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- Name: Rallix
- Location: London, United Kingdom
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Are you an 80s kid?
The brain is a collection of memories; you temporarily forget some but the most endearing and the most embarassing invariably re-emerge as part of conversation and idle dreaming.
Amongst the ones that pleasantly haunt me from my childhood (and I trust any indian childhood of the 80s) are the gems of Doordarshan. In fact I am tempted to claim that the 80s were probably the golden era of Indian television watching from a nostalgia point of view. Well, maybe not - I can quite imagine a group of 30 somethings fondly reminiscing about the Power Puff girls 15 years from now...
In any case, let me see if I bring tears to your eyes with the following-
1. Barbapappa , the name apparently is a corruption of the French word for candyfloss; The story of Barbapapa, Barbamama, Barbalala, Barbabright, Barbabelle, Barbazoo, Barbalib, Barbabeau and Barbabravo.
Check out the title song here and look around for a few episodes
2. Johnny Sokko and his flying robot - video here
The story of a little boy with a giant robot that could destroy the strongest and evilest. Combined a Hitlerian army with a collection of spectacular monsters. Sample the following
Globar - The Giant Devil-Ball
Gargolyle Vine, A Space Plant
Gangar - The Colossal Hand
Spaaki - The Electric-Current Monster
Terror of the Man-Eating Sand
Opticorn Must be Destroyed (Ganmons - Eye of the Devil)
The Monsterous Flying Jawbone
The Mummy Mutants
Hydrazone - The Germ Spore
3. Ek anek aur Ekta - Who can forget this? video here Anyone know the Raag? Anyone know the Raag?
4. The Mole - Video here . Czechoslovakian animation with molar morals.
And while you are all thanking me through tearfilled eyes and wishing to kiss my feet (for being so jobless), I shall reveal that I actually tried searching for a few more - Tree of unity, Swimmy - but could not find these.
And specifically for DD Calcutta watchers - anyone remember Chiching Phank (especially the opening doors?) or the title track of Telescope? No videos were found, sigh :)
BTW - if you have an opinion on Don (the old or the new) then check out my cousin's blog - he suggests an interesting alternative
- posted by Rallix @ 3:12 AM
Though I feel every generation has its own 'feel-good' memories, what makes Television a phenomena for the '80s' children is the fact that they were not born with TV as a fixture in their lives. It was novel and special - as you had to go somewhere else (like a community club, neighor's house etc.) to see it, and even when at home, their was one channel, which aired for some 5 hrs a day. Hence the fascination with it.
the raga.. is it basant bahar?
(i tried working it out, but i'm not very good, and i'm basing this only on the hind desh part)
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Chandni, to add to your list: Chiching Phank, Byomkesh Bakshi, and the frantic attempts at adjusting the antenna to get a better reception of Bangladesh TV (Knight Rider, Gullivers travels etc.). The list goes on - Mungeri Lal ke haseen sapne...
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