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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 11, 2004 22:09:15 GMT
Yes, around 1966 was when Mad Movies was seen (at least that's when I remember seeing it in the London area as shown by Rediffusion - was it networked?)
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Post by H Hartley on Nov 12, 2004 9:27:18 GMT
Lawrence . Mad Movies was like Edgar Wallace. Thames showed it almost continuously at sometime in the afternoon until around 1972. Possibly they stopped because it had started to date IE it was in B/W and Monkhouse's short 1960s hairstyle clashed with his longish 1970s style on the weekly Golden Shot.
Very amusing and entertaining if i recall correctly and made silent films interesting again.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 12, 2004 10:22:20 GMT
Yes, Mad Movies was repeated again later on. But I was referring to the first transmissions in London by Rediffusion in 1966 (which were the ones I recall myself). Someone asked about a Dr.Who clip being used from a 1967 story and I was really just establishing that Mad Movies pre-dated that adventure and so it couldn't have used a clip from it.
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Post by Matthew K Sharp on Nov 12, 2004 13:04:52 GMT
It also seems unlikely, although not impossible, that the BBC would licence a clip of one of their shows to a shows being made by an independent producer for the ITV network.
Somewhere (somewhere!) I've got a list of all the Mad Movies episode titles noted from Australian transmissions. I don't recall a sci-fi themed one, and I can't think of many silent comedies with a sci-fi basis anyway.
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Nov 12, 2004 14:29:36 GMT
Yes, Mad Movies was repeated again later on. But I was referring to the first transmissions in London by Rediffusion in 1966 (which were the ones I recall myself). Someone asked about a Dr.Who clip being used from a 1967 story and I was really just establishing that Mad Movies pre-dated that adventure and so it couldn't have used a clip from it. Not that it counts as actually evidence, but someone on the RT site also remembers seeing that Who clip on Mad Movies. Stuart |
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Post by H Hartley on Nov 12, 2004 14:59:08 GMT
whoops! sorry Lawrence.
With regards to the BBC clip .
If anyone remembers the BBC mindset of those days. I would doubt very much if the BBC would licence an ITV programme any clip at all! as they looked down on ITV.
A typical example was when BBC2 went down in its opening days. Rediffusion offered to re-route the station through their system until it was fixed,
they were sneeringly turned down.
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Post by Steve B on Nov 12, 2004 15:41:27 GMT
With regard to the "Evil" clip
it was me mentioned it on the rt forum
How I remember it - D Fiddy can confirm or deny!! - there were various "mad movie" specials up until the early 70's, as well as the main run. I assume it would have been on one of them. I don't remember the context, just the clip.
Steve
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Post by Neil lambess on Nov 15, 2004 10:58:55 GMT
well i watched it in new zealand round about 1969 /70 if memory serves
mad movies was definatly my first glimpse of fireball XL5 and it was as far as i can recall a SF themed show...my main memory of mad movies was very much keystone cops and silent era clips... but then again i was 6 or 7 at the time!!!! so my memory is likley to be dodgy at the best
still Illd love to know if those clips are there or not!
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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 15, 2004 15:28:23 GMT
Well,we know that Mad Movies begun around 1966 and ran till the early '70s. Do we know how many episodes there were in all though or if new editions continued to be made during this time? I personally assumed they were repeats of the same single run of episodes over and over. If episodes were still being made after 1967 then it's possible the Dalek clip is in there somewhere. Worth checking out when the episodes are accessible, i'd say.
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Post by stephen doran on Nov 15, 2004 16:15:09 GMT
it was shown ;D  in the autumn of 1968,i recall cos i left school to go to another just before. |
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Post by helpful hartley on Nov 15, 2004 18:30:11 GMT
Initially conceived as a 13 episode run. Bob thought he was home and dry, until he got a call from ABC demanding more, so production went on for 39 episodes. So production presumably ended before the end of the first transmission?
ABC were quite happy to have more, but as the production was basically Monkhouse and a few others, it was just too demanding with the limited resources to carry on. Plus Monkhouse was worried he would be typecast as a children tv performer.
Reruns were very popular, sometimes on two ,maybe three times a week? or anywhere with a hole in the schedule.
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Post by steve56 on Nov 15, 2004 18:33:21 GMT
the bbc 1 programme the days of thrills and laughter was similar it went out in 1968 too. ;D
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Post by Steve B on Nov 16, 2004 18:26:43 GMT
What I can definitely remember - they were "themed" shows that mixed old clips with stuff from TV. I watched the show because it was billed as sf-themed. I definitely remember it as being mad movies, but I suppose it could have been something else similar. My clearest memory is being disappointed with the Dalek clip at the time!
Steve
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Post by Steve B on Nov 16, 2004 18:34:38 GMT
it was as far as i can recall a SF themed show... Hey - that's got to be the same thing! Amazing! Steve |
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Post by Richard on Nov 26, 2004 18:28:05 GMT
Change of subject (same Thread)....What is the update on Dick Fiddys Reserch?
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in the autumn of 1968,i recall cos i left school to go to another just before.