Continuing on from yesterday’s Top Ten Movie Characters meme as tagged by James from Luke, I am your father
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5 – Walter Gibson, The Sure Thing
“Sorry I’m late. There was this big problem… and I’m late because of it. “
When I was 16 years old Walter “Gib” Gibson was everything I wanted to be. [...] Read more »
Way back when in the mists of time, James from Luke, I am your father tagged me with a movie meme. He’s probably forgotten all about by now, but I assure you he did. It’s a good meme and I’ve been meaning to get round to it for a while now, but it [...] Read more »
Continuing my countdown of the Top Ten TV shows ever made.
5: Dad’s Army
I have come to the conclusion that Dwayne is a witch. Or possibly a warlock. How else can you explain his uncanny ability to predict that Dad’s Army would make an appearance in my Top Ten TV list? I suggest we [...] Read more »
Continuing my countdown of the Top Ten TV shows ever made.
6: The Muppet Show
I still remember where I was on May 16th 1990, the day Jim Henson died. My English class was participating in a special journalism day. We had been excused all other lessons and were busy writing our own newspaper. [...] Read more »
I’m a little late with my final advent entry. A combination of not being able to get off work early, Christmas parties, and present wrapping meant that blogging had to be shifted down the priorities list yesterday.
Still, I couldn’t leave the series without doing:
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He-Man and the Masters of [...] Read more »
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My Little Pony
“I love you my little pony”
The My little Pony cartoon series was based on the toys produced by Hasbro. It was set in the mystical world of Ponyland where the three different types of ponies (Earth Ponies, Pegasus Ponies, and Unicorns) frolicked in the woods and fields [...] Read more »
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GI Joe
“G. I. Joe . . . A Real American Hero G. I. Joe is there”
The chronically American among you might be surprised to discover that we did not have GI Joe in the UK. Instead we had the vastly superior Action Man. Essentially they were exactly [...] Read more »
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Thundercats
“Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats Ho!â€
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It’s the home stretch now, so it’s time to break out the big guns. Thundercats ran for five seasons between 1985 and 1990. The program followed the adventures of a band of refugees who have fled the dying world of Thundera and crash landed on [...] Read more »
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Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Night
“Whispered secrets of a shattered age, I summon you: renew this sage!”
Another one which I’m guessing will cause a few of you to go huh? Visionaries was set in a futuristic alternative dimension where technology had failed and the second age of magic [...] Read more »
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Beyblade
“Let it rip”
Does anyone actually know what on earth Bayblade is about? As far as I can tell it’s an entire cartoon devoted to trying to persuade children that old fashioned spinning tops are cool. What’s next, hopscotch? (actually interestingly enough hopscotch was created by Roman [...] Read more »
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