Mike
Su Pollard
"I want a chandelier. A motorised one."
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Post by Mike on Jun 17, 2004 22:46:02 GMT
I thought of putting this in 'rose-tinted' but it wouldn't be appropriate, as it was, is and forever shall be ace.
Best bits - The White-ish Knight, the ridiculous fight scenes, Rotten Rose...the whole thing basically. The best kids' TV show of all time, bar none.
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Post by Becky on Jun 17, 2004 23:22:10 GMT
Why dont you carry on, with what your doin, cuz theres always troule brewin....
Ooh anyone remember Here comes pixie paul and his little wife Linda... Eat the cake, eat the plate go and give some to your friends, its a song that never ends
I hope someone does remember that or else Im just going to look like a loon.
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Post by Nick on Jun 17, 2004 23:32:35 GMT
First of all, AN UNDIGNIFIED APPEAL: if anyone has the last three episodes of the first series on video anywhere, marriage would not be out of the question, as they are the only ones I lack (and, yes, that does include the 'The Whitish Knight', grrr). Maid Marian and Her Merry Men was ace in a way that may never be surpassed by a kids' TV series. I could just sit here and list some of the reasons why it was ace, but... in fact, yes, I'll just sit here and list some of the reasons why it was ace. Some of the reasons why it was ace:- The songs. You were always guaranteed at least one song every week, often two, and occasionally even three. And they were fucking ace. Especially 'Father Bloopy'. And the Royal Wedding song. And the one about how much Marian and Rose hated each other. And Rotten Rose's theme song. And Robin's groupies singing. And Barrington going all Lionel Richie in the streets of Worksop. Etc.
- "I think it's pancake day. Yes, it's pancake day. Yes it's p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day."
- The final episode, which saw the gang transported into a parallel universe, and ended with the characters transformed into a gherkin, a herring in a wedding veil, a set of table mats illustrated with popular Welsh seaside resorts, two models of the Statue of Liberty made entirely from Wenslydale cheese, a pineapple, a box of tissues, a children's book, water-wings and a loaf of bread. Except it was all a dream! Or was it? Well, probably. Hurrah!
- "Oh, knickers! We'll never catch him now."
- The moment in 'Tunnel Vision' where Robin took off his hate and cloak to reveal his bald head and leopardskin leggings, and launched into a completely unexpected and utterly, utterly brilliant piss-take of The Crystal Maze, with Gary, Graeme and the Sheriff of Nottingham frantically running round and fucking up all over the place while Robin pranced about as Richard O'Brien. Tony Robinson deserved a knighthood for that scene.
- "Marian! Smash Hits readers have voted me the outlaw they'd most like to snog!"
- The rigged, double-rigged and triple-rigged Song For Worksop competition, where Marian wore her hair up!
- King John's driving lessons!
- Backing vocals appearing from nowhere in the middle of the forest!
- Robin's incredibly elaborate plan to get Guy of Gisbourne off the throne, which involved the goodies and the baddies teaming up, a gigantic dinosaur model, scripts, characterisation, luvvie peasants and Barrington under the bed with a megaphone.
- "I'm a freedom fighter, Rose, and you know it."
"A freedom fighter! Of course! That's why you do the shopping, isn't it? So your men have the freedom to fight."
- Rose, generally. What an angel she was. With Robin a close second. But they were all ace.
Still waiting for a complete DVD set, though. Grrr. |
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Post by Ann on Jun 17, 2004 23:33:20 GMT
My friend and I loved this so much we set up History Club at school which ment we could legally watch Maid Marion all lunch.
True Story.
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Post by moondial on Jun 18, 2004 0:52:28 GMT
And the actor that played Robin can now be seen in adverts for back pain relief.
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Post by Sparkle on Jun 18, 2004 8:13:14 GMT
Oh my goodness me. Are there actually videos? I want them. Are they proper videos or are they taped off the telly?
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Post by klee on Jun 18, 2004 9:22:17 GMT
"If you've got a hole in your roof,
Call Margaret the Thatcher."
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Floss
Jane Asher
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Post by Floss on Jun 18, 2004 10:15:58 GMT
Ohhhhh Mariaaaan, Oh Mariaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
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Post by littlemissperfect on Jun 18, 2004 10:45:45 GMT
look out your door, look out your bedroom window (and your bathroom too)
Here comes Pixie Paul and his Little Wife Linda (with a cake for you
If you're good as you know you should
We'll give you one of Linda's cakes
She's not up to much with the keyboard touch
But the baking's got what it takes.
Every slice is paradise, it's a song what never ends......."
I'm sure there were more lyrics than that but I can't remember them.
Other ace moments:
--- The two idiot guards with the little dog on the elastic band
---- The episode where everyone in Worksop lost their clothes and sang the classic "I want my anorak, why don't you give it back" song
---- Robin dressing up as Elvis and singing "In the Ghetto"
---- Snooker!
---- Guy of Gisborne and his all-round patheticness
---- "Ooooh-ooooh, the Whit-ish Knight"
---- The song about being lazy: "You're so lazy, lazy yes you are you drive me crazy, laziest by far" which became a rap-type thing about how crap all the members of the gang were: "Robin you're a coward, I wish someday you'd do something brave. And Ron you are so violent, you're gonna get us all an early grave." "Well you're so BOSSY, completely bossy, yes you are!"
GENIUS!
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Post by joined up talking on Jun 18, 2004 16:42:25 GMT
I had completely forgotten why Maid Marian was so great. I had just accepted that it was one of the best children's programmes ever.
I remember being totally shocked in that one episode where everyone had to wear barrels and they showed naked people.
I used to go to school with this girl who looked exactly like Maid Marian && my best friend now reminds me so much of Guy, even though shes a girl.
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Post by joined up talking on Jun 18, 2004 17:08:11 GMT
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Post by rondette on Jun 21, 2004 8:40:53 GMT
Awwww.... Maid Marian. I too had forgotten how ace it really was until reading this thread. IWANNAWATCHITNOW
Wasn't it in the top 100 children's programs of all time??
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Post by Mimternet on Jun 21, 2004 11:36:53 GMT
Absolutely stunning television was our Maid Marrion.
The dentist episode was the best, "Who you gonna call? Call the dentist!"
I want videos too (not DVD, I want the grain and worn out effect). They were showing it again recently on CBBC, it was even better than I remembered. Why did Tony Robinson have to start making Time Team when clearly the world wanted more Marrion?
Looking at IMDB.com I am impressed to see that Marrion has also starred in The Bill twice and Hetty Wainthrope Investigates. A stellar CV.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 21, 2004 14:27:32 GMT
In history at school we watched it to learn about a word which i forgot. Its when they have modern day things in the place in time. We just had to list all the things in Maid Marian that hadn't been invented yet.
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Post by Nick on Jun 21, 2004 14:30:55 GMT
She was in the first series of The Hello Girls as well.
She was!
But there's no record of this on imdb.com.
But she was!
I'm sure of it. She also seemed really tall compared to the rest of the cast, and had quite big hands and feet, like The Wrestling Princess, and she drove a mini or a Fiat 500 or something.
It was her!
But... no record. I don't understand. This is wrong. Grrr.
Then again, Rose was in EastEnders and The Episode of Grange Hill Where Jacko Morgan Wore Cycling Shorts as well, and there's no record of those, either. Hmmm.
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Post by klee on Jun 21, 2004 14:45:00 GMT
In history at school we watched it to learn about a word which i forgot. Its when they have modern day things in the place in time. We just had to list all the things in Maid Marian that hadn't been invented yet. Anachronism. Which means the anachrophobia must be the fear of misplaced modern objects in a historical setting : - *Shudders*
"He's wearing a watch!" |
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Post by ellie on Jun 21, 2004 16:21:03 GMT
She was in the first series of The Hello Girls as well. She was! But there's no record of this on imdb.com. But she was! I'm sure of it. She also seemed really tall compared to the rest of the cast, and had quite big hands and feet, like The Wrestling Princess, and she drove a mini or a Fiat 500 or something. It was her! But... no record. I don't understand. This is wrong. Grrr. yes she was! i remmeber. best of all was barrington, who as well as being cat in red dwarf was in labyrinth AND was a dancer for wham!. i (co)directed an inter-house drama play of maid marrion at school. i think it was the driving lessons one, though how we made the car i have no idea. we won, because it was brilliant. |
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Post by Twiggy on Jun 22, 2004 2:07:22 GMT
I really need to hear the theme tune to this again, it's on the tip of my tongue but I just can't remember it. It was an ace programme though. I used to love watching children's programmes, now all that grabs my interest is My Parents Are Aliens.
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Post by rondette on Jun 22, 2004 7:56:54 GMT
 Marian!
Why don't you carry on with what you're doing
Cause there's always trouble brewing
You've got to find a way to make a better day
Oh Marian
Why don't you carry on with your merry men
And make heroes out of each of them
You've got to find a space to make a better place
Oh Marian, oh Marian
sung in a gospel stylee. It was awesome, and still is, in fact. |
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Post by jode* on Jun 22, 2004 11:55:21 GMT
the best place to wait for a repeat of "maid..." is the cbbc channel.
over christmas they repeated all three series of the psammead (five children and it... etc).
i must admit it wasn't as great as i had remembered.
maid marian however was repeated a few years back (1998 ?) on regular cbbc and it was still as awesome. maybe even more because it was sooooo rude (which you didn't get as a kid).
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