DoYouRemember.co.uk forums http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/ en Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/images/misc/rss.png DoYouRemember.co.uk forums http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/ Eddie Braben http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14457-Eddie-Braben?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:32 GMT A very talented man, RIP. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22607531 A very talented man, RIP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22607531 ]]> Gone but not forgotten themilkman http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14457-Eddie-Braben Tribute to Ray Manzarek http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14456-Tribute-to-Ray-Manzarek?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 08:04:58 GMT The Doors keyboard player has passed away age 74 The Doors keyboard player has passed away age 74 ]]> Gone but not forgotten amethyst http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14456-Tribute-to-Ray-Manzarek <![CDATA[Hello from the 60's!]]> http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14455-Hello-from-the-60-s!?goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:18 GMT Richard in Northumberland, UK.. Remembering toys and confectionery from the 60's and 70's.. ]]> Introduce yourself richardhesketh http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14455-Hello-from-the-60-s! New Game favourite songs true or false http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14454-New-Game-favourite-songs-true-or-false?goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 06:19:12 GMT How about a new game about favourite songs eg we could choose the popular ones or maybe the under rated songs we don,t often here on the radio. eg Eagles most people would choose Take it easy,Hotel California but I would choose After the thrill has gone Right lets try get your thinking caps... How about a new game about favourite songs eg we could choose the popular ones or maybe the under rated songs we don,t often here on the radio.

eg Eagles most people would choose Take it easy,Hotel California but I would choose After the thrill has gone

Right lets try get your thinking caps on


The next persons favourite Queen song is? ]]> Fun and games amethyst http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14454-New-Game-favourite-songs-true-or-false Any good horrors about robots? http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14453-Any-good-horrors-about-robots?goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 19:10:06 GMT naturally The Terminator (1984), is probably the definitive robot film, but are there any other good ones, preferably horrors? naturally The Terminator (1984), is probably the definitive robot film, but are there any other good ones, preferably horrors? ]]> Movies Moondog http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14453-Any-good-horrors-about-robots Paul Shane RIP http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14451-Paul-Shane-RIP?goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 19:31:05 GMT "Paul Shane, the actor famous for starring in the 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, has died, his agent has confirmed."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22563351 ]]> Gone but not forgotten Adam http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14451-Paul-Shane-RIP Reset The Computer and Poke.. http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14450-Reset-The-Computer-and-Poke?goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 22:11:14 GMT Reset The Computer and Poke...jpg

I struggled with the type-in cheats that featured in computer mags before I came across the easier pokes. You had to 'reset' your C64, enter the pokes then resume the games with a SYS**** address. I blew a fuse on my C64 as I tried to make my own reset switch using a paper clip. I eventually sent off for a proper Reset Switch for a fiver although I found that only about a half of the pokes actually worked.
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]]> Computer games jason h http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14450-Reset-The-Computer-and-Poke what tv show have you been watching. http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14449-what-tv-show-have-you-been-watching?goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 18:35:14 GMT what has all fellow members been watching of late.:) ive been watching stargate sg-1. what has all fellow members been watching of late.:)

ive been watching stargate sg-1. ]]> darren http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14449-what-tv-show-have-you-been-watching Split-screen type film http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14448-Split-screen-type-film?goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 15:57:03 GMT Hi,i have always tried to find details about a film i saw on tv in the 70's when i was a teenager . It was almost certainly a Saturday morning film and all i remember was it was filmed in split screen format, it was as i remember some sort of whodunnit type murder film,seemed to be set in a large old wooden hotel on an American beachfront!
The action was split vertically down the centre of the screen and was like watching two different views of the same film ,like what the baddie was doing in one frame whilst the victim unaware was in the other screen! I would really like to know about this film,not knowing has irritated me for years! Cheers Dave ]]> Movies daveandvera http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14448-Split-screen-type-film Bananaman http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14447-Bananaman?goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:09 GMT 'This is 29 Acacia Road, and this is Eric, a schoolboy who leads an amazing double life. For when Eric eats a banana an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman, ever alert for the call to action.'Never the most stylish of superheroes (he wore boots made to look like banana skins for heaven's sake) Bananaman was probably the only one who encouraged children to eat more fruit. Just like Mary Poppins inspired a generation of girls to stand outside with their umbrellas, trying to fly (oh, that was just me then was it?) there must have been hundreds of kids who regularly ate bananas, hoping each time that this would be the one that would turn them into the fearless fruit fanatic.Starting off life as a character in the comic Nutty (which merged with The Dandy in 1985) schoolboy Eric lived at 29 Acacia Road in Nuttytown (Dandytown after the merger). Everything about his life was normal, except (and it's quite a big 'except') that every time he ate a banana he transformed into not only a superhero, but a grown-up superhero complete with skin tight blue suit and yellow cape, the aforementioned bananaboots and a natty mask/hat combo which included tiny banana horns. He also wore yellow gloves, which gave him the look of somebody not only always ready to fight crime, but also permanently on the look-out for any washing up that might have needed doing.Bananaman could fly, although again, it was not the slick whooshing through the air that many other superheroes enjoyed - it was more a sort of laconic doggy paddle, and was always undertaken with a cheesy grin on his huge-chinned face. He was blessed with the strength of 20 men, but if he ever needed an extra boost, eating further bananas would offer him a quick increase (not to mention more regular trips to the bathroom one would imagine). A mouldy banana had the same sort of effect on him that kryptonite had on Superman. The one thing Bananaman didn't have however, was brains, but he did have Crow (yep - he was one) who hung around with him and helped him out whenever he needed a bit of thinking power. Bananaman's enemies usually found it fairly easy to outwit him if Crow wasn't there to offer advice.Oh yes, enemies. It's hard to envisage who exactly could have a beef with a man who dressed the way he did, but there were villains aplenty in Bananaman. Actually though, now that I've written that it's actually really easy to see why the bad guys wanted to hurt him...In the comic strip his enemies were mostly parodies of other comic book supervillains; Toymaster, Witchy Woman, Clayman and the Foul Five to name a few. In the later television cartoon he faced fewer foes but on a more regular basis; General Blight, Dr Gloom, the Heavy Mob, the Weatherman, the Snowman, King Zorg and Auntie all took on Bananaman's comical punches (interspersed with his naff puns) as they tried to get one over on him.In homage to Batman's relationship with Commissioner Gordon, Bananaman had a close connection to Chief O'Reilly - who spent the same amount of time rebuilding his police station (which was the same shape as a police helmet) as Bananaman did destroying it accidentally. Chief O'Reilly had no idea that Eric was Bananaman (nor did anybody else for that matter, which shows at least that Bananaman, as opposed to say, Superman, actually had a disguise that completely masked his real identity), and he contacted Eric whenever he needed help from the yellow-skinned one. He obviously believed that superheroes liked to hire schoolboys as their PAs. Bananaman made his TV debut on the BBC in October 1983. Voiced by The Goodies the popular children's cartoon broadcast for 40 episodes, split into three series. Tim Brooke-Taylor narrated the programme, as well as giving his voice to Eric and a few other characters, whilst Graeme Garden was Bananaman, as well as his enemy General Blight. Bill Oddie was Bananaman's sidekick Crow, plus Chief O'Reilly and a few other of the banana-brained one's adversaries. General Blight was top of the Banana crime list; a Hitler-a-like who spent a lot of time aiming for world domination, the hugeness of his ambition to create trouble was only beaten by the hugeness of his nose. He was often accompanied towards his goal by another not-so-masterly criminal Dr Gloom. Gloom was an old school friend of Blight's (their career advisor can't have been up to much) and was an inventor of machines that were built with a dastardly purpose but not much ability to achieve anything. The Heavy Mob were led by Eddie the Gent (talked like a gentleman, behaved like a crook) and included members Fingers, Maurice the Muscle and Rembrandt. After being in prison, the Heavy Mob escaped with help of The Mole, a legendary crime figure whose Mole Machine can tunnel underground. The Weatherman (no, not Ian McCaskill) wore a natty flying cap and controlled the weather (well, what did you think he did?) in the hope of thus controlling the world. He was helped out by The Snowman, a psychotic Welsh robot. King Zorg, a big green lump of an alien, pretended to be an ally of Blight's but was always ready to wrestle control from him, should Blight actually get any himself. Zorg did have a fleet of Nerk starships complete with an army of Nerks (more green alien lumps) at his command, which automatically made him the coolest of all Bananaman's enemies, if not the most attractive.General Blight also had his own personal hit man. Well, all right then, hit lady. Auntie was a grey-haired, pink-clad lethal assassin who communicated with him via a walkie-talkie and CB code. Blight didn't understand what she was talking about most of the time.When he wasn't attempting to defeat the likes of Blight, Bananaman also found a romantic interest in the form of Fiona; a newsreader modelled on the BBC's Selina Scott and nicknamed the 'sweetheart of the airwaves'. Voiced by Jill Schilling, the flame-haired television personality often needed rescuing by her 'Mr Wonderful' and Bananaman was only too happy to help. If you're trying to win over a woman I would have thought it was generally considered less than impressive to turn up wearing slippers - particularly novelty banana ones - but Fiona seemed to find that attractive. It takes all sorts...The television programme finished its original run in April 1986, but Bananaman still appears in The Dandy, transferring to the online version of the comic when the paper one came to an end in December 2012. He has also been a regular of The Beano since January 2012. So, what did we learn from Bananaman? Well, mostly that you don't have to have intelligence to fight crime, so long as your criminals don't have many more brain cells than you and you have a cocky bird for company. You can also wear a completely ridiculous costume modelled on discarded fruit peel and somebody will still find you attractive. So what are you waiting for?

More... ]]> Recently remembered... www.doyouremember.co.uk http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14447-Bananaman <![CDATA[early 80's kids series]]> http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14446-early-80-s-kids-series?goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 19:06:59 GMT I can vaguely remember a children's drama series set, I think, in the grounds of a mansion or church maybe, where statues came to life at twilight I think. But that's all I can remember, can anyone help? ]]> Television f.rich http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14446-early-80-s-kids-series Songs with backing singers http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14445-Songs-with-backing-singers?goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 06:17:05 GMT What songs do you think sounded good with the backing singers in the background? Bright side of the road-Van Morrison Babylon Sisters-Steely Dan What songs do you think sounded good with the backing singers in the background?


Bright side of the road-Van Morrison
Babylon Sisters-Steely Dan ]]> Songs amethyst http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14445-Songs-with-backing-singers What did they wear http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14444-What-did-they-wear?goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 06:13:43 GMT How about some fun discussing what you remember singer artists wore on stage,from head to toe.It could be from top of the pops,video a concert etc.Lets have one at a time. Dont go breaking my heart-Elton John Kiki Dee top of the pops 1976 Elton wearing a check suit Kiki in her dungarees How about some fun discussing what you remember singer artists wore on stage,from head to toe.It could be from top of the pops,video a concert etc.Lets have one at a time.

Dont go breaking my heart-Elton John Kiki Dee top of the pops 1976

Elton wearing a check suit Kiki in her dungarees ]]> Fun and games amethyst http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14444-What-did-they-wear Weather http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14442-Weather?goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 07:11:11 GMT Anybody fancy a moan about the weather are we due for a long hot summer,or is it a repeat of the last few years. It was warm and beautiful monday and tuesday then it went down hill,today just dull and miserable:( Anybody fancy a moan about the weather are we due for a long hot summer,or is it a repeat of the last few years.

It was warm and beautiful monday and tuesday then it went down hill,today just dull and miserable:( ]]> amethyst http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14442-Weather Sir alex Ferguson reitires at Manchester Utd http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14441-Sir-alex-Ferguson-reitires-at-Manchester-Utd?goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 18:25:10 GMT Sir Alex has retired today after 26 years as Manager. Though i'm not a Manchester Utd fan I totaly respect everything Sir Alex has achieved as Manager at Manchester Utd. I doubt they will ever ever be another Manager like him or one that will be anywhere close in what they have achieved as Manager of any Football Club. Only Wenger can be near to him Sir Alex in modern times of trophy's I think - but even he has along way to go I think.

I would like Wenger to be givenconsideration for the Job even though i'm unsure quite a lot if this may be so for a few reasons. It will sure be interesting to note who takes over, but I think Sven Goran Ericsson may be a good choice too, though again I am unsure. It would good to recieve any replies from other member's think might be possibility's?

Thanks,
80s Chav ]]> 80sChav http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/threads/14441-Sir-alex-Ferguson-reitires-at-Manchester-Utd