Underground Ernie

Especially the ridiculously pc 'Balamory'. I was brought up without such pc nonsense and I'm not racist, homophobic or anything else. Good commonsense parenting will teach your kids to respect everyone, regardless of who or what they are.

Come outside is good, heard Pippin the dog died and a replacement was used. Teletubbies, feel comatosed just looking at the intro.

I agree, however when the parents don't respect anyone how on earth will the kids learn?

Coming westbound on the Central Line through central London a couple of weeks back I was shocked to hear a very chubby boy, probably about 8 years old, describe his slightly less chubby sister (who would be about 6 or 7) as a "fat bitch". The girl burst into tears, but the mother, who was standing right next to both of them, didn't make any comment about this whatsoever, other than to tell the girl to stop crying

My boy loves Auntie Mabel and Pippin and even plays the on-line game on the CBeebies website. He is only three but has rather good mouse control, he uses his thumb to double click/click & Drag as his fingers are too small!
Oddly he has gotten quite excited about the prospect of watching Underground Ernie. I say oddly because he seems to have no real interest in the railway despite my best efforts. He has around £600 (no exagerration) of Brio with remote controls, track sensors, level crossings, bridges and tunnels, you name it - all set over two seperate layouts. He has been on numerous cab rides on the system too, but is not impressed at all. His Brio sits idle for the most part, and when on a cab ride he generally asks 'when are we getting off'.
Kids, you just can't win. ;D

My two year old twins like different stuff. ASshley likes Thomas The Tank Engine, or anything on wheels (like his Dad). No doubt he will like Underground Ernie. Given a cab ride, he'd probably have worked out the finer points of using the westinghouse within minutes! Taylor, on the other hand, likes anything that she can dance to, her favourite is 'Boogie beebies'. She has no interest in trains, buses or cars whatsoever. Girls

You can never tell can you? I bought him his first Brio layout for his 2nd birthday and he played with it at first. So I expanded it (sidings, stations etc) until I could fit no more on the table. Then I bought him a second layout with a two tier station, garage, and airport. Shortly after that he just didn't want to know about trains anymore.
His best friend from nursery loves trains, so we have done a few organised cab rides on the weekends. His mate is over the moon and just doesn't want to go home, whilst my boy is just interested in getting out of this tin box and going to Legoland. Oh well.

Oh dear I have all this kids TV rubbish to come again! At least when my daughter was young, the kids TV wasn't too bad (and we didn't have CBBC etc!)

I must admit I quite like some of the music from Balamory... "I'm Archie the inventor..." etc
As for Auntie Mable in her aeroplane, I'll always remember her as nurse Gladys Emmanuel from Open All Hours!

(BTW - I should explain that I don't make a habit of watching kids TV! It's only when I'm babysitting my three-year-old nephew (At least that's my excuse! ;D)

Yes it was sweet wasnt it, Somewhere in the episode you would know Pippin would pull the tablecloth off a laid table. Yes I know I need to get out more......lemmme outtttt!!!!!!!!!! ;D

They should have changed it to her, a guard and a polka dotted tube train. Now that would've been a show to be prooud of!! ;D

Ahh! That's where the model railway from Ashfield House went to!

The most bizarre Come Outside episode I ever had to sit through was one where Aunty Mabel finds out 'Where does Poo go?'. They went from her Loo all he way to the sewage works. Very strange! ;D

Its like Chucklevision. Its gone through the ages. Every time you watch you think, "how long has this been around, and how much longer will it be around for". Its something that will never die because of its appeal, and that is something the BBC seem to get right now and then!

But to answer your question - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Outside

Reading this:


Definately one episodes made when Tony Blair became PM

Oh dear!

Oh dear oh dear!

To me.... to you..... to me...... to you...... ;D

I can still remember the episode when the dog got caught in the rubbish bin, and the one with the street lamp!

I note from tonights TV that the voice of 'Underground Ernie' is being provided by Gary Linneker.