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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:57 am
by kenposurf
Whirlebirds..wow! How about Sea Hunt and Jerald Mc Boing Boing...
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:34 am
by rickenbrother
Officer Joe Bolton used to host the Three Stooges shows and Capt Jack McCarthy hosted The Little Rascals shows. You guys are bringing me back to the '60's with all this stuff. I almost for got about Diver Dan!
Anyone remember Planet Patrol or Stingray?
Or how about Chuck McCann dressed up as Dondi or Little Orpan Annie while reading their comic strip of the day?
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:05 pm
by johnallg
Does anybody else remember West Point in the 50s?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048913/
How about Tales Of Texas Rangers?
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:32 pm
by firstbassman
Just remembered two more - Jon Gnagy (sp?) teaching people how to draw and Claude Kirshner.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:58 pm
by longboard_ric
Hi Mark!!!
I can recall watching Whirleybirds as a kid.
Its easy to pick a chopper pilot, dark sunnies and a peaked cap.
TV did not start broadcasting in Australia until October 1956, just prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games. So,much of what was screened on early Aussie TV was US and UK sourced. Looking at the TV guide today actually, not much has changed.
Do you recall an Australian series made in the early sixties called Whiplash, starring Peter Graves (Mission Impossible)?
Have a read of this, some interesting names pop up.
http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/whiplash.htm
John, we also got the Texas Rangers;I can still sing the theme song. Others I can recall are The Cisco Kid, Hopalong Cassidy, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and who could forget Casey Jones "steamin and a rollin Casey Jones you'll never ....." sorry about that !!!!
Basically if you saw we saw it as well.
Ah the memories..........
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:07 pm
by johnallg
Shane, I still remember the TOTR opening where the head ranger starts down the street then two at a time keep coming in (1 each side) to join him until all are abreast walking down to meet the bad guys. Ahhh, Saturday morning tv. TOTR, Sky King, Roy and Dale.... I used to dress in all black - shirt had the white rope piping trim, jeans, hat, and a black two gun holster. I believe the arm of the couch was my hoss.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:17 pm
by charlyg
I ate Beanie Wienies 'cause there was a cowboy on the can!
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:37 pm
by rickenbrother
Space Patrol from the UK, know as Planet Patrol in the US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNa_YUPXes
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:45 pm
by brammy
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:43 am
by firstbassman
My post from last night is gone. ?
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:48 am
by firstbassman
Oh well, let's see...
No sorry I don't remember Whiplash. (I did watch The Rifleman though.)
By coincidence (or not) Peter Graves also played the father in Fury.
Here is a clip of Jon Gnagy, btw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqFg03q2E4
I can't remember what else I wrote about last night but there was some other stuff.
Oh, I remember...
Yes, I watched Space Patrol too. And there was another marionette show. I think it was called Super Car.
Also watched The Lone Ranger.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:16 pm
by johnallg
Ahhh, The Lone Ranger - another in my Saturday morning watching habit, along with the others I mentioned. HOW could I have forgotten Kimo Sabe and Tonto!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:05 pm
by rickenbrother
Another marionette show that I watched when I was a kid, "Stingray"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGQ07PFwDeE
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:47 am
by firstbassman
Ah yes, Stingray.
All those shows were done by the same person:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/thunderbirds/page1.shtml
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:06 pm
by britye
