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July 5, 2006
Seminal Television Moments in your Childhood.
So here's a question for you: can you name a seminal moment in your childhood where television suddenly transcended its usual meat and two veg content. Saturday Superstore, a kiddies programme hosted by bearded funster Noel Edmunds in jumper after hideous jumper (sweater, to you Americans, although the thought of Noel in a pinafore is a good one) was usually noteable viewing, most particularly for one instance where, during a phone-in to 80's band Matt Bianco (Get Up Out of Your Lazy Bed, I believe, being their only hit?), a caller told them they were 'wankers'.
Well, it turns out that that caller was a compatriot of our Navy friend Martin, and that Martin was sitting in with the caller as he abused the lead singer of Matt Bianco, as usual (for Navy boys), drunk as farts.
As I said, seminal moment in my childhood when it happened, even more fabulous once I realised it was a naval boy high as Mary on beer in some dodgy mess hall somewhere....
Posted by scumkitten at July 5, 2006 12:17 PM
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I remember that moment. There was a memorable Swap Shop moment with Captain Sensible from The Damned too. He was hustled off the set pronto.
My own seminal TV moments usually centre on various episodes of Dr Who, invovlving the cybermen. I still have a strong urge to run behind the sofa when they appear - even in the new David Tennant series (who I think makes a great Dr, better than Chris Ecclestone and a LOT better than some other predecessors, though not Tom Baker, he was my favourite Dr).
Posted by: glittrgirl at July 10, 2006 7:38 AM
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