• 8Oct 08

  The programmes I grew up with

  So...i'm feeling a little nostalgic and i've been searching youtube for themes etc. for the shows I used to watch when i was younger - and I feel soooo old!

  I didn't realise until now just how much television I used to watch! Looking at them now I wanna be a kid again and be able to watch the episodes. I feel so sorry for children nowadays because I don't consider the present programmes to be anywhere near as good as those I watched, so they're missing out!

  Here's a list of some of the programmes I watched "back in the day":

  Cartoons/animated:

  Alivin & The Chipmunks

  Animals of Farthing Wood

  Rupert the Bear

  Noah's Island

  The Raccoons

  Funnybones

  Count Duckula

  Raggydolls

  Rocko's Modern Life

  Hey Arnold!

  Recess (I know this is still on)

  Astro Farm

  Pocket Dragons

  Sesame Street

  Sooty & Sweep

  Ripley and Scuff

  Thomas the Tank Engine

  Superted

  Sharkey & George

  Zzzap

  Playdays

  Wizardora

  Rosie & Jim

  Fireman Sam

  Penny Crayon

  Tots Tv

  The Trap Door

  Dinosaurs

  Fraggle Rock

  Transylvania Pet Shop

  Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

  Dappledown Farm - I used to sneak downstairs very early in the morning and watch it with a slice of bread (I wasn't actually capable of buttering it!!)

  I think i'll stop there! I miss being a kid, there was nothing to worry about and life was so easy - but I didn't realise it back then!

  So...a new list, programmes I watched when I was older, on Nickelodeon and the like:

  Sabrina the Teenage Witch (I prefer the earlier episodes)

  Are You Afraid of the Dark

  Alex Mack

  The Adventures of Flipper the Dolphin (when Jessica Alba was in it)

  Home Improvement

  Keenan & Kel

  Saved by the Bell

  California Dreams

  Hang Time

  USA High

  Ready or Not

  Fresh Prince of Bel Air

  Sister Sister

  Boy Meets World

  Clarissa Explains it All

  Touched by an Angel

  The Queen's Nose

  Sweet Valley High

  California Dreams

  Clueless

  Heartbreak High

  Round the Twist

  So, that's pretty much around 90% of what I can remember watching when I was a child. I think there were a lot more quality programmes back then - though it could just be me! All those new Disney Programmes can't match any of the old shows, hence why I think they should all be back on television! I would love to be able to watch programmes like California Dreams all over again, that show never did get as much credit as it clearly deserved. i just wish that the old shows were on DVD so I would be able to show them to my children in the future - ya know, when I actually have children!

  I miss being a child soooo much!!!

  • Posted Oct 8, 2008 1:26 pm PT
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• 24Sep 08

  Woah...so not liking this!

  I knew the site was changing but I kinda don't like it. I guess I might get used to it eventually but navigation isn't exactly easy and it looks too...yuck.

  Can we have the option of going back to the old one?

  Bleurgh.

  • Posted Sep 24, 2008 12:46 pm PT
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• 31May 08

  "No Artificial Colours or Flavours"

  I know the following has nothing to do with television...but i'm gonna say it anyway!

  The blue Smartie just isn't what it used to be. It might 'be back' but it's nowhere near the same! I consider the commercial stating 'blue is back' as misleading - first of all it's not even the same shade of blue as the original!

  Just because these scientist dudes have decided artificial colours and flavours are not good for children, the makers of sweets like Smarties have re-manufactured them so they don't have the additives. I happen to quite like additives, they never did me any harm...I turned out alright, right??

  Okay, I totally get that hyper kids can be annoying, but I loved having Smarties and the like when I was a child and getting a little hyper was all part of the fun!! Besides, as an adult I think it'd only be fair for the manufacturers to start making Smarties with additives again...just market them to adult consumers! I think i'll e-mail them with this proposal - I won't even request any reward for the idea, I just want the old Smarties back!

  Oh, George Samson won Britain's Got Talent - HOLLA! He's an amazing little dancer. I think Escala and Faryl should have made top 3 though. I think they'll do well out of BGT anyway, at least I hope they will - they were brilliant! Strike, Signature and Nemisis were fantastic too.

  • Posted May 31, 2008 4:31 pm PT
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