ANIMATED TITLES AND ALI BONGO

[johnstewart]

Just been thinking about a period in which Ali Bongo seemed to be a regular guest on a number of variety shows including 'David Nixons magic box'.

That show was one of my favourites in the 1970 - 71 period.

At that time Thames appeared to front a number of their productions in Monty Python style semi photographic title sequences.

Amongst those I recall apart from the famous 'Magpie' were 'Ace of Wands'; which like 'Magic Box appeared to be in a similar artwork style; 'Mind of Mr JG Reeder', 'Shadows of Fear' and 'Bless this House'.

Of course Bongo also fronted his own cartoon compendium show referred to elsewhere on the forums on the BBC at that time, which I very vaguely seem to recall; though he was also largely featured in the earlier 'ZOKKO' editions I think.

[johnstewart]

johnstewart said:

Just been thinking about a period in which Ali Bongo seemed to be a regular guest on a number of variety shows including 'David Nixons magic box'.

That show was one of my favourites in the 1970 - 71 period.

At that time Thames appeared to front a number of their productions in Monty Python style semi photographic title sequences.

Amongst those I recall apart from the famous 'Magpie' were 'Ace of Wands'; which like 'Magic Box appeared to be in a similar artwork style; 'Mind of Mr JG Reeder', 'Shadows of Fear' and 'Bless this House'.

Of course Bongo also fronted his own cartoon compendium show referred to elsewhere on the forums on the BBC at that time, which I very vaguely seem to recall; though he was also largely featured in the earlier 'ZOKKO' editions I think.

Can anyone recall any of those animated titles?

'Magpie' (1970 titles) and 'Ace of wands' were very similar - I wondered if they were done by the same artist. And also if there was an earlier variant on the Ace of wands titles?