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?.

This Jonny Briggs!

Did it have a trumpet music theme tune?

Yes she's still working but she's not 73 , late fifties I think. To Arlanymor

Yes! Proper brass band style music intro and I think his dog was called Scraps?!

Oh, Jonny Briggs..."My Mam, who's a nurse say...". My Mam was a nurse and I'd say that to my mates to annoy them.

Ah, someone needs to update her wiki page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Devaney

Not Edna the witch, though...😱

The character Tripitaka was a Buddhist novice monk but for some reason they cast a young female actress in the part.

She died tragically young from Leukemia aged just 27.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako_Natsume

Yes, I remember it now!

Tots TV was very sophisticated with it's french vibe!
I've been racking my brains trying to remember the name of the programme with a green toy cat.
At the time 40 odd years ago I couldn't find a green cuddly toy cat anywhere and ended up knitting one for my then 2 year old son!
Anyone remember?

One of the Press Gang cast came to the houseshare I lived in when I was 17 to buy coke from my amateur DJ landlord. That was a surreal doorstep conversation!

Wow, that must of been brilliant!! My claim to fame is Russell crowe coming into my work and me serving him in complete shock. He was helping out his friends in a local medieval village. For weeks i kept thinking...did that really happen 😆 🤣

Has no-one said Crackerjack yet?

I think Mooncat from Get Up and Go was green?

So many great memories…
Does anyone remember Issi Noho? Sometimes I feel like I’m the only child that watched it! Also Barnaby bear.

Years later my children loved Tots Tv with Tilly, Tom and Tiny (not forgetting donkey and furryboo).

Interesting fact: Miriam Margolyes did a lot of the female character voices in the english dub.

There’s a newer version called The New Legends of Monkey on Netflix. Tripitaka is not only played by a woman but actually is an aknowledged female character this time around.

The Ratties.
Count Duckula
Dangermouse

I think the dog was called Razzle.

Yes, you're right! Wonder where I got Scraps from?

The theme tune to Sharky and George just popped into my head - I think my brain is retrieving lots of random memories from the childhood Tupperware box/time capsule that is stored in my mind!

Looovvvedd count duckula

My DS loved Bodger and badger , Tots Tv ,Rosie and Jim and chucklevision

Can anyone remember the adrian mole series? It was brilliant, I bought it on dvd about 15 years ago to watch again. Wonder if i can get it on the telly? I got rid of my dvds a few years back.

Loved bodger and badger too.

Yes! Most of the first and second series are on YouTube for gratis! He doesn't act anymore and is a nurse now I believe.

😲. Thank you for that heads up...I will definitely give that a watch.