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Arrrrrrrgh!...are you in the local Quiz Team?

Try this
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man,
The skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough,
The tiny ship was tossed,
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.

Robert - The pilot of Fireball XL5 was Steve Zodiac.

Here's the theme tune - my elder brother had it on '45 and used to play the thing non-stop; forty + years later and it's still imbedded in my brain!

And don't worry I'm not serenading you!!!!

"I wish I was a spa-a-ceman,
The fastest guy alive.

I'd fly you 'round the Universe
In Fireball XL5,

Way out in space together,
Conquerors of the sky,

My heart would be a fireball (dah dah dah dah)

A fireball (dah dah dah dah)

Every time I gaze into your starry eyes

We'd take a path to Jupiter and maybe very soon,
We'd cruise along the Milky Way and land upon the Moon.

To a wonderland of stardust.
We'd zoom our way to Mars.

My heart would be a fireball (dah dah dah dah)

A fireball (dah dah dah dah)

And you would be my Venus of the stars."

Did they play the hornpipe?

giligans island robert

and yes i was in the quiz team

Thanks Ed...Oh the memories!

Joy.......you watch too much telly!

Here's an easy one for you
A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course
That is, of course, unless the horse..........................

is that the wonderful mr ed

i used to love rag tag and bobtail
i still have there book

Hi Joy

I think it is :))

He was funny, I liked him too.

No worries Robert.

I remember they showed Fireball XL5 during the sumer holidays in the early 80s. I was working shifts at the time and used to stay up after nights and watch it before going to bed - I think I enjoyed it better the second time around!

Captain Scarlet was also a fave of mine - I think I enjoyed all of the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson series. I loved the way a vehicle either had about 12 wheels or none!

The other one I enjoyed was UFO, which had real people in it. They were re-showing it on ITV4 at some filthy time in the morning recently.

Ed Bishop as Commander Straker, Gabrielle Drake in her purple wig and Peter Gordeno as the "Sky Diver" pilot

hello shimms ~~~~~~~ xxx

Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the bush kangaroo ...

Flipper (can't remember the words to that one, wasn't Chuck Connors in it though?)

Michael Bentines,,,,,,,Potty Time

Tony Hart,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Vision On

John Noakes,,,,,,,,,,Blue Peter

CR

Sorry forgot,,,,Johnny Morris,,,,,,,,,Animal Magic


CR

I loved Skippy, Flipper too.

Oh Ray, I remember those too. :)

nite nite everyone, memory lane ... xxx

Them days long gone

Nite Shimms xx

CR

Just had a quick whizz through the thread and I can't believe nobody's mentioned .....


THE BANANA SPLITS

Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky

Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la

Did,nt want to make a pig of meself Ed

left some out for others lol

CR

Bong said Zebedee,,,,,,,Time for Bed (Magic Roundabout)

And Bong says Cockney Rebel,,,,,,nite all

CR

Remember the 'Double-Deckers'?

Nite Ray