Supergran was shit.
Monkey, on the other hand... we got a burned copy of the whole series just before Christmas. Unfortunately our DVD player is playing up a bit at the moment so haven't been able to watch it as the disks keep sticking. I must rectify this when I get my redundancy.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:32, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

That the one with the guy with the stick?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:34, Reply)

Erm, yes, sort of.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:36, Reply)

and the cloud?
Magic growing stick (which sounds dirty)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:37, Reply)

Yes.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:38, Reply)

*is tempted to just keep asking random questions*

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:39, Reply)

Why?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:41, Reply)

because I miss you?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:46, Reply)

Because it's just an echo from your ladyparts?

(Bazongaloid, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:47, Reply)

Aw, bless you.
Nevermind, Al kept the sofa warm for you at the weekend.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:50, Reply)

I never did
It was your mrs that was farting, I didn't fart at all until I got back into the car, I was a model guest.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:54, Reply)

You were.
You played with the dog and ate all your food and brought us wine. You can visit again.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:59, Reply)

Woooo!
I'm going to hold you to that.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 18:02, Reply)

It's a mythologised telling
of how Buddhism got from India to China - and also a kind of Eastern Pilgrim's Progress. The things that the characters learn on their journey are more important than the mission itself (to bring sacred scrolls to China). At the end of the book (it's a C15th novel by Cheng'en Wu) they open the scrolls and find they are blank.

WOOO. BUDDHIST OR WHAT, DUDE?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:41, Reply)

Don't bother with episodes after about no.20
They changed the Pigsy actor to a much shitter fellow - you could tell their hearts weren't in it by then. Best episode is the first one.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:38, Reply)

It just brings back warm memories of Friday nights on BBC2.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:39, Reply)

...and the crushing disappointment
when you realised it was Tales of The Water Margin and not Monkey that was on.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:42, Reply)

I never fell into that trap
because I could read and would consult the TV listings in a bid to avoid being terribly upset that Monkey wasn't on.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:43, Reply)

But you would have got to watch Crackerjack
And there was still one of

The Sweeney
The Gentle Touch
CATS Eyes

or Dempsey and Makepeace to look forward to.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:44, Reply)

Man I love The Sweeney,
A mate of mine got hold of the incidental music on vinyl, the record is called 'Gotcha!' and is sho'nuff fonky.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:45, Reply)

The closing theme to The Sweeney is one of the most depressing bits of music ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fspz4PTEpy0
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:47, Reply)

That mournful oboe.
More distressing than than the closing theme to The Incredible Hulk, even.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:48, Reply)

You can add the closing theme to
Prisoner Cell Block H to the list as well.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:51, Reply)

The Prisoner was good

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:52, Reply)

you are right about this
I was quite obsessed by it when I was about 16
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:59, Reply)

It was fucking brilliant.
As were The Persuaders and The Saint.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 18:05, Reply)

Nothing is more distressing than 'The Lonely Man' (as the closing theme to the Hulk was called).
Apart from James Blunt shoehorning it into the introductory bars of his seminal pop hit 'You're Beautiful'.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:52, Reply)

One of my father's finest hours
was when he denounced Stu Francis to be 'a simpering berk'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:51, Reply)

Oooh. I could rip a tissue.
You're right though. The bloke was (and probably remains) a cock.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 17:52, Reply)