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Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 13,123 Send Message	UzziAndHerDogs	Report	2 Jan 2013 16:03
	On the back of Hayleys thread about Sooty and Sweep. How many kids programmes are now not acceptable because people either realise the joke or are too PC to accept. Also did it hurt us as children watching them Magic Roundabout is a good start as Brian was always stoned. Captain Pugwash ..a jovial show is no longer allowed with Seaman Stains Andy Pandy was no longer allowed to climb in the toy box with Looby Loo but Teddy was allowed in there ! but with all of this HOW did spit the ruddy dog get allowed on TV
	Researching: Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 37,870 Send Message	Silly Sausage	Report	2 Jan 2013 16:10
	Or that Pigging Emu I detested that bird to high heaven :-D
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	2 Jan 2013 16:47
	"Captain Pugwash ..a jovial show is no longer allowed with Seaman Stains" An urban myth: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.asp
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 1,205 Send Message	JustGinnie	Report	2 Jan 2013 16:50
	Couldn't stand Emu either.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 13,123 Send Message	UzziAndHerDogs	Report	2 Jan 2013 17:20
	I couldn´t stand the owner of the Emu ..I was positive under my rue the Emu would be well behaved :-D
	Researching: Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 37,870 Send Message	Silly Sausage	Report	2 Jan 2013 17:25
	Put me off owning a Emu for life it did I did however love Nookie Bear :-D
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 3,547 Send Message	David	Report	2 Jan 2013 17:44
	Scooby doo got about.
	Researching: Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	2 Jan 2013 17:46
	The Woodentops were good for stereotypes as a 'normal' family. Tom and Jerry for plenty of violence. Andy
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,600 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	2 Jan 2013 19:12
	Bill & Ben and their fondness for weed - definitely a no-no now :-D
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 1,336 Send Message	Mayfield	Report	2 Jan 2013 21:00
	The guys at Thunderbirds seemed to spend most of thier time drinking and chain smoking around the pool, except for poor old John Tracy that is, who was stuck in space all on his lonesome! Mayfield
	Researching: Moribus facit homo,
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,736 Send Message	TessAkaBridgetTheFidget	Report	3 Jan 2013 10:45
	Master Bates was another person in Captain Pugwash!
	Researching: Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	PollyinBrum	Report	3 Jan 2013 10:55
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 3,885 Send Message	Basil Brush could be so rude sometimes, BOOM BOOM!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	3 Jan 2013 15:01
	You are wrong Tess that was Master Mate. The cabin boy was Tom and the only crew member with a dodgy name was Willy.
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,736 Send Message	TessAkaBridgetTheFidget	Report	4 Jan 2013 07:20
	Sorry KenSE, I was well into my 40's when someone at work enlightened me about Captain Pugwash. (before that I had thought that it was just a childrens program). It was she who told me about Master Bates, I had no reason to disbelieve her. I stand corrected! T.
	Researching: Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	4 Jan 2013 09:23
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	I thought the cabin boy was Roger? I watched that show in all innocence when I was little. My cousin's husband told me about the double meanings a few years ago. Could have knocked me over with a feather! :-0
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6,889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	4 Jan 2013 10:30
	Roy Hull was a really nice guy who never got out of the shade of his bad mad bird. IMHO he was very funny especially when he flattened Parkinson. OTOH some people never forgave Emu for annoying the late Queen Mother. Do not despair! Emu is back on Children's CITV in the care of Roy's son. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEm_kcdA3pg :-D For a misanthropic badly behaved puppet animal Sooty takes a lot of beating.
	Researching: The Man In the High Castle
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 1,711 Send Message	Janet	Report	4 Jan 2013 13:01
	....no Rod Hull wasn't a bit funny, anyone going round making contact with another person by grabbing them ...... then waiting for a laugh is a sad case-jl
	Researching: Mellors of Fulstone- Haighs of Fulstone- Haighs of Horbury -Fowlers of Sheffield -Ashton/Acomb of Keighley-Broadheads of Mearhouse-Nixons of Bradfield- Hopwood of Dewsbury and Elland-Procter/Proctors of Malham
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,736 Send Message	TessAkaBridgetTheFidget	Report	4 Jan 2013 13:10
	I have to confess that I laughed when "Emu" floored Parkinson! However, I also thought that if Roy Hud did the things to people without Emu on his hand, that he did with Emu, there would have been a lot of raised eyebrows. Rollo, did you meet Roy Hud? Was he very different without Emu? I thought that Emu was an annoying bird, but was them silly enough to buy one for my son (via Santa). I probably deserved what I got as a result of this decision.
	Researching: Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	4 Jan 2013 14:37
	No Scozz, the cabin boy was Tom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.asp http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	4 Jan 2013 15:43
	I remember Muffin the Mule, but I don't think that's allowed these days .... :-D :-D :-D

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