Tuesday 3 June 2014
Voice of the Mysterons
Growing up in Britain in the Sixties and early Seventies it was impossible to avoid the oft-repeated puppet-based TV series of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The most famous is undoubtedly the earlier Thunderbirds, but my favourite was always the more 'realistic' and darker Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons from 1967-68. These opening titles set the tone of threat and menace. Parents must have been driven mad by kids badgering for replacement batteries for their torches after endless re-enactions of the spooky Mysteron light rings: 'Will you pack it in! I'm trying to watch It's a Knockout'. The one to talk to about this stuff is Dave Skooter Farm. MP
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Oh happy days- the fun we had doing the Thunderbirds puppet walk around the schoolyard as youngsters. Much later in life seeing the Cook/Moore version and realizing it's still funny. I need to watch some Captain Scarlet.....
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