"Will DM and Penfold escape in time for the next instalment? Can they foil Baron Greenback's dastardly plans? Does anybody care?"

'How long can Penfold hold out? How long before Baron Greenback returns? How long is a piece of string? Will the person who stole my bicycle pump, please return it?'

There was a great video release of DM which featured specially recorded links by David Jason's announcer twixt episodes attempting to bring some 'culture' to the proceedings. Nothing on-screen except for the 'DM' logo.

My girlfriend spent her student years in Albany Road, Manchester, just a few yards away from Cosgrove Hall productions. Oh the excitement.

They still show Dangermouse on Sky's Boomerang channel anyway, if anybody wants to watch it. I wish they would re-show Freakazoid on the Cartoon Network though, I use to watch it on ITV, some of those episodes were the funniest bits of kids cartoons I'd ever seen.

Dangermouse is the one kids programme that actually deserves nostalgia.

When Dangermouse first came out, my Dad was working for a TV listings magazine and got me the press launch notes, signed by Brian Cosgrove.
It was my prized possession for most of my childhood.
Why don't we get constant repeats of Dangermouse falling through the bar?

>Dangermouse is the one kids programme that actually deserves nostalgia.

Nah, nostalgia for nostalgia's sake is bad. It's not as if everyone still watches it and regards it as genius. Anyway Dexter's Laboratory is the best cartoon.

>Nah, nostalgia for nostalgia's sake is bad. It's not as if everyone still watches it and regards it as genius.

Well I do.

And anyway, the Powerpuff Girls are better than Dexter, so there.

>And anyway, the Powerpuff Girls are better than Dexter, so there.

I hate both.

Dangermouse is great, though I prefer Animaniacs.

oh, grow up.

A couple of days ago I was watching kids television and I thought I heard the ghastly presenter say Dangermouse was coming up soon - so I sat through fucking Penny Crayon and some other drudge, only to realise my tragic bad-earing... Angelmouse! Some poncy thing for girls about a little brown fucking mouse, hanging off a balloon! And DAVID JASON WAS THE NARRATOR! Gah.

9 episodes of Henry's Cat are about to be released on DVD.

To paraphrase any crap CBBC presenter of the eighties: "Who the fuck was Henry?"

henry the Cat was class

>My girlfriend spent her student years in Albany Road, Manchester, just a few
yards away from Cosgrove Hall productions. Oh the excitement.

Joe4SOTCAA, now you're a corpse aren't you not supposed to admit to having a girlfriend? Think of the potential teen devotees you could crush.

>Joe4SOTCAA, now you're a corpse aren't you not supposed to admit to having a girlfriend? Think of the potential teen devotees you could crush.

Yes, that's the general idea, Kinder.

Come now, even Barrett and Fielding empathise with unrequited love, mainly through their love for their audience.

We love you.

And we hope that you do love we too.

>henry the Cat was class

Henry's Cat - not Henry the Cat. AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!

I seem to remember he had something to do with the Woolwich Building Society's Kids Club.

>We love you.
>
>And we hope that you do love we too.

Why was your 'love' for Jon shown so abusively?

>Why was your 'love' for Jon shown so abusively?

Oh, right...

I maintain that our parody of Jon was no more or less abusive than pisstakes he's done of us in the past. Definitely less abusive than the actual situation the thread parodied.

I don't hate Jon. And even if I did, why should he care either way? He's made it quite clear that he doesn't see SOTCAA as anything particularly wonderful.

>I maintain that our parody of Jon was no more or less abusive than pisstakes
he's done of us in the past

Don't you leave any leeway for those who idolise you to hanker for attention?
*ahem*

>I don't hate Jon. And even if I did, why should he care either way? He's made it
quite clear that he doesn't see SOTCAA as anything particularly wonderful.

Again, fear of rejection I think you'll find. You have no idea how this 'love' thing works do you?

>Again, fear of rejection I think you'll find. You have no idea how this 'love' thing works do you?

No. I obviously don't get it. It's not 'love' as I understand it at all.

I must have gotten confused by the actual *words* that Jon wrote down for others to read.

'Fear of rejection' doesn't excuse safety in numbers nastiness. It doesn't excuse taking sides with whoever looks like they're winning. That's all I could see. That was really upsetting, okay?

Take the piss all you want. I've really nothing more to say to you on this one, Kinder.

Oh I'm sorry Joe4SOTCAA, I didn't realise you'd been genuinely scathed by Jon's antics. I'm just trying to say that sometimes words are easily misinterpreted. Just look at the hysteria the Bible's caused.

I hope you know I do love you, and the other one. SOTCAA is wonderful as it happens.

Here I return to say no, Count Duckula is better.

And not just because Jonathan told me to say that*.





* For once.

>Here I return to say no, Count Duckula is better.
I think we should all just stand back at laugh at your frankly, untenable position. I can't belive anyone would take you seriously.

Dangermouse is better, though Count Duckula is not bad. In this day and age, that is the way forward.

A picture of Henry from Henry's Cat was once actually shown on Going Live, or Superstore which ever was the contemporary Saturday morning show.

Bob Godfrey had been asked so many times he drew him. Actually, was he the illustrator or the writer? I can't remember. It was a long time ago.

Henry was an old man with a moustache, if I remember correctly.

Anyway, we all agreed it should never have been shown and had spoilt the magic.

Incidentally, wasn't Chris an inspired name for a rabbit?

And on the Dangermouse thing, I remember the Granada continuity announcer (this was pre-CITV) once asking why Penfold's eyebrows were unattached to him and floated over his eyes. He made a very good point.

Two hour-long Dangermouse videos are currently available from all good video shops, for the very agreeable price of £6.99 each.

>Here I return to say no, Count Duckula is better.
>
>And not just because Jonathan told me to say that*.

Count.

>>Here I return to say no, Count Duckula is better.
>>
>>And not just because Jonathan told me to say that*.
>
>Count.

Surely you mean "kloutz".

Because of, you know, the juxtaposition and that.

>Surely you mean "kloutz".

>Because of, you know, the juxtaposition and that.

Ah - somebody else who doesn't understand a bit of self-parody. The 'blah blah blah' bit should have given it away, mate.

Idiot.

I thought you were down on people who couldn't take the occasional affectionate send-up...

>I thought you were down on people who couldn't take the occasional affectionate send-up...

It's been a long, long day.