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BingBong

Lifer
Apr 26, 2024
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London UK
I thought my kids would like this 60s TV show. I was wrong. They love it. They’re obsessed with it. They draw it, they play it, it’s all they talk about!
We were mad for all of these as kids, best things on TV. Preceded, as far as I remember, by Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray. Good old Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their Supermarionation!
 

kcghost

Lifer
May 6, 2011
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Olathe, Kansas
It sounds like getting the opportunity to travel the world as a part of Uncle Sugars fighting forces wasn't such a bad way to go.
 
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xrundog

Lifer
Oct 23, 2014
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9,172
Ames, IA
I saw that movie as a kid in a theater on a huge screen and loved it. The models were pretty amazing! The marionettes were just actors to me at the time.
I recently saw it again. Seeing marionette smoking, boozing and acting sexy is both bizarre and hilarious.
 

bullet08

Lifer
Nov 26, 2018
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41,434
RTP, NC. USA
Had to look it up. Pretty much guessed it wasn't fortified wine or USAF team. 60s UK TV show. If it's not "Benny Hill Show", or "Monty Python's Flying Circus", I wouldn't have got it right.
 
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BingBong

Lifer
Apr 26, 2024
1,323
5,736
London UK
The good old British class system - I just realised that Lady Penelope's chauffeur, Parker, doesn't feature in the opening credits. Scandalous, in this day and age!
 
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