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xaphod · 20th April 2006, 09:38

Many moons ago, my father used to get in from work (he was a teacher) and everything would stop for 5 minutes while the Magic Roundabout was on the telly.

http://magicroundabout.com/

This was a crude animation featuring: Dougal the dog, Florence the young girl, Dylan the sleepy dropout, a snail, and a guy with a spring instead of legs, called Zeberdee.

My father was enraptured by this programme, and I, a supercilious teenager, thought it terribly childish.

Now the boot is on the other foot (I had to get a heely pun in somewhere).

While watching the early morning news, some of the other channels fill out the time with cheap cartoons. One of these is Pingu the penguin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/characterpages/pingu/

Watching the antics of Pingu certainly is a refreshing anodyne to the present messy political intrigues in the UK and the world.

Xa

PS .... I also do a fair byeline in the shape of the Clangers

http://experts.about.com/e/t/th/The_Clangers.htm

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xaphod I'm a Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UK I am Male Posts: 808 Thanks: 0 Thanked 29 Times in 21 Posts Rep Power: 15	OK, so what children's programmes do you watch? Many moons ago, my father used to get in from work (he was a teacher) and everything would stop for 5 minutes while *the Magic Roundabout* was on the telly. http://magicroundabout.com/ This was a crude animation featuring: Dougal the dog, Florence the young girl, Dylan the sleepy dropout, a snail, and a guy with a spring instead of legs, called Zeberdee. My father was enraptured by this programme, and I, a supercilious teenager, thought it terribly childish. Now the boot is on the other foot (I had to get a heely pun in somewhere). While watching the early morning news, some of the other channels fill out the time with cheap cartoons. One of these is *Pingu* the penguin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/characterpages/pingu/ Watching the antics of Pingu certainly is a refreshing anodyne to the present messy political intrigues in the UK and the world. Xa PS .... I also do a fair byeline in the shape of the *Clangers* http://experts.about.com/e/t/th/The_Clangers.htm