Wombles part two
In which I contradict Humpty and all the other Wombles haters, and say that the Wombles were lovely.

However, on the subject of 1970s children's television that put the fear of god into you, my own particular shudder-inducing nightmare was a programme called the Animal Quackers. The premise of which was a bunch of animals (oh, alright, blokes dressed up as animals) would play (oh, alright, mime the act of playing) musical instruments. At the end of the show they would then be converted into cartoon form and disappear up a pole and bugger off.

Freaked me out big time, particularly the one dressed up as a big BLUE lion, and had a disproportionately large head.

Am I alone in remembering this? Or have the rest of you managed to suppress the memory, and I've just triggered nightmares for anyone living in the UK over the age of 35?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 14 Apr 2008, 14:57, 7 replies)

I remember it....
Well now you have brought it back out of my repressed memory, I DO!!!!!
( girlinthehole, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 14:59, closed)

Nope
Don't remember that at all.

I remember Animal Magic with Johnny Morris - they should bring that back, but not him because he's dead and then it would be Animal Magic Zombies.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 15:03, closed)

May have seen a rerun somewhere....
...but it has made me remember the Dooby Duck Truck which was animal/ instruments related, but with puppets. Very, very bad puppets with no attempt to hide the strings.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 15:05, closed)

*grins*
I'm so glad I'm nicely below the age of 35.
This sounds pretty fucking odd.
( Cawl, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 15:05, closed)

BGB
I'm glad I'm not alone. For years people would give me funny looks when I tried to describe it.

We could form our own Animal Quackers self help group.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 14 Apr 2008, 15:05, closed)

That was a bit freaky
*inadvertently gives away age*

so odd, some of the crap we watched. And only three channels as well!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Mon 14 Apr 2008, 15:13, closed)

Much of 1970s kids telly was ace.
But this was just beyond freaky. I think it was because the masks worn by the actors were completely immobile, and they'd be there on screen talking but without moving their mouths.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 14 Apr 2008, 15:20, closed)