Can you remember?

Post by **Mimimay** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:36 am

As this thread had gone seriously off topic with all your reminiscing about old TV programmes.

I have split the thread at this point where Bearded Brian had just asked Mimimay if she remembered the Daktari program on the Telly, so carry on with your old TV favourites.

Oh Brian ! Do I remember Daktari ! That's the programme which first made me want to go to Africa ! I LOVED it when I was small, I was obsessed with it actually if you ask my family !Clarence the cross eyed lion and there was a monkey I think but can't remember his name ???????
I wanted to go and work with animals in Africa from the first time I saw it at probably 5 years old

then a few years later we watched Born Free at my secondary school. Well it made me cry so much I couldn't finish the film

but I still held this dream that I wanted to be that Adams woman

I never lost the dream but life got in the way and I drifted in to some other existence which is a whole new story but !!! and this is the good bit ! When I did eventually go I realised that I was right when I was five years old and that is where I belonged. All my life wasted here and there and I was too stupid or misguided or unlucky or whatever it was that made me not go before, Unbeleivable but true. There's a leesson in there I think somewhere........follow your dreams guys, before it's too late

You see I'm passionate about it all over again !

Just thought, was it Judy ? the chimp ?

Post by **Bearded Brian** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:50 pm

Yes it was Judy.

Post by **Karenh** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:41 am

I used to love Daktari and now i cant get the theme tune out of my head lol....

Post by **denisegr** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:43 am

Just had a quick shuffty on you tube and blow me you can watch whole episodes of it. I loved that Lion.

Post by **Mimimay** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:50 am

Karenh wrote:I used to love Daktari and now i cant get the theme tune out of my head lol....

Oh Karen you made me laugh because I had it in my head yesterday too

Denise, it must be an age thing because I've looked it up on youtube

I always loved the jeep they used and was a bit disapointed when my nephews was only plain green

Post by **denisegr** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:40 pm

I loved Skippy too, in fact I'm a sucker for any animal.

Post by **Mimimay** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:53 pm

Oooh me too Denise ! I've always been animal mad ! I loved Skippy, second to Dakrati though

Remember the skippy biscuits, I think I only had them because they were called skippy not because I particularly liked them

Post by **Horus** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:23 pm

Aw come on! Skippy?

All he did was to hop up to the little boy, sit and lick his paw and make some little "Tsch Tsch" noises

then the little lad would say something like:

"What's that Skippy? Dad was out at the old abandoned mine and he has fallen down a dissused shaft and broken his leg?" "You run home and tell Mum to bring the Diggeridoo and a Wombat poultice" and Skippy would hop off again.

Post by **Karenh** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:42 am

so true horus but i still loved it

Post by **denisegr** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:39 am

Dont be mean, I was a sweet and innocent little girl back then.

Post by **Christine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:24 am

So was that little boy, or he would never have believed that dratted Kangaroo

Post by **Christine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:34 am

Anyone remember " Flipper " the oceanic version of " Skippy "

Post by **Horus** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:49 am

Yes! Chris, I almost forgot Flipper

Flap, flap. .......... flap, flap!!!!!
"What's that Flipper? you have fixed the broken propeller shaft?"

Post by **Christine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:35 pm

"squeak squeak squeak , flap flap, course i bloody havent im a dolphin !!! "

Post by **Mimimay** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:24 pm

Well we seem to have well and trully hijacked this thread

so I may as well just add this Does anyone remember ....'Voyage to the bottom of the sea' ? It has to be said in a deep dramatic voice

Post by **Karenh** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:10 pm

Yes i remember that one as well this tread is fair bringing back some memories now....suddenly i cant remember the name of the programme but it had a man swimming underwater ..............

Post by **Christine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:41 pm

That would be " The man from Atlantis " honey, good old Patrick Duffy wiggling his way across our screens

Post by **Christine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:42 pm

OH my god yes Voyage to the bottom of the sea, i remember that one,

Post by **LovelyLadyLux** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:42 pm

WHOA!!! I just opened this thread "Visiting Egypt" on page 3 and if you start from there you lot are bonkers! Talk about thread drift!

Good for a real giggle tho.........

Post by **Christine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:44 pm

What ?? what thread drift, what thread , im sure i dont know what you mean