tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post2904086670484758088..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: Sunday Storybook TheatreMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-45405851553368272662014-09-23T12:23:36.737-04:002014-09-23T12:23:36.737-04:00Those princes are certainly GI Joes, my fantasy me...Those princes are certainly GI Joes, my fantasy men until Big Jim came into my life. But as a 70's gayling with two sisters, I am fairly certain that's not an off-brand Barbie but Barbie's kid sister, Skipper. I could be wrong. Ken and the boys had much more of my attention.<br /><br />The <i>Curiosity Shop</i> seems vaguely familiar. Wisps of remembrance clouded by time. Its tiny light dimmed perhaps by grander entertainments of the day. It appears to be created by an animation team that couldn't quite cut it with the Lutherans over at <i>Davey and Goliath</i>. <br /><br />Truth be told, my stop-motion heart will always belong to Ray Harryhausen (as much for toga-clad Argonauts as his creatures), Rankin Bass productions (and that dreamy ginger who grew up to be Santa Claus), and of course, <i>Mr. Bill</i>.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-28107345837981722302014-09-21T17:17:13.416-04:002014-09-21T17:17:13.416-04:00I grew up on the Goops, too. Not Milne, but Graha...I grew up on the Goops, too. Not Milne, but Grahame and Uncle Remus. "The Goops, they lick their fingers. The Goops, they lick their knives." And then Mother would sniff. "*We* don't do that." Piet Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-38721958605712420622014-09-21T14:37:21.123-04:002014-09-21T14:37:21.123-04:00We had Mr Benn, The Clangers and Crystal Tipps and...We had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Benn" rel="nofollow"><em>Mr Benn</em></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clangers" rel="nofollow"><em>The Clangers</em></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Tipps_and_Alistair" rel="nofollow"><em>Crystal Tipps and Alistair</em></a>, about which I savour equally fond memories... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-33504231086830783772014-09-21T10:53:25.106-04:002014-09-21T10:53:25.106-04:00'They sighed and they suffered, and they tosse...'They sighed and they suffered, and they tossed at night.' Indeed. In the UK the last term has a very particular meaning...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com