Michael Bentine's potty time

[Cal]

was just sitting and day dreaming yesterday and this popped into my head for some reason.
what a great program .
anyone else recall it?
http://www.thechestnut.com/potty.htm

[sixtyten]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

yep, loved the story he used to do where footprints would appear in sand,but you never saw anyone

[dannyboy]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

He originally had a show on BBC 1. It was a bit like Crackerjack I seem to remember. There was a "special effects" part every week. It was always the best part of the show. It later morphed into "Potty Time" on ITV with just the special effects bits and some puppets that Bentine provided voices for. Great fun I remember.

[guitarorchestra]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

i have been trying to get a hold of this for years and years.... with the invisible marauders and stuff. classic stuff!

[fat wallet]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

this was a class show our my childhood the fact that you couldnt see any one when there was a battle really stuck in my mine old michael doing the sound efects was choice

[rossobantam]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

same here adored this show

I was always playing 'soldiers' with my Airfix figures, tanks, pontoon bridge etc etc, so the imaginary battles, with all the sound effects & voiceovers was right up my street

[The Lurker In The Shadows]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

The first series of Potty Time is available on DVD. It's brilliant stuff, though I prefer the later episodes with the little Professor and his Potty Dictionary, some of which came out on a Best of Potty Time video in the 90s.

[culnara]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

this programme was the stuff nightmares were made of

[rossobantam]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

just got 'Michael Bentine's Potty Time Series 1' from Amazon... me & my son (who's 9) watched ALL 26 episodes today (well why not...I'm off work & schools are on strike!) 286 minutes !!

anyone know if & when the later series are coming out? (with the flea battles)


Dave

[maltin]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

Hello,
Now if my memory serves me right the first showing of Micheal Bentine was around 1956, before Potty Time, I cant remember the shows title but he had a family of long cylidrical ballon type figures called the "Bumblies" and they floated down to play then floated back up to the ceiling where they slept. Jog any memories ?? lol Regards Maltin

[sixtyten]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

The Bumblies

[Raymond Luxury-Yacht]

Re: Michael Bentine's potty time

yep, loved the story he used to do where footprints would appear in sand,but you never saw anyone

Not sure, but wasn't that from his earlier "It's a Square World" series? Brilliant stuff, anyway.

[Hooper68]

Michael Bentines potty time

I remember Michael Bentines potty time,I used to love the show especially the battle scenes at the end played out in miniature

[shilton dipper]

Michael Bentines Potty Time

Do you remember this?............I remember sitting watching it after tea on a Sunday evening.

http://www.thechestnut.com/potty.htm

[Trickyvee]

Re: Michael Bentines Potty Time

I have only the vaguest memories of watching this. I reckon it must have been one of the first things I was old enough to remember seeing on TV as its run ended in 1980 when I was 3/4. I don't remember anything pre-1980. Apparently I couldn't get enough of The Clangers but don't remember them at all!