Brian Cant and Mr Ben etc

[Holden MacGroyn]

No Steve, no.
No, no, no, no.
He was a kids cartoon character who had sex in changing rooms with fat balding men.

[steve56]

that was leonard sachs from the good old days/Holden MacGroyn wrote:

> No Steve, no.
> No, no, no, no.
> He was a kids cartoon character who had sex in changing rooms
> with fat balding men.
>
>

[RetroDon]

I got an ace video the other off ebay, a compilation of clips "Best Childrens TV of the 70's". There's a long clip of Playschool, which brought back a lot of memories, with the "what's under the clock today" sequence, and the great Derek Griffiths "wobbling like a jelly". There's also a long clip of Play Away from the mid-70's, with the marvellous Brian Cant leading a cast (including Jeremy Irons and Tony "Baldrick" Robinson) through some corny songs and jokes. And, to cap things off there's a sorted clip of Rainbow, with the pre-Rod, Jane & Matthew singers and Bungle pretending to be a horse.
Magic!

[The Last Word]

Stuart Maconie writes:

"Mr Benn was a sort of ironic, very iconoclastic take on the repressed, bowler-hatted........zzzzz........"

(drifts into reverie, muttering Abba, Spangles, etc.)

[steve56]

cant stand derek griffifs he was on a summer show prancing around with leslie crowher he looked very queer.

[steve56]

maconie was on radio 2 only listened to him once terrible.