2pints-mate 0 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I'm getting myself drunk now but just before I was watching one of these tv channels that recycles old tv programmes. One was 3-2-1 a quiz show with Mr Smarm Ted Rodgers (?). Special guests Tom O'Connor and Barbara Dickson with some scary hair. Magic it was. Watching some of these things that I used to watch with the family when I was a teenager, brought back some a lot of memories. Mostly good I think. Anyway time to go out and drink more. Curry later on. Bye Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 What channel 2pints. Remember that. Did they win Dusty bin? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 itv1 I think, saw it in the lineup - and avoided! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Dusty Bin, quality TV viewing from a byegone era!!! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 QUALITY. Nice clothes too. Things seemed so much more innocent back then. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Knight rider....that was the shiit! Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 ...and it's on Super channel! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 The only TV show from the 80's that I still think is good, is the A-Team!!!!!!! How cool is the van?? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I'm out of touch. The only programme mentioned here that I've heard of, is the A Team. There was one plot and they must have re-made it 50 times. An important point of immense significance is that Mr T has the privilege of being born on the same day as me. Lucky man. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 ah those were the days. Those were the days when we had to scrum round a huge 21 inch CRT without a remote control. There were 3 channels, Beeb1, 2 and ITV. THey shut down at about 10pm and the anthem used to play to send you to bed. There was no morning TV cos you're expected to tune into your radio. And the detector van would roam the streams detecting who was watching telly without a license. Freakin freaky. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 hahaha, yeah I vaguely remember BBC2 going off early on Sundays (??). My uncle was the first in our family to own a VCR, every Friday and saturday it got passed around to a different member of the family to watch pirated videos, I think he got to watch his own VCR, which he shelled out a small fortune at the time for, about once every 2 months!!! Link to post Share on other sites
karenforsstrom 0 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Magnum PI and It's a knock out were great shows on Aus TV back in the day Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Here it is: The Ferguson. My first VCR We used to put ping pong balls on the play button and then press stop. The balls would go miles. And those buttons can surely break fingers. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 and here's something useful you can use your vintage TV for: Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Originally Posted By: Karen97 Magnum PI and It's a knock out were great shows on Aus TV back in the day I've seen Magnum's House, we went to see it when I was in Hawaii Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Tubby, That's just a plantation house isn't it? One of many on the island. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Dunno, its not that far along the coast from Waikiki, the guy from the hostel took us round to see it on the way to various beaches Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Nice setup thursday - yours? And what was that table originally? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 I watched The Krypton Factor on Thursday evening. Exciting stuff it was. Hi-tech quiz show with the computer "instantly giving us the results for the round". Cheers Gordon Burns! Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 A-Team rocks... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 how great did the assualt course look on the krypton factor?? Although the shell suits you had to wear while doing it did not look so great. Do you think Gordon Burns had Lego hair? I don't think it was ever out of place Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 The assault course looked pretty good actually - saw it just now. The suits were wicked, I want one. Where was that course? Gordon Burns still does the North West news now. The hair is still never out of place. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 The zip wire into the mud at the end, great fun!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 come on boys, the real name is the Kripple Factor. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 The course was at Holcombe Moore in Bury (Lancashire) Quote: Physical Ability: Gordon Burns cited this as the reason why he nicknamed Krypton Factor as 'Television's Toughest Quiz'. The contestants raced over the 400m Army assault course at Holcombe Moore, Bury, Lancashire. Originally, each contestant was given a staggered start based on their age and sex. Later, age was discounted and all the female contestants were given a head start with the men chasing them. Noted for the death-slide bit near the end where everyone would get extremely wet going into the water Apparently, the course was so dangerous up to eight stand-by contestants were on call in case anything went wrong. When Gordon Burns tried it for himself for the experience, it took him over five minutes to complete (more than twice the usual time) and he ended up with minor injuries. In 1989, contestant Judith Stafford broke her ankle on the assault course, yet still managed to finish in third place! Her leg was in plaster all through the studio rounds, showing that the assault course was filmed prior to the studio rounds (the Response round was filmed first). The course changed design after some series (and certainly after that one), sometimes in response to safety concerns. Being girls, girls started earlier than boys. Not sure how much of a head-start they got. Link to post Share on other sites
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