Button moon

[Flannelfeet]

I came across button moon last night on amazon prime and watched some with my 10 year old daughter. I loved that when I was little in the 80s. Dd really liked it too but kept on pointing out the men in that back (clearly visible) moving the puppets, wonder how that escaped me as a child 🤔. And then the spaceship for Mr spoon to go to button moon is actually a tin of heinz beans, tin of pink salmon and a funnel 🤣 brilliant!! Im going to watch some more tonight.

Anyone know of any other 80s cartoons available to bring back memories and laugh at things we didnt notice back then?.

Rentaghost

Yes! It was a very similar drawing style to Little Princess that my kids watched when they were little.

Do you remember the stories from Look and Read?

Geordie Racer (the pigeon keeping one?)
Dark Towers (with the ghost in the red bed)
Badger Girl
The Boy from Space

Also this has just reminded me of Jonny Briggs! Because I think actress Sue Devaney was in Geordie Racer too? She's the toast lady in Dinnerladies!

Finally, why don't you build yourself a word? Build yourself a word with an 'ing' ti say it's happening!

Loved it! I met Glen Michael once and he was every bit as lovely as you’d imagine. Sadly no Paladin though

It was a great programme, loved it! I dont remember king rollo though.

Theres another one in my head but I dont know if ive made it up, what i remember is in the programme theres a man standing with a big massive dog at his front door and the man is eating out a tin of dog food. I can't think what it was called or about now, unless I made it up in my head 🤣

I looked up the cast a few weeks ago. That was sobering.

Id love to have met him when I was wee!!

The lift one is Incredible Games!

Fingermouse. So simple and obviously on his finger but so sweet too.

Oh my goodness I loved this, I can still remember all the words to the theme song!
" It really doesn't matter if it's raining or its fine, just as long as you've got time to PLAY etc...

I've just remembered some ITV teenage programmes...

Press Gang
Spatz
Mike and Angelo
Children's Ward

(And someone mentioned Knightmare which I used to love until that pixie/sprite person joined - not needed, Treguard was fine thank you! There's a Limmy sketch with Falconhoof where he's joined by a jester called Jingle and the player says: "Kill Jingle." Took me right back to my childhood - kill Pickle!!!!)

Showing my age here a touch!

Dark towers perhaps, i really did not like it but there would have been nothing else on!! Oh yes Jonny Briggs, she was the sister. Did she have a rabbit - there was something about angora?

Crikey i was 13 when it was on, far too old when I think of my daughter but there were no phones or internet were there.

We were made to watch it in school (teacher hangover day?!) I didn't mind it but I really hated the Boy from Space - every time I walked home from school and a car with tinted windows drove past I thought I was going to be kidnapped!

Yes! That's absolutely right about the rabbit, it was his and she and Jonny were always rowing about it. Can you believe she is 73 now?!

Brilliant…so it was…I remembered the frog and his orchestra….but got mixed up with the milkshake! It was weird!

I grew up overseas and we mainly had American imported cartoons for an hour each day. Roger Ramjet, Mr Magoo and the Getalong Gang. Anyone ever come across those?

Here he is with his cat Hamlet! He was a child king and the premise was that he always made silly decisions and the cat was cleverer than him!

Can't say the dog food one is coming to mind though!

I remember all these..press gang was the best!!

Oh and I remember Tubby the Tuba being shown as a film sometimes. We watched a lot of stuff over and over again!

Ahhh I do recall the king.

I must have made the dog food one up 😆 🤣 😂

Mr magoo rings a bell.

Jonny Briggs sister was played by sue devaney who is now Debbie Webster in coronation street.

I mentioned the Get Along Gang upthread - I loved it! I remember getting a pair of Fisher Price adjustable skates and all the kids in our cul-de-sac decided to name ourselves after their characters to have our own Get Along Gang. I was Montgomery Moose and my sister was Woolma Lamb!

So many excellent memories here! I loved so many of the programmes - particularly the ones with good theme tunes.

Does anyone else remember Alphonso Bonzo? Or Galloping Galaxies?

Johnny briggs, was Mike Baldwin out corrie not in that?

Thats me and the wean got button moon on, woohooo 😆 🤣.

Good to hear she's still working, I don't watch soaps so haven't seen her on TV for a while.