgotten The Golden Hind. There was one great scene where Queen Elizabeth was invited to dinner aboard after some adventure, and they showed her how to knock the hardtack on the table to get the weevils out.

Adventures in Paradise. Ever wonder how such a small boat could have such an enormous interior?

Jacob: MICKEY DOLENZ was Circus Boy???!!

Subject: RE: BS: part II Forgotten TV series
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 12:48 AM

Part the First

(Mary, see that thread for a quickie clickie course.)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: part II Forgotten TV series
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 26 Apr 02 - 12:09 AM

Here is part 1. http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46912& messages=127

I know there is a way to make it click. Can someone please explain that again. mg