The size of the Ninky Nonk

[MommaGee]

So I get that IN The Night Garden is just the delusional dreams of Iggle Pigglr whilst he dies of exposure and dehydration on his boat

BUT

one minute it's small enough to run up branches then its big enough for Iggle to get into the smallest bit at the back. When Iggle and Upsey are in the woods the trees look normal size so it can't be that its a huge train and the trees are even larger.

It plays with me head

The toddler doesn't care

BoysofMelody

I always think most of what upsy daisy says could be made pretty dodgy - finding amusement where you can.

Only upsy daisy can sleep in upsy daisy's bed

Upsy Daisy doo...

And why is it "Oh no! It's the Ninky Nonk!"? when they use it like public transport? We don't say "Oh no! It's the bus/train!"

Similarly, why is it always "Not the shrinking cap grandpa!" in Grandpa in My Pocket when it's always the shrinking cap that gets them out of whatever madcap scrape they've managed to get into this time? Why are they not shouting "Grandpa, shrinking cap, stat!" when someone's stuck in Mr Menter's latest harebrained production?

Also, ditto James Bolam, bones of arse, etc.

I realised I had watched too much during the episode when Mr Pontipine's moustache blew away and I turned to my one year old and said "he should let it stay that way, see how much younger he looks."

You wouldn't catch Rylance or McKellen anywhere near this crap

Isn't Mark Rylance the voice of Flop on Bing Bunny?

Flop has the patience of a saint. Flop makes me feel like a bad parent :(

Flop is on diazepam. Must be.

Anyone else childishly giggles when it says "the tittifers have sung their song"

No? Just me?

This is the best thing I've ever read. I don't even have children and I've never watched the programme and I'm crying with laughter. Thank you all. Made my day.

With Cecile. Where can I watch this? Is it on Iplayer?

My mind is always blown by the knowledge that some (most?) of the dappled sunlight in the garden is computer generated. (Perhaps my mind is easily blown though)

I bloody love Macca Pakka. Him and his stones, tucking one into bed with himself when it's bedtime.

The wottingers are awful snobs. I think they look down on the pontipines because the pontipines keep losing children in the garden.

ISN'T THAT A PIP.

(I've mellowed with DC2. I used to get worked up over ITNG with DC1 but my brain has sufficiently melted to let me enjoy it now.)

(Fucking hate Grandpa in My Pocket.)

Having watched little more than ITNG for the last year - and discussed most of this stuff regularly with OH - this thread is brilliant.

I like working out how far away Makka Pakka is when washing the others as it seems to be some weird CGI/perspective trickery going on.

"Makka Pakka is outside cleaning his stones"

It honestly took me about a day and a half to recover after that. My poor DD was very confused.

I hate Grandpa. You know when the kids are dating Grandpa will be there wit emergency condoms in his toy plane interfering. The kids are victims of his control issues. Just got for a frigging nap!!

Bing and Co are going to save us all...

DH is irrationally stressed by the fact that the tombliboo's door is slightly too small for them to fit through. "Their house is huge and made of plants, just enlarge the doorframe!' he cries despairingly

So when the aliens landed, it became clear we couldn't defeat them. The survivors of the 100 day war took to underground bunkers to regroup.
.it was clear that what was needed was a larger race of fighters. The Plop sided population was just too small.
Using the farthest reaches of biotechnology, a new generation was created. Incubated in glass bottles as they were too large for any person to carry, the megababy rabbits, pandas and elelephants were created. It was hoped that using animal hybrids would increase tie rate of maturity but this wasnt so. They acts just likevany normal sized human toddlers and so each scientist was given one or 2 babies to raise in the safety of their ubderground dome. Their job was to raise moral but deadly assassins after a brief toddlerhood of learning to take the peepee train and not to squash butterflies.
That's why they never leave their estate. No relative ever visit. No trios to the zoo (they might come to understand their origins). The single show, ice cream van, park is sufficient to teach them what they need to know before they start combat training.
Sula is showing clear leadership skills already. Pando needs to learn to keep his pants on

Grandpa will be there wit emergency condoms

Better than a shrinking cap...

Karanka - "Makka Pakka is outside cleaning his stones"

It honestly took me about a day and a half to recover after that. My poor DD was very confused.

I have literally spat my fizzy drink over the table reading that.

I love this thread. 😍

IDK the answer to any of these questions but I saw ITNG so often when the kids were little that I was sure that little bit of vocal fry on Jacobi's voice at the end of "Ninky Nonk" was going to be the thing that actually tipped me over the edge.

This actually reminds me. My MIL thinks Upsy Daisy is a, and I quote, "hussy" because she is constantly lifting her skirt up and ending up in Iggle Piggles bed.

My husband works with a guy who calls her Slutsy Daisy. :S

'Ninky nonk' sounds like either a terrible euphemism, or a 1970s' slur.

The Pontipines look like a bloody cult with their weird matching outfits (although there was a thread about matching family clothes being on trend, so...)

And what's with the house? Why does it only have one room? How do they have so many kids when they all sleep in the same room (and the parents in separate beds)? Why does the house have no windows to the side or rear, only at the front?

Why does Sir Derek have to ask who's not in bed? Iggle Piggle's not in bed! Every fucking time! It's not a surprise!

Sometimes when Makka Pakka is randomly shouting his name out it sounds like he's saying "motherf*r"! Especially when the entire cast have just done their dance. Or maybe that's just me. It always makes me snigger!

I found it weird that my LO was transfixed by the show but looks scared/confused so we dont watch it.

My more pressing concern is whether Flop is an imaginary carer made up by Bing because he's being neglected by his parents.

I love ITNG. We took our obsessed precious firstborn to a live show. It was magical, and I kid you not-both me and DH were moved to tears. It could have been sleep depravation though, as my DD didn't sleep through until she was 2.5 Sadly, my DS was never bothered about ITNG but went through Peppa Pig phase instead. I miss Makka Pakka and his manic cleaning!

The whole program is one acid drip.