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Sylvia Anderson, voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope, dies at 88
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| 8:20AM GMT 16 Mar 2016
| Danny Boyle
Posted on 03/16/2016 2:03:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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posted on
03/16/2016 2:03:28 AM PDT
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
“Thunderbirds” was one of those shows I loved to watch when I was young.
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posted on
03/16/2016 2:04:56 AM PDT
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS:REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: Olog-hai
This show pops up all the time on the retro channels. It’s great fun.
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posted on
03/16/2016 2:11:36 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
("You know who gets hurt? The people who worked hard, lived frugally, and saved their money." - Trump)
To: Olog-hai
Wow! Without Thunderbirds and its predecessor Supercar.......
.....we wouldn't have Team America
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:36:30 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Olog-hai
Thunderbirds are Go!
One of my favorite shows as a kid. RIP Andersons. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:42:48 AM PDT
by
corkoman
To: Nextrush
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:19:03 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
(Sure hope Trump doesn't need all those "Cruzbots" in November.)
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To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:20:22 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
To: stylecouncilor
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:25:31 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Vaquero
Wow! Without Thunderbirds and its predecessor Supercar............we wouldn't have Team America LOL! My nephew is a big South Park fan and loved the movie Team America, as did I. But I had to explain to him that one of the reasons that I found it so funny was that as a kid in the 60s, I watched Thunderbirds and Stingray. He had no idea that this was where the SP guys got their inspiration for Team America, the use of marionettes and had never seen Thunderbirds.
I had to send him clips from YouTube to convince him that the show was real and that it was produced by Brits:
Thunderbirds TV Show Intro
Of course there was no explicit "Supermarionation" sex scenes back then
. : ),
Of interest:
The Making Of Thunderbirds The Documentary
This documentary actually shows how really advanced they were in back then in model making and in filming the special effects. I have to wonder if George Lucas didnt learn a few things from watching the Thunderbirds as a kid
To: Happy Rain
No but I remember “Supah - Caaaaah”
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:32:16 AM PDT
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
To: Happy Rain
Supercar
Stingray
Fireball XL5
Funny, my local channel (before cable) never carried Thunderbirds.
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:36:25 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Olog-hai
I mostly just remember Clutch Cargo and the scary human lips.
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:53:00 AM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/16/2016 5:19:30 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: MD Expat in PA
The puppet shows were never really my thing but the model making and effects on those shows impressed me.
RIP Sylvia A.
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posted on
03/16/2016 5:25:15 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Olog-hai
To: Happy Rain
I just got a Roku stick and you can subscribe to the Shout Factory channel and it has the old Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and more. I watched the first Supercar episode the other night. Great memories!
cheers
Jim
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:12:17 AM PDT
by
gymbeau
(Go America! Without you there is no freedom anywhere.)
To: Eccl 10:2
Now that theme song is stuck in my head:
Supercaaaaaah, dum dum dee dum
Supercaaaaaaa, dum dum dee dum
Dum dee dee dee dum de dah..
Ah, glory days.
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:13:47 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
(Sure hope Trump doesn't need all those "Cruzbots" in November.)
To: MD Expat in PA
There was also Fireball XL5 in the same era. That was the one I remember, I don’t think we got Thunderbirds where I lived.
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:15:48 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
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