Crackerjack is back!

[numpty]

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Will kids now think the same of it as we did.

As part of the target audience when it was on in the 70's, I always used to think it was rubbish, and hated the sound of all the screaming kids in the audience. So yes, probably.

[George 1978]

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Does anyone remember that Stu Francis Children's ITV show Crush a Grape which was on Friday afternoons circa autumn 1988? It was made by Border TV, (no it didn't have Derek Batey in it), and the title was obviously based on Francis' catchphrase.

I assume that the Crush a Grape was more or less Crackerjack in a similar form.

[Richard1978]

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I watched Crackerjack in the early 1980s when Stu Francis presented it. The Krankies and the Great Soprendo regularly featured on the programme and Chas & Dave provided the theme tune.

Same memories as me, also a boy puppet who would do a funny walk to The Entertainer was a common guest.

[Homewood]

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I watched Crackerjack in the early 1980s when Stu Francis presented it. The Krankies and the Great Soprendo regularly featured on the programme and Chas & Dave provided the theme tune.

[George 1978]

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And remember it was Crackerjack's Peter Glaze (the straight man to Don Maclean) who invented the "Doh!" catchphrase long before Homer Simpson!

Before my time, so I wouldn't know, although I have never heard anyone refer to that.

[George 1978]

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Sam nixon and Mark rhodes..??...I dunno!

They could be the two that most people might be thinking of
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Stu Francis is still around - but probably in the theatre and on cruises only.

[Cartimand]

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And remember it was Crackerjack's Peter Glaze (the straight man to Don Maclean) who invented the "Doh!" catchphrase long before Homer Simpson!

[tex]

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I wouldn't be surprised if Rylan Clark-Neal or someone like that would be hosting.

Sam nixon and Mark rhodes..??...I dunno!

[George 1978]

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Who remembers the crackerjack pens

Pencils, dear.

[George 1978]

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I wouldn't be surprised if Rylan Clark-Neal or someone like that would be hosting.

[amethyst]

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Any programme from the past will never be the same in my eyes

[Zincubus]

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Can’t see many being happy to get a crackerjack pencil as a prize ... they’d be expecting an iPad


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[darren]

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When old kids shows come back i worry if it will be a success will kids have the attention span what with all the technology they have been it phones internet etc.

Will kids now think the same of it as we did.

i remember this show all the way back to eamon andrews in the 60s...now it's back on cbbc but will kids today still go for the madcap antics that used to prevail in earlier versions?....guess time will tell.
https://inews.co.uk/culture/televisi...rhodes-1368933

[amethyst]

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Who remembers the crackerjack pens

[George 1978]

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Wasn't it on at 4:55pm?

I always thought they said "It's Friday! It's five to five! It's Crackerjack!"

I am certain that it was on at 5.00 pm originally back in the 1950s, but was later moved five minutes earlier to 4.55 pm due to some scheduling difficulties? I am certain I read that somewhere.