Best TV show ever was 'Monkey!', if you ask me

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:54, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

too fucking right
are you sure you're not me, but from the future a bit?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:55, Reply)

I am, yes
Don't forget to wind your watch.

69, dude etc
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

They done a stage adaptation of that a few years back
the wife and kids went to see it and said it was fantastic.

The playground 'kung-fu' that it inspired was legendary
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:56, Reply)

It was good
But you're forgetting The Adventure Game.
And Moonlighting.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:56, Reply)

I pulled someone by singing the theme tune to monkey at her once...
I miss uni.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:56, Reply)

I DJed in The Griffin in Shoreditch a month or two back
I played the theme tune as my last record - and as one voice the entire place sang along. It was hilarious/fucking weird.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:58, Reply)

born from an egg on a mountain top...

(PsychoChomp, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:02, Reply)

I have the LP
on BBC records - it took literally years to locate. All I need now is the Grange Hill theme on 45 and I can finally die happy.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:03, Reply)

I have the Grange Hill album from the 80s
it has Just Say No, but no theme
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:05, Reply)

I've seen that one and nearly got it in error before
The actual tune is called 'Chicken Man' by Alan Hawkshaw, a chap who also did loads of other theme tunes. Not-at-all-interestingly, the tune was also the theme tune for the first series of Give Us A Clue.

Also, under the name of the Mohawks, he recorded 'The Champ' - a genius Hammond-driven funk number beloved by the hip hop community. It's one of my favourite tracks ever:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWIggaXycQ
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:08, Reply)

I knows that about give us a clue.
I remember pointing it out to my dad, and he was all "Oh...yeeeeeah! Why didn't I notice!" and i was proud of myself.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:10, Reply)

Or you could use an mp3 which is better quality and more available.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:06, Reply)

I collect records.
I don't want the record because I can't remember how the tune goes. I want it for my record collection.

Do you understand?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:12, Reply)

Yeah, I'm just trying to get you to go on and on and on about how vinyl is superiour.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:16, Reply)

you're a big meanie

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:23, Reply)

You evidently haven't heard a half decent vinyl set up,
the difference is immediately obvious. Plus vinyl has a lovely tactile feel and can have the most excellent artwork/sleeve designs. Infinitely more rewarding that a shitty cd. Cd's have their place, absolutely, but the information on them is effectively worthless as it can be downloaded from the net. Ye canny download a double gatefold album, pressed on marbled vinyl, thats a fact.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:24, Reply)

My housemate's a vinyl bore
we've got hugely expensive set up in my living room. I can't tell the difference.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:31, Reply)

have you considered that you are defective?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:33, Reply)

i like vinyl

( broadsword, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:50, Reply)

I only said it once
Althegeordie went off on one because I said I liked the sound of them and I like having the things as historical artifacts. I like the covers etc.


EDIT However I am superior to you, in that I can spell 'superior'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:25, Reply)

it's a great song
and not just for novelty value
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:09, Reply)

FACT

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:14, Reply)

You're Miss Uni
Bloody hell, I thought you were a bloke with a willy and everything.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

musical or otherwise

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:02, Reply)

*plays the willeh banjoooo*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:04, Reply)

Duelling Banjos from Deliverance?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:05, Reply)

Dude, that's gay

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:07, Reply)

It's like an Appalachian version of 'playing firemen'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:15, Reply)

V
That was my favourite ever.

It was a mini-series though so I'm not sure if it counts.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

Oh my god
you can still find the occasional red 'V' spray-painted round by my Nana's.
Our estate got demolished so we have none left.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:59, Reply)

James Clavell's Shogun
was the best mini-series ever, to my mind. Boy did I love that.

And, fact fans, the actor who played Pigsy in the later episodes of Monkey is also in it playing a daimyo.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

no, because my batchit aunty loved it
and I always had to watch it when she babysat.
And she ate food really loud and nyompy.
And I reckon she'd get on with your babymama.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:06, Reply)

ooooh, that's bad.
Very bad.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:17, Reply)

The original two V miniseries were great
the series that followed it shortly after was an unmitigated pile of monkey wank.

Be interested to see the remake though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:20, Reply)