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Zokko!
Dec 31, 2012 12:34:34 GMT
Post by Sue Butcher on Dec 31, 2012 12:34:34 GMT
"Zokko!" rates nearly a page in "Revolt Into Style" by George Melly (1970): "...a pinball table... with a stylized mechanical face with the voice of a sad baby Dalek. The bull scores a number, the 'eyes' of the robot record it, and the voice having identified itself as if it were a minor tragedy, announces the next item."
I saw some of the first series. It was so bizarre it was impossible to forget. Thanks to all of you for filling in the details. Any leads on who drew "Skayne"?
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Zokko!
Dec 8, 2013 0:23:38 GMT
Post by lee jones on Dec 8, 2013 0:23:38 GMT
I apologise for resurrecting a very old threaad. But did anyone have any extras to add to all this at all? A Pity - even if the first series dosen't exist it would be very intresting to see that last recording of the second series of zokko. Maybe a job for BBC4 there?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 9:09:37 GMT
There are two editions of Zokko! surviving from the second series (one on b/w VT and one on t/r). A shame though that there are no editions existing whatsoever from series one as it definitely had the better format and will be what any of us who recall the show from the time will remember!
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Zokko!
Jan 12, 2015 18:00:47 GMT
Post by lee jones on Jan 12, 2015 18:00:47 GMT
I know this is an old thread btw. But if anyone's intrested (I uploaded them way back in 2008!) both the theme music (14564) and the band parade music (14565) are still on MHP PP as MP3s! I don't have the originals but found these files lurking around on the 'net back then. Also had a quick look on the bbc genome website, and turned up this for 28 Feb '70; Seems to have been a very short programme though. The next programme - Grandstand was at 12.45(!). ljones
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Zokko!
Jan 12, 2015 19:08:45 GMT
Post by Patrick Coles on Jan 12, 2015 19:08:45 GMT
from (fading !) memories....
Zokko ! did indeed have a pinball machine with a kind of 'face' and spoke like a mixture of a Dalek & (Troughton era) Cyberman ! - lights flashed on as it spoke...
it announced the game was on and a ball hit various devices, lights lit up etc, and the voice announced various items - one I remember was called; 'Speed Ride' and we then went into a film sequence...one was a wall of death rider, another was a powerboat race, etc
'Felix' was indeed the pre-war b/w silent version with a 1920's style song accompanying his antics - later a modern version of Felix had his own TV show & voices (I even had a Felix annual years ago !), he's a very old cartoon character and his feature in 'Zokko !' was from the silent era...
'Skayne' the space adventure used the same theme tune as an ITV series called something like; 'Crime Reporter' that starred Mark Eden (aka 'Marco Polo' in Dr.Who & evil Alan Bradley in 'Corrie') as a top investigative sports reporter guy who worked for a leading mag or paper uncovering corruption etc in sport (imagine all the work he'd have today !!)
Zokko !' concluded with the electronic voice saying; 'Game Over !' - it was a curio show of about 20-25 minutes designed to capture children's imaginations...
I used to watch it while awaiting Football Focus - then 'Football Preview' - that followed in 'Grandstand'
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Zokko!
Jan 12, 2015 20:52:30 GMT
Post by John Green on Jan 12, 2015 20:52:30 GMT
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Zokko!
Dec 31, 2020 20:28:53 GMT
Post by lee jones on Dec 31, 2020 20:28:53 GMT
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Zokko!
Dec 31, 2020 21:18:19 GMT
Post by John Green on Dec 31, 2020 21:18:19 GMT
The colours! The colours!
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Zokko!
Dec 31, 2020 21:24:04 GMT
Post by John Green on Dec 31, 2020 21:24:04 GMT
"Zokko!" rates nearly a page in "Revolt Into Style" by George Melly (1970): "...a pinball table... with a stylized mechanical face with the voice of a sad baby Dalek. The bull scores a number, the 'eyes' of the robot record it, and the voice having identified itself as if it were a minor tragedy, announces the next item." I saw some of the first series. It was so bizarre it was impossible to forget. Thanks to all of you for filling in the details. Any leads on who drew "Skayne"? I can't see that anyone's answered this, but Genome has: Skayn and the Moon People: Part 4 - 'We will all be facing danger...' with the voices of Sheelagh McGrath, Gordon Clyde, Anthony Jackson, and pictures by Leslie Caswell. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cddfae868d70481daf9e59e03226cf3cThis is good: www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2017/07/zokko.html
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Post by Sue Butcher on Jan 2, 2021 1:33:54 GMT
Thanks for that, John.
"Zokko - Joke Time." "How do you weigh a whale?" "At a whale weigh station!" The Curious British Telly article you cite has an understandable error; the surviving black and white photo of the pinball machine makes the robot's head look narrow and skull-like, but it was actually square in shape. Still kind of scary, though, with that electronic voice and the logo that looked like an exploding brain.
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Zokko!
Jan 3, 2021 2:37:18 GMT
Post by Sue Butcher on Jan 3, 2021 2:37:18 GMT
On the subject of obscure television robots, are there any surviving photos of Serendipity Dog off "Tom-Tom"?
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Post by lee jones on Sept 22, 2023 11:11:46 GMT
Is the "last" episode of 'zokko'? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZkRSDOXTEAccording to the video link it says it is from 3/1/70, but yet at the end of the video itself it says "This zokko! compilation" -- not aware of this being shown though. Dosen't seem to tie up with the bbc genome entry for BBC1 3/1/70. Last entry I can find is for 28/2/70 but that dosen't seem to tie up either; for example there dosen't appear to have been any "susan starr of the circus" (presumably that was a serial?). So presumably then this uploaded film is a compilation but how odd - I've never seen that many compilations of saturday morning kids' shows! ljones
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Post by darrenlee on Sept 22, 2023 20:51:10 GMT
Is the "last" episode of 'zokko'? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZkRSDOXTEAccording to the video link it says it is from 3/1/70, but yet at the end of the video itself it says "This zokko! compilation" -- not aware of this being shown though. Dosen't seem to tie up with the bbc genome entry for BBC1 3/1/70. Last entry I can find is for 28/2/70 but that dosen't seem to tie up either; for example there dosen't appear to have been any "susan starr of the circus" (presumably that was a serial?). So presumably then this uploaded film is a compilation but how odd - I've never seen that many compilations of saturday morning kids' shows! ljones The programme's Wikipedia page claims that a compilation and 2 episodes survive (TV Brain says the 3/1/70 survival is incomplete). This is evidently that compilation, but there's no information about why it was made or if it was aired somewhere. I guess the uploader, or whoever, tagged it as 3/1/70 because it contains 'Skayn and the Moon People' episode 5, identifiable to that date, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/84695d59a30a4158bec0d0e3d0051e56 The extract from 'Fantasia' is presumably from 13/12/1969, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9665ff221d06436ea787c27df87fba2cThe Inaros Sisters act is presumably from 6/12/1969, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eec20114934a45fb9a3ab701832d2102(and their single credit on imdb for 3/1/1970 is therefore wrong). 'Side-splitting funsters' Davies and Grey appeared twice, this appearance presumably being the 2nd series one from 31/1/1970, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fde413f2ed764c019bb3fbde40a053abAnyway, there are obviously many bits of episodes regarded as completely lost here.
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Zokko!
Sept 24, 2023 8:58:30 GMT
Post by Sue Butcher on Sept 24, 2023 8:58:30 GMT
Mad stuff, particularly the skidding Jaguar set to music. As I'd thought, the "I Say, I Say" segments are painted in a nice Yellow Submarine-ish style. The complete lack of movement in "Skayn" is obviously deliberate, because they've included the occasional speech balloon to remind us we're viewing virtual comic panels. I don't remember there being quite so much pop music in the first series, but if this is a compilation then it may not be typical. It strikes me that the Monty Python fish-slapping dance would have been perfect for this show!
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Zokko!
Sept 24, 2023 11:16:36 GMT
Post by John Green on Sept 24, 2023 11:16:36 GMT
Has there already been a link to this? timworthington.org/2019/05/27/bwammm-its-zokko/References to "fondly-remembered offbeat children’s comedy shows such as Hope And Keen’s Crazy House, Bonny! and Great Big Groovy Horse" as well as "an experimental – in both senses – magazine show called Whoosh! was added to the Saturday morning schedules. Devised by former Play School production team members Cynthia Felgate and Peter Ridsdale-Scott, Whoosh! featured Play School presenter Rick Jones, ballet dancer turned comedienne Dawn Macdonald – who got the job after sending Felgate a photo of herself pulling a ridiculous face – and former child actor Jonathan Collins in what Radio Times described as ‘a place where anything can happen’."
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