Or is Mr Benn Creepy?

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Settle a debate pls - I think Mr Benn is creepy AF but DP says not (and is slightly appalled).

Mr Benn was great. I can't remember anything about the shopkeeper though.

I call one of my cats saggy old cloth catpuss 🥰

I've never really understood the definition of 'creepy.' I see it a lot on here, but never heard anyone mention it in real life.
Does it mean 'sinister?' But I fail to see how a TV character can be sinister in any way.

I totally understand that Jimmy Savile, and others such as Rolf Harris were 'creepy' in that they portrayed themselves as genuine guys who then turned out to be perverts, but a TV character? Not possible.

I loved Mr Benn. But I always wondered about the shopkeeper who appeared ‘as if by magic’. So how did he do it then, if it wasn’t magic?!

I was puzzled as I thought you were talking about the rice guy… and then remembered that’s Uncle Ben 😂

Yep I find him and his fancy dressing ways very creepy.

Hector's House...anyone remember that?!

Wtaf?! Is nothing sacred? I can't imagine anything less creepy than Mr Benn. You're going to have to explain your thinking on this one OP

Are you talking about that episode where the costume he selected was a stripey jumper and a glove made of knives?

Because if so then yeah that was a bit much.

How very dare you! Mr Benn is perfectly lovely.

YABU.
The shopkeeper, on the other hand....

As if by magic -happy days

YOU TAKE BACK YOUR STATEMENT, OP.

(If you couldn't tell, I love Mr Benn)

I do but even as a child I thought it was a bit pants. Shonky glove puppets. Wasn't Hector a quite bossy? There was a cat in it also and another animal - a duck? It's probably been nearly 50 years since I last watched it.

Mr Benn was my favourite. I wanted to be him.

I actually changed my username about a week ago to ........well you can see it. I was trying to think of a good name and this was my favourite kids program when I was little. I always wished I had a changing room that I could go into and come out anywhere I wanted.

Anyway I couldn't not comment given my name!

Not as creepy as the whole cast of Bod!!!

Totally agree!

That hare looked like road kill! What were they thinking?

Anyone remember Tales of the Riverbank? It was my favourite. Guinea pigs and hamsters driving cars and rowing boats. 😂😂😂

Wasn't there only about 12 episodes of Mr Benn?

That was a different programme - Pipkins. Hartley Hare, Pig, and Topov the monkey. They were a bit weird.

@Romeiswheretheheartis you're right! It's early lol. I couldn't think of the name of the hare. I kept thinking jam...

Do you mean Hartley Hare on Pipkins?
I really liked Hector’s House although I found the way the ladder went up a bit scary ( not sure why).

I think Freud would probably have a theory about that!

@MrsMoastyToasty and was Jemima a spoilt mean girl who always got her own way?

I tried to sing along and the rhythm brought to mind 'Rhubarb and Custard' which was horrid and nowhere near as gentle and nice as Mr Ben.