Bah
On Sunday night my eldest son told me that the news mentioned Mark Speight had died. My son can be a little emotional at times and as Mark was on one of his favourite shows I thought he may be a little upset.

Instead my son just shrugged and said that he thought they'd give Marks old job to Mr Maker* before wandering off to play on Mario.


*Similar TV arty bloke for you non kids TV forum members
(mon bison powered by magnets, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:29, 6 replies)

Boom Tish!
Following the discovery of Mark Speight's body, police say they are looking at the bigger picture of his death, sent in by Amy, 11, from Reading.

Sorry....
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:30, closed)

I was Gutted when i heard about that :(
i liked smart
(biggiantmat, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:32, closed)

I liked Smart too
but I always thought of Mark as the poor man's Neil Buchanan.
( Ramsay Tupper, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:44, closed)

/sigh
sad day for tv artists everywhere... although I preferred Bitsa to SMart...
( pixxelated mocks you with their monkey pants on, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:59, closed)

Have to agree with Ramsay Tupper
Mark Speight was a poor mans Neil Buchanan, kind of like what Neil would be like if he had some sort of ADHD (At least thats what Speight was like in the SMart and SMarteenies episodes I had to watch when my sprog was addicted to it).

If you thought Mark was bad then you should see Mr Maker he's terrible (My daughter loves him, while I sit in the background muttering about how bad kids TV is these days)
(mon bison powered by magnets, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 13:14, closed)

kids tv has gone to pot
what happened to the greats like huxley pig
(The Ear-Trumpet Addicting is NOT a word., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:00, closed)