More Blasts from the past

What a gem Youtube is turning out to be! I've been able to relive some key moments of little me's TV experience, first of all...check out Andy Peters in the Broomcupboard... This was key to Childrens' BBC when I was little. Now they have a big studio, and the TV programmes are not as good. Andy Peters ad-libbing with an unintelligable duck puppet is really and truely the only way to present Childrens' TV!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs38dxf9siU&NR

If that wasn't enough, does anyone remember the sing-alongs? This one was Philip Schofield...bless him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAzFS4EucJE&NR

And classics like this are always worth finding...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3eVh-Pq32o&mode=related&search

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dapSswWTQ

Never fear the world will be safe with... and yes it was ridiculously bad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRMYz1vfcQ

I think thats it for now... I've had a good time finding this stuff...

More Anon :o)

Harping back to the Family Ness

While searching YouTube for some kind of entertainment, I found a signature TV programme of my childhood. Not just one episode either... there are loads of them! Each episode was only 5 minutes, and I laughed even watching it now. I forgot how cool the music was too...tsk! And now I know where the children got their Thistle Whistles!! Take a look... Please excuse the poor resolution...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBCbtxfU1Y&NR

More anon :o)

Hmmm... Or maybe I'm just ENGLISH!

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English

25% Yankee

20% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Happy New Year!

Well now, it would appear that I have not been paying attention to other blogs as I would normally, and missed the fact that I have been tagged by a second meme. Thankfully for you lucky people I will not be posting any pictures of myself this time, but I will be revealing...

... 6 Weird Things About Alice (thats me!)

1. My feet are very small, but because they are wide and I have a high instep I have to buy size 6 or 7 shoes. oooo I can tell you are thrilled.

2. I am unable to burp. GREAT, you might think, but instead I am afflicted with embarrassing burp/rumbling noises which come from my chest. I went to the doctor about it and he explained kindly that it is the result of...wait for it... "air swallowing"... After this enlightening experience I have given up on ever finding a cure.

3. I hate shopping... that is... girly shopping... The kind of shopping that involves agonising over some tiny garment that you'll get bored of by next month... I don't like waiting around, and when I seem to need to take a million hours to decide on something, it usually tells me I don't actually need it.

4. I had lessons to play the church organ for about a year, which struck me as a process of flailing both legs and both arms all at the same time... something one doesn't tend to do beyond the age of 18 months! Of course there was more skill involved. I intend to master it one day.

5. I still think Olives are the most beautiful food on the face of the earth. so many different kinds. Excuse me, I'm quite overwhelmed.

6. I tend to place my posessions in obscure places and then panic over their whereabouts. Consistently. And to the great amusement of my friends and family.

What a treat that was! More anon... :o)