|
|
Post by Stan Butler on Jun 29, 2006 16:17:53 GMT
This Is Saturday Watch And Smile! Had to mention this, even though it's not technically a comedy show as such. But I found it very entertaining viewing on a Saturday morning! Couldn't be doing with 'Swapshop' on BBC1. Noel Edmonds & Keith Chegwin, both in the same programme! No thanks! Chris Tarrant, Sally James, Lenny Henry when he was funny, Frank Carson's bad jokes... "It's a cracker!", Bob Carolgees with Spit the Dog, Charlie the monkey and Cough the cat! (a-her!)  And to top that, there was the phantom flan flinger!  Good stuff!
|
|
|
|
Post by The Collector on Jun 29, 2006 17:13:03 GMT
Kid's TV was so damn good then.
|
|
|
|
Post by funkdooby on Jun 29, 2006 17:38:05 GMT
I have very fond memories of Sally James ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by The Collector on Jun 29, 2006 17:40:49 GMT
MMM, Sally James...
|
|
|
|
Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Jul 7, 2006 6:32:59 GMT
Question:
Is "Spit The Dog" a Cairn Terrier - we have a Cairn, and I've often wondered that.
N.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Collector on Jul 7, 2006 17:41:01 GMT
Question: Is "Spit The Dog" a Cairn Terrier - we have a Cairn, and I've often wondered that. N. It was a Puppet, dear chap! |
|
|
|
Post by The Collector on Nov 23, 2006 13:35:54 GMT
Tarrant brings Tiswas back to ITV
Tiswas was a cult favourite on ITV from 1974 to 1982
Anarchic 1970s children's programme Tiswas will return to ITV next year with original presenter, Chris Tarrant.
He will host a one-off show featuring classic sketches and interviews with guests who were "gunged" on the programme, such as Sir Trevor McDonald.
But Tarrant has launched an appeal for recordings of Tiswas, as many of the original tapes were scrapped.
"If anybody's got any videos that will help us put this programme together, please get in touch," he told the BBC.
Tiswas became a cult favourite when it hit the airwaves on Birmingham-based ITV station ATV in 1974.
'Disaster for television'
The show was a launch-pad for comedian Lenny Henry
It gradually went nationwide, and its mixture of sketches, cartoons and custard pie fights proved a hit - initially with the children's audience it was aimed at, but later with their parents as well.
The show's name was believed to be an acronym for "Today is Saturday, Watch and Smile".
It was cancelled by ATV's successor company Central in 1982, but spawned a short-lived late-night spin-off called OTT - Over The Top.
According to Chris Tarrant, more than 350 episodes of Tiswas were scrapped by a Central executive who called the show a "disaster for television".
Tarrant says he has been able to retrieve several tapes through the estate of comedian Kenny Everett, who was a big fan of the show.
Cast reunited
Many other episodes were saved by presenter Sally James' husband.
James will join Tarrant for next year's tribute show, along with co-stars Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog.
The villainous Phantom Flan Flinger is also due to make an appearance, although the producer who originally played the character, Glyn Edwards, has died.
The tribute programme will have a similar format to ITV's Audience With... series, where stars perform and answer questions from a celebrity audience.
Tarrant said it would mark the 30th anniversary of Tiswas becoming a national programme "that fundamentally changed children's television forever".
Members of the public who want to submit tapes of the original series can contact ITV or Tarrant's production company, CTTV.
|
|
|
|
Post by Stan Butler on Nov 23, 2006 13:50:28 GMT
That should be good telly! I wonder if they'll still be allowed to upset kids!  |
|
|
|
Post by daveinfl on Dec 7, 2006 13:08:08 GMT
What was the name of the black woman with the massive mammory glands that was in this program too ? Or am I thinking of something else ?
|
|
|
|
Post by Stan Butler on Dec 7, 2006 13:38:49 GMT
What was the name of the black woman with the massive mammory glands that was in this program too ? Or am I thinking of something else ? er... Don't remember that! Rusty Lee? ;D  |
|
gareth
Canned Laughter
Posts: 269
|
Post by gareth on Dec 7, 2006 13:41:42 GMT
rusty lee she lafs like a man
|
|
|
|
Post by daveinfl on Dec 7, 2006 14:51:31 GMT
Ok, I might be getting slightly confused !!! Was there an adult aimed program that was on, on Saturdays (night time ?) that also had Chris Tarrant and Sally James ? I remember the very last episode they were all walking off, away from the camera and the black women lifted her T-shirt and had a very impressive rack.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Collector on Dec 7, 2006 16:29:12 GMT
There was..It was Called OTT (Over the Top). It didn't last long! [glow=red,2,300]O.T.T. UK, ITV (Central), Sketch/standup, Colour, 1982 Starring: Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees[/glow] A bizarre occurrence took place between 1979 and 1981: a generation of adults, principally in the 18-25 age group, discovered the delights of ATV's newly networked (but on screen in the Midlands since 5 January 1974) Saturday-morning children's show Tiswas, either steadfastly watching the entire two hours - getting up for the start, bleary-eyed, at 10.30am - or clamouring to take part in the viewer-participation elements of this fabulously anarchic show, like the cage, where gunge or water was thrown over its inhabitants. Soon enough, the show's principal talents - Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman and Sally James - went out on tour (as the Four Bucketeers, under which name, with a little help from Lenny Henry, they had also released an album and hit single), playing night-clubs and aiming their hilarious stage-show, which included much risqué material, squarely at this same audience. The adulation was stunning, and it became a veritable badge-of-honour to be doused, sprayed or abused by the Tiswas teamsters in these strictly adult shows. The obvious move, then, was for these arch-pranksters to quit Tiswas (which they did on 28 March 1981; it carried on with new players though much less successfully) and start their own adult programme - adult, that is, in both senses of the word. O.T.T. was the result, and it was very poor stuff. The titular abbreviation, of course, stood for Over The Top and this was a policy that the cast endeavoured to pursue with full vigour. Inexplicably, though, the very type of material that had worked so well in the Four Bucketeers concerts bombed on TV, and its extreme attempts to take television down new avenues of humour drew very considerable and mostly deserved flak not only for the cast but also for Central TV, which launched the series on only its second day of operations. For sure, O.T.T. did not give the new ITV franchise an auspicious start. Of the five Four Bucketeers, only Sally James did not make the move, remaining with Tiswas. Bob Carolgees brought with him his gobbing punk puppet Spit the Dog and dense alter ego Houdi-Elbow, Lenny Henry reprised his Rasta character Algernon, Chris Tarrant was the slightly dangerous but seemingly affable host, former Scaffold singer John Gorman reprised his dim-policeman character, and new members of the team included Helen Atkinson Wood, the fast-rising 'Albanian' comedian Alexei Sayle (uncomfortable with much of the non-PC material in the show, he pulled out of the latter editions), the pie-flinging Count Custard (a logical successor to the Tiswas Phantom Flan-Flinger) and, unforgettably, three naked blokes who deftly swapped around the balloons that covered their private parts. Apart from the odd pre-recorded insert, everything went out live, so this was dangerous television. Most viewers couldn't reach their 'off' button fast enough. *Note: The series extended to 12 programmes. The thirteenth and final edition compiled the highlights (sic) of the previous dozen. Researched and written by Mark Lewisohn. Cast Chris Tarrant Lenny Henry Bob Carolgees John Gorman Helen Atkinson Wood Alexei Sayle Colette Hillier - (one edition) Crew Howard Imber - Writer and cast Peter Harris - Director Chris Tarrant - Producer Transmission Details Number of episodes: 13 Length: 60 mins *2 Jan-3 Apr 1982 · Sat around 11pm  |
|
|
|
Post by Stan Butler on Dec 7, 2006 17:07:32 GMT
rusty lee she lafs like a man I think she IS a man!  |
|
|
|
Post by Stan Butler on Dec 7, 2006 17:11:15 GMT
There was..It was Called OTT (Over the Top). It didn't last long! I enjoyed that series, even though it was short lived. The main thing I remember was any excuse for a woman to get her tits out! I was 9 years old when it was on, so that was good telly for me!  |
|
