Balamory

[FishyFish]

So, is everyone in this garishly appointed little seaside town out of work then?

Everytime it's on some woman with scary, gravity-defying hair and odd eyes starts singing "Strike up the band, strike up the band, there is no work today!".

Clearly every business in the town must've gone into liquidation following their employees downing tools to watch the entertainment on a daily basis. The only industry worth it's salt is the local band who get a gig every day (although god only knows who pays them).

There's something oddly creepy about the entire place and I keep waiting for them to burn some christian outsider in a giant wicker man.

Fishy

(who's twins are now starting to pay attention to childrens programmes when they're on. Thus I've reaquainted myself with the lyrics to Postman Pat and, despite it looking a bit more glossy, realising that Pingu is still fucking ace!)

[JPickford (retired mod)]

Miss Hooley sings that song at the weekend*. She works in the nursery.

Everyone else has a job apart from Josie Jump who appears to just do sports.

It's a wonderful show, The League of Gentlemen for kids.

We even went to stay there last year for a couple of days. We stayed in Josie Jumps house.

*Actually I haven't seen the new series. There wasn't a band in it before.

[FishyFish]

We even went to stay there last year for a couple of days. We stayed in Josie Jumps house.

Was she there?

[JPickford (retired mod)]

Was she there?

Sadly, no.

You can visit all the houses apart from Archies Castle which isn't really Pink and is in Glasgow.

[Qazimod]

You never see the cop get into any scrapes with the crims though do you? I mean, you could at least have him shoot a water pistol at someone for trying to steal his cup of tea or something...I'm sure the kids could handle it...

[JPickford (retired mod)]

You never see the cop get into any scrapes with the crims though do you? I mean, you could at least have him shoot a water pistol at someone for trying to steal his cup of tea or something...I'm sure the kids could handle it...

There's zero crime on the island (in real life).

[FishyFish]

There's zero crime on the island (in real life).

That'd be that giant wicker man then...wonderful anti-crime measure.

[Ludachrist]

There's zero crime on the island (in real life).

Those are the stats maybe, but that's probably cause the policeman does fuck all and therefore has no record of any crime.

[Qazimod]

There's zero crime on the island (in real life).

WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL IN A JOB THEN?

[JPickford (retired mod)]

Deterrent.

[SeanR]

Deterrent.

He's got the Edward Woodward role

[zorse]

Thus I've reaquainted myself with the lyrics to Postman Pat

I caught one of the new episodes of this the other day, Pat now has a swish house with widescreen TV and Jess now meows rather unpleasantly whereas he was mute in the old days. And the village is now ethnically diverse, wich is nice.

[SeanR]

I caught one of the new episodes of this the other day, Pat now has a swish house with widescreen TV and Jess now meows rather unpleasantly whereas he was mute in the old days. And the village is now ethnically diverse, wich is nice.

CGI?

Mrs Miggins now replaced with slug-type gangster?

Ted now drives a VT, rather than a tractor?

http://www.postmanpat.com/browser.php

[franki]

don't knock pc plum, the other day he was going to help suzie with her flying lessons but he took an emergency phonecall and had to rush off.

apparently a horse had escaped and he caught it.

the bit that freaks me out is the sweet shop. suzie's special skill is knowing about everything that's happening anywhere in the world, penny's skill is that she can count..... and do donuts in her wheelchair although that skill is rarely called upon.

as a positive rolemodel for the wheelchair bound, it seems a little patronising - ah yes, she can count, well then we'll give her a job. bless.

[super_quincy]

Ted now drives a VT, rather than a tractor?

Theres not enough death-deathing mecha in kids programs, not since Robotech stopped being aired on cable anyway.

[MrPogo]

And the village is now ethnically diverse, wich is nice.

I hate that in kids TV programs. For example, I was never sure why they felt the need to introduce a Jamaican womble when they we're all brown to start with.