Did any one else see this?
I thought it was brilliant. Just shows how sanitised childrens TV has become over the last 25 years.
And Sally James? I still would.
Really enjoyed the programme but it was a bit light on old clips
There aren't many old shows in the archives, just a handful I think, though I reckon they unearthed quite a lot for the show - they have previously talked a lot about the rabbit boy for instance but haven't shown it until now.
The thing that amazed me was that no children died during the making of the (original) show what with all that water flying round and pyrotechnics going off at random intervals.
As for sanitised - Dick & Dom was possibly even more anarchic, risky and improvised.
As for sanitised - Dick & Dom was possibly even more anarchic, risky and improvised.
But they're both very much up their own arses and really come across like they think they're fucking hilarious, whereas everyone on Tiswas was just genuinely being daft and having a laugh. I've always found Dick & Dom to be *completely* unwatchable.
So I take it, judging by the tumble weeds in this thread, that only three people other than me saw it?
God I love this board.
Well, I meant to watch it. But didn't.
That doesn't really help you much, does it...
"I've always found Dick & Dom to be *completely* unwatchable."
It's not for everyone, and not aimed at the likes of us...though I did think it was hilarious, though I tend to like anything that slips through the net of normal television. One thing I like is the fact that it mostly held out defiantly against the usual diet of slutty pop stars and keeping it entirely about fun, especially when people complain that kids aren't allowed to have their childhood any more.
The supporting case were immensely funny, especially the inimitable Melvin O'Doom, though one of the things that made the show so much better than when the duo appear on other shows is: the kids.
Link: Stoke-On-Trent
I'm sorry I missed that show - Tiswas was essential viewing for me as a kid - and a huge breath of fresh air compared to the very grey and brown (Multi-Coloured) Swap Shop. It'd be interesting to actually see some clips and compare my memory of it.
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I don't like Dick & Dom either - but then I'm in my 30s now, so probably I'm not supposed to.
I was reared on the more sensible middle class Swap Shop. Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin etc. I never watched tiswas.
It was a bad influence for me to watch all those custard pies being thrown around. I may have tried it myself on someone.
And all that green coloured slop that was often emptied on someone form above.
There was a swap shop reunited recently and it was rubbish.
Watched.
Was hoping for more than the back-slapping exercise that we got.
Really rather painful - except when they showed clips to show how good it was.
And why 10 second clips? Why not the whole sketch? The Real Trevor McDonut deserved more than just the start being shown.
And where was Cough The Cat?
Yeah, there's not too many shows left on tape but there's enough for that DVD and video that were produced.
The big suprise of the night was modern day Lenny Henry actually being funny. His David Bellamy is SO much funnier than anything he's done in the last 20 years imo.
"Wabbits wogering wampantly" indeed.
I watched both the Swap Shop and Tiswas shows and personally thought they were both excellent - they did actually manage to convey the fun and live feeling of the original shows, Chris Tarrant was actually funny again and it made me want to see him and ms James back together doing something else (no jokes please). Like a few years ago they bought Val Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves back together and you could just tell the warmth and chemistry was still there. It's not easy on TV to get the kind of fun, live feeling you got on some of these shows, if it's not right you end up with Noels' House Party.
As for back-slapping, well it's kind of inevitable since that is what the shows were about. I wasn't sure though why they didn't really credit John Gorman on the Tiswas reunion even though he was there doing characters, perhaps he was coy about not being as famous.
"I wasn't sure though why they didn't really credit John Gorman on the Tiswas reunion even though he was there doing characters, perhaps he was coy about not being as famous"
Isn't he a mayor or bigwig somewhere now?
I thought Ant & Dec were good Saturday morning TV, expecially because Ant always seemed to be really trying to beat the small children in the quiz.
Yeah, I always loved the whole SM:TV package. The sketches were usually good, and CD:UK once gave us the spectacle of Brian Molko arguing with some guy out of Blue.
No, I don't think it was John Gorman, I think it was Peter Tomlinson who has some civic role. There was a news item about it a couple of weeks ago.
- Steve
Ant & Dec had the golden formular with SMTV: When it was under-rehearsed and the jokes were very bad (such sketches as 'Ant & Duck' and 'All Hands On Dec') it was still funny - funnier in fact. It's hard to capture that on TV and when it happens it happens naturally. They failed to recapture it on any of the Saturday Night shows they did, much as they tried - the jokes and scripts are still lame but make you cringe instead and the actual items don't have anything to do with them. Oddly enough, when they were put in a family viewing slot instead of kids' tv it suddenly felt dumbed-down.
The thing ITV could do with them is to put them on Fantasy Football League (if Badiel & Skinner will let them), or something similar so they can be themselves more, though I guess they're making too much money where they are.
I adored Tiswas and thought the reunited prog was one of the funniest thing I've seen in years. I put a request into Demonoid for a torrent but with no success. Don't suppose anyone here has a spare DVD/CD/video?
Chris
I watched the Tiswas reunion and found that it had the same anarchic fun that it had all those years ago.
I put a request into Demonoid for a torrent but with no success It's been posted to usenet,and is also out on DVD on Monday.
Link: Tiswas Reunited at Play.com