And yes, I reaaalllyyy want to see the entire series! This one's for @awnaves 😉
"Originally released in 1967 as a weekly comic book called “Candy”, the bizarre domestic set up of two life-sized mannequin children and their “parents” — a pair of humanoid pandas — was dreamed up by renowned production studio Century 21, founded by British TV producer and film director Gerry Anderson."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/style/candy-andy-bearandas-book/index.html
Is @FrankCannon familiar with this? Maybe @BillyBones ?
@see_the_sus 🙀 Wow, no! I know all of the other shows & things mentioned and loved them at the time. Weirdly, seeing those stills makes me feel that this really could have worked back then, and as kids we wouldn't have found it *that* horrific!
Since we're alike in many ways, I wonder whether @FrankCannon agrees with my initial thought that this looks like it would have worked as a cross between Joe 90 & Rupert Bear (one of my fave puppet progs as a kid) 🤔
Watched a smidge of Rupert and I wanna know who the blue critter is!
@see_the_sus That's Raggety! He's a grumpy wood-troll made of sticks 😁
@see_the_sus And a side note. When I was 4 years old I used my birthday money to buy my first two 45's. One was the theme from Rupert The Bear. The other was The Six Teens by Sweet. A foretelling of the rest of my life, really 😝
Four years old?!? And birthday money at that age? Damn, I'd have liked to have your childhood!
I can't remember exactly how old I was when I bought my first album but it definitely wouldn't have been for several more years. I think it might have been Andy Gibb's Shadow Dancing, which I still have, and if so then it was '78 and I'd have been eight.
@see_the_sus I know I had *some* birthday money, but honestly it was probably a case of me begging for those two records and my parents telling me I had enough money for them 😆
Plus, I think singles were 45p each in 1974, which will have been the equivalent of less than a dollar at that time 👍
As for yours, that's very impressive and it's fantastic that you've still got it! I'm fairly sure @ShazzaRazza had the same album. I know she was quite the Andy Gibb fan too 💜
@BillyBones @see_the_sus @ShazzaRazza @FrankCannon
I inherited a lot of records/vinyl and 8 track tapes from my sisters. The youngest of them is still 7 years older than me. The first record I bought for myself was Funkytown. LOL
@awnaves My daughter has all my old vinyl.Some real rarities in there too.I think my first 45 was Spirit In The Sky if I remember right,secondhand. @BillyBones @see_the_sus @ShazzaRazza
@FrankCannon @awnaves @BillyBones @see_the_sus @ShazzaRazza
Well, now I know what I'll be humming for the rest of the day. Could be a LOT worse though. 😉 🎶
@ellesu Stuck in my head now too.😂
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I was devastated when he died. I was watching morning news before heading to school, (I was a senior in high school), when the announcement was made. 😢
I was devastated when he died. I was watching morning news before heading to school, (I was a senior in high school), when the announcement was made. 😢
@BillyBones @see_the_sus @FrankCannon @awnaves
My first 45 was Johnny Rivers’ Seventh Son. I could never just sit and listen to it- I Had to DANCE! My bedroom was upstairs right over my parent’s bedroom. My father took me to the record store to find a new record I could “ listen” to quietly. I don’t even remember what it was.
Had to go look that up on YouTube because I've never heard of him. I can see why you had to dance. LOL
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JOHNNY RIVERS! Oh, baby, oh!
😎 I say that now…. But the young girl with her first 45rpm record just thought he was really coool and made her dance like a maniac.
I was also a dedicated Elvis girl because he was also really cooool and made my heart beat faster.
My friends went Beatle crazy- they’d put a record on, and just SCREAM and pull their hair! Boring, right. I left a sleepover bc I wouldn’t make out with Paul on the album cover
@BillyBones A friend of my brother was still getting the Rupert annual well into adulthood.😂 @see_the_sus @awnaves
@see_the_sus Thankfully no.Even a glimpse of that as a kid would still be seeing me in therapy. @awnaves @BillyBones
@see_the_sus OMG! I think I could turn this into a horror story. Haha