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Wow ... big part of my childhood ... those robot ball things! Weird how this seems largely forgotten

GJim 2y ago
According to Wikipedia, problems with broadcasting rights meant it wasn't really repeated after the original 1980's broadcasts. As an aside, it's hardly surprising our American cousins haven't heard of Terrahawks. I doubt the tongue in cheek humour (typified by 'robot ball' Sergeant Major Zero) would translate well!
- RichardCA 2y ago
  You're talking about the generation that grew up with Monty Python and The Goodies. We were also familiar with the latex puppets because of Spitting Image and the Genesis "Land of Confusion" video. And the idea of a ball-shaped droid with a Cockney accent just seemed like a big miscalculation, unworthy of the Anderson legacy. But to be fair, if you go back and watch Space: 1999, most of the episodes aged poorly in retrospect except for one or two of them (e.g., Dragon's Domain still holds up).
  - GJim 2y ago
    > You're talking about the generation that grew up with Monty Python and The Goodies Yet would be entirely baffled at the concept of a British panto. > ball-shaped droid with a Cockney accent That my friend, was the voice of the one and only Windsor Davis, initiating his role as St Mjr from 'It ain't half hot mum'. Though I do recall a Scottish zeriod ("droid") and one with a French accent and handlebar moustache.
    - RichardCA 2y ago
      > Yet would be entirely baffled at the concept of a British panto. Monty Python, and in particular Terry Gilliam's animation style, were both heavily panto influenced. It was also a nerd rite-of-passage to watch Eraserhead which was directed by David Lynch, who then got to direct the Elephant Man. The panto scene at the end of Elephant Man is one of the few scenes in a movie that wrecks me every time I watch it. Unfortunately it gets scrubbed every time someone posts it online.
pansa2 2y ago
> Wow ... big part of my childhood ... those robot ball things! Yes! And the noughts-and-crosses game they played during the credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJ2vyXKOOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJ2vyXKOOE

GJim 2y ago

According to Wikipedia, problems with broadcasting rights meant it wasn't really repeated after the original 1980's broadcasts. As an aside, it's hardly surprising our American cousins haven't heard of Terrahawks. I doubt the tongue in cheek humour (typified by 'robot ball' Sergeant Major Zero) would translate well!

RichardCA 2y ago
You're talking about the generation that grew up with Monty Python and The Goodies. We were also familiar with the latex puppets because of Spitting Image and the Genesis "Land of Confusion" video. And the idea of a ball-shaped droid with a Cockney accent just seemed like a big miscalculation, unworthy of the Anderson legacy. But to be fair, if you go back and watch Space: 1999, most of the episodes aged poorly in retrospect except for one or two of them (e.g., Dragon's Domain still holds up).
- GJim 2y ago
  > You're talking about the generation that grew up with Monty Python and The Goodies Yet would be entirely baffled at the concept of a British panto. > ball-shaped droid with a Cockney accent That my friend, was the voice of the one and only Windsor Davis, initiating his role as St Mjr from 'It ain't half hot mum'. Though I do recall a Scottish zeriod ("droid") and one with a French accent and handlebar moustache.
  - RichardCA 2y ago
    > Yet would be entirely baffled at the concept of a British panto. Monty Python, and in particular Terry Gilliam's animation style, were both heavily panto influenced. It was also a nerd rite-of-passage to watch Eraserhead which was directed by David Lynch, who then got to direct the Elephant Man. The panto scene at the end of Elephant Man is one of the few scenes in a movie that wrecks me every time I watch it. Unfortunately it gets scrubbed every time someone posts it online.

pansa2 2y ago

> Wow ... big part of my childhood ... those robot ball things! Yes! And the noughts-and-crosses game they played during the credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJ2vyXKOOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJ2vyXKOOE