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merry chrsitmas everybody. i hppe you all got lots of nice presents. i got a pair of brown trousers and a small bagpuss and a purse with sequins on and some other cool stuff. i hope you all enjoyed yourselves, even if you weren't celebrating christmas.

(late) Merry Christmas to you too. I must ask, what's a bagpuss? I've heard the word before but never found out what it meant.

Clueless American, --J.

In article , Jessica M.L. writes

He was just a saggy old cloth cat... but Emily loved him.

And I got a (Small) Clanger which actually makes *the* noise :-)

Don't worry - *I've* got no idea what "The Electric Company" is/was.

Clueless Brit, I,JM

P.S. Try doing a net search for "Oliver Postgate" and "Peter Firmin". fzfpqkyivvVqppkpWqppkkivvZpzkkkvi

I,JM wrote:

70's educational show on public TV, designed to help kids learn reading skills. Made for a slightly older audience than "Sesame Street," it featured over-the-top adult actors instead of puppets. The "Spiderman" bits were priceless (featuring ridiculously campy villains worthy of "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl", and a mute Spidey who only spoke in cartoon thought bubble captions). Much of the show hasn't really shown its age well, and as a result, it's rarely screened today.

MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

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"You can take the war out of the soldier, but you can't raise that soldier from the dead." --Shona Laing

N.P.:"Moksha"- T r e m d o F u t u r o

There was a children's tv show called Bagpuss in the '80s... Bagpuss was a pink and white stripy toy cat.

sanna of M.U.F.F.I.N.S. writes:

Better still, the Flowerpot Men are back! Like the Teletubbies but with a more limited vocabulary and made out of flowerpots.

flobbalob

-Shez.

I can't believe there are people who make money coming up with this stuff.

Pierce

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It's good stuff though! Think of Daria, only with Daria and Jane renamed to Bill & Ben and animated as puppets made from gardening paraphernalia instead of being drawn as cartoons, and talking to each other using only the words "flobbalob" and "flobbadob", whilst Helen watches over them, only she's been turned into a large dandelion (or possibly a small sunflower) and can only say "Weeeeeed!" when she wants to admonish them. Or something like that.

I think in the new 21st century version Weed can actually talk though, which is sad.

-Shez.

In article , Shez wrote:

Shez, what was the story with the Bubblemen?

There's this one Beavis and Butt-Head episode where Beavis goes absolutely nuts when he sees a Bubblemen video. They have smiley faces with antennae on top of their heads and wear striped clothing. I had never seen them before B&B. They seem to be some sort of British novelty rock band from the early 1980s. Sort of Devo-esque.

The reason why I bring this up is because they remind me of the Teletubbies and this Flowerpot Men thing you mentioned.

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Michelle Klein-Hass of Loyal Order

I'm afraid I've never heard of them. The only thing that springs to mind that fits your description of them is a teletubbies spoof which I think was done on the Harry Enfield show.

-Shez.

The Bubblemen were the postpunk outfit Love and Rockets performing under a different name. As far as I know they only made one album as the Bubblemen.

In article , "Chris McCubbin" wrote:

Ha! Love And Rockets in Teletubbies suits! What a long way from Goth!

I figured it to be one of those Devo-influenced dada bands or some Residents-worshippers, but that is so funny! Bauhaus members get into weird bumblebee suits...I'm ROTFLMAO! Thanks for the info and the laugh.

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