Puppets on TV.

[Trumpton]

I was recently having a chat with a number of youngsters - well youngsters to me, about 20/21, and I was telling them about the puppets we used to watch on TV back in our day. I regaled them stories about viewing iconic puppet shows such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray and Joe 90.

Yes, you could see the strings I continued, and the puppets movements were jerky - but to us, people of our generation, it was cutting edge technology at it's finest.

[baggieb]

There was also Fireball XL5

[Pervert]

"Some day I'll be a spaceman
The fastest man alive
And fly across the universe
In Fireball XL5 . . ."

Okay, we could see the strings, and no one moved properly, but that's why we have an imagination---to see past those little faults. The Martians in Quatermass And The Pit, for example, were a joke, but there were still some scary moments within the film and the dodgy effects didn't get in the way of an intelligent, thought-provoking central idea.

[baggieb]

Here you go Caractacus.

[Pervert]

Pretty good going, me getting so many of the lyrics wrong.

Cheers, baggieb.

[Nob3y]

speak for yourself old man when you say"ourday"
werent my day I was later (1972)

[steve56]

Supercar was a early one and Four Feather Falls then came The Secret Service

[ATS]

Pinky and Perky - and does Olly Beak count?

[steve56]

Does Pussycat Willum count too.

[Trumpton]

I've been trying to think of that puppet series Gerry Anderson did in the 80's? I think it was the last one he produced?