The Magic Pencil

[DynamixWarePro]

I remember this was about 4-5 when I first saw this, the FLICK annoyed me as who writes a letter with a flick at the end!?!

[russellbrandfreak]

18 and watching this because it brings back so many memories LOL

[RobynLouise1710]

Awww I remember watching this when I was off school poorly! :) x

[amytee1231]

Now spell... "gurgling girl"

[frasert147]

My class got this in p1 I was in the middle of reading philosophers/sorcerers stone at that point I thought Harry was doing it.

[DrDutchdoom]

around you say?



[samantttha]

Need a 10hr version..

[MagicalMysteryTrip]

I used to think this was witchcraft

[BackInAGiffy]

i didn't care about the words i was too busy being amazed at this floating pencil lol

[MindGamePK]

Words and PICTUREEEES!

[TheMenimeEminem]

I loved this show!

[MrBJC1996]

OMG!! We used to watch this in Reception and Year 1! Good memories :) That was 12 years ago...

[ClockworkRockStar]

I used to love this loool

[miniroll32]

Oh fuck, I remember this!

[Twangabilly]

I wish they sold short orange pencils with lights at the end for nostalgia.

[GreenBlockland]

99999999

[2FunnyVersionIV]

Good old Magic Pencil! What would I do without you?

[JG16riffin]

This used to be so satisfying watching the pencil go round and round making all the letters ^_^

[rl1712]

Top to bottom and flick

[MrKay0]

Omg i remember this when i was young!

Even shit like this was enjoyable to me.

[agollaglee]

"All the way round, down and around" So this is where I got my masturbation technique from!

[AllTimeJedLife]

I have a boyfriend and I'm a college student studying HNC Health Care, so can someone explain to me why I'm watching this at 11:22pm on a Sunday night? What am I doing with my life? -.-

[agollaglee]

@AllTimeJedLife don't worry I have an applied maths exam tomorrow as part of my Maths degree and here I am at 00:40 watching this, this is clearly useful revision for my exam

[222gemzy]

lol i use 2 love tht pencil

[nathanhickton]

... and flick

[flakelorenz02]

Nowadays kids don't bother with this long and tedious method. They just need to press the g key on their keyboard. Much easier.

[CodeJunkeh]

I liked the bit where the pencil went down and around

[bob5672]

ain't nothin' but a g thang baby!

[TiddyTraci]

Wow... how did my mom not get angry when I watched this one? it annoyed me just watching it after like 20 seconds >_>

[stillglowx]

HOLY SHIT we used to go into the 'tv room' at school at watch this. and that weird cartoon about a mouse.. i think it was a mouse? a math mouse. el numbre? somehing like that.

[ThatGirlWithTheCards]

@stillglowx El Nombre was his name, and I always thought he was a squirrel. Though sources say he's actually a gerbil. XD

[stillglowx]

@ThatGirlWithTheCards GERBIL? no way aha! well you learn something new everyday ahaha! x

[SPOTHIDER]

PENCIL use HACKS it COPY each LETER SHEzBURGRz

[Subspace93]

This, right here, is our childhood!!

[eclectica1]

I'm on what I'm calling a 'schools tv nostalgia vibe' at the moment. Now to find a clip of 'Badger Girl', and a white screen where words would come on to the screen, and we as kids would have to read aloud what was shown!!!!!!!!

[Spooneads]

OMG ITS THE MAGIC PENCIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i remember this in school ages ago!!

[Pappy55]

My god i remember this from Primary school in the 80's

[SamandDalesMixes]

YES YES !!

[SupahMunch]

Magic Pencil, you were my hero.

[OhSoJazzy51]

i will never forget how to write the letter 'g' again.

[andrewdooley115]

Who remembers doing it with your finger in school it was patronizing to us all we all knew how to write ?

[TheCsukar]

GOD DAMNIT thats gunna be stuck in my head all day now driving me insane, .....all the way around, down and around all the way around, down and around all the way around, down and around all the way around, down and around all the way around, down and around all the way around, down and around

[Trayusstudent1]

OMG I would put money that the voice is Sophie Aldred who was the 7th Doctor's companion, Ace in Doctor Who?

[MrElliotpaige]

@Trayusstudent1

It is Soph!

[ClTIZEN]

Gurgling girl, I wonder what she was gurgling on haha. Now all the schoolkids know how to spell gggggggg.

[ooberryful]

I used to love watching this when I was ill, but then I got bored and had to wait until like 3pm until my favourite programmes like Scooby Doo and Arthur came on!

[idontsignin]

i remember watching this in primary school in the 80's

[itsjoebrown]

oOoOooOh MY GOD THE MAGIC PENCIL I USED TO GO CRAZY WHEN IT STARTED TO WRITE AND I ALWAYS WANTED A GO :-(

[wishstick17]

this taught me loads b4 i went school, gr8

[CloverFuchs]

Gggg gg ggggg gggg ggg gggg!

[NongIsRad]

I remember watching this when I was in first school, like 1992.. My god they were innocent times!

[AllTimeJedLife]

Haha! We used to watch this in primary 1 just before playtime. I want my childhood back!! :'(

[GinghamSpaniels]

We used to watch this in Reception before lunch. :O

[DomanglianEmpire]

I used to watch this at school when I was little. Oh where have those days gone?

[bronyon1]

'Gurgling Girl' !!! LMFAO

[SonOfFurzehatt]

Amazing how the presenter maintains a perky tone whilst repeating the same words over and over, when she's really thinking 'I spent three years at drama school for THIS!?'

[xXQUIIICKXx]

anyone else think she was gona write g g g g g g gunit!!!!!! lol.... just me?

[Whovian92]

i wish i had this pencil for my exams

[92cosmicgirl]

;) ;)

[Andyroonie]

up, down, round and FLICK



[D3vSt4r]

OMFG.

[DIGITALSCREAMS]

no wonder I found it difficult to progress through gcse, a-level and uni

[powerspyin1]

Got the video with number time

[RS14988]

this is how i learned to write in school. forget the teachers, it was all about the magic pencil :D

[skullfullian237]

wwttff....i got here from jokers pencil trick...

[RaptorPowerOfChaos]

I was waiting a magic trick xDD

[muaka1]

Holy shit this is how i learned to write

[LiamJames2000]

omfg



[mandowarrior123]

All it needs now is a magic pencil 10 hour version

[mandowarrior123]

gurgling girl. Whatever were we taught xD

[1stLadyNyghtMyst]

same whith me when i was at school in yer 1 we ust to wach this in the class room whith all the ufer children and do the movments and rite it in the air

[missy19bond]

i loved the magic pencil!

[Scullnblades]

15 years ago to this day, I was a school kid amongst others in an assembly being instructed by our teacher to copy the movements of the magic pencil with our hands. It would play on a video tape on the roll along TV. We'd all raise our hands and write in thin air.

I just did it then, it's strangely addictive. :')

[kaboooom2000uk]

omfg, they played this at school, my fave is punks spelling spot :P

[wobblywheelybin]

OMG I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR 20 YEARS!!! OMGOSH! i think i'm getting all emotional! *tear in eye*

[rjc0234]

lol. i watched this all the time, and my handwriting is absolutely horrible.

[Tommiddlecoat]

All the way down!

[vulpix2007]

I remember my primary putting this on for us to watch XDD

[OMGWTFLMAOBACON]

GGGgggGGgG!GggG!G!G!Gggg1?

[Anon29A]

god i remember watching this in primary 2 sat crossed legged on the floor in the a/v room

[shikiraclareify]

I got a slap for asking my teacher for a pen like this one - even though it is now 28 years ago, still think of pens and pencils as turbo Jets that do the jobs that humans can't be bothered. I'm now cross-eyed and have coordination issues, but all worth it for that magic-moon-glowing mission!

[SeahawksFanUK]

I used to just focus on the little light; it's a miracle I ever learned to write and spell!

[sherriepegasus]

MAGIC PENCIL IS AWESOME!!! IT FLOATS AND WRITES ON IT'S OWN!!!!

[leif836]

all da way around WOW WOOOOOOO AWESOME

[lazer1235]

all over around, down and around all on my dick!

[MallahLasVegas]

Over and around down and flick!

[suzzanno123]

Omg i remeber watching this 8 years ago .. but sadly my handwriteing is really bad...(and my spelling)

[chain0fflowers]

32 people like it all the way round, down and around!

[aeabby97]

that's what she said

[nonohino]

Now that is one catchy tune

[beagles32]

We used to have to do it with our fingers while watching it xD

[Tozzywozzy01]

@beagles32 Did you overdo the 'and flick' bit and hit the person next to you in the face? No matter how many times the teachers told us off, we still did it XD

[IDante1Savage]

I have a proper memory, like fully formed from being 4 years old (1993) and of me watching it on school floor in class which had these. hard spiky black things in it and i rememebr looking at the clock it was 11:30 and hoping it ran to 12 for lunch. Even trying to avoid doing work at that age.

[Scullnblades]

As a kid at school, if we were lucky, we got to watch the video tape of this in classroom or the assemble hall. And when the magic pencil used to appear, teacher asked us to copy the pencil movements with our hand in the air.

It was such good fun, makes me wish I was a kid again :'(

[ScottlandMCroweman]

G g g g g

[ScottlandMCroweman]

U added this on my bday

[erinokaz]

I didn't think I remembered this one but when I went onto it I remembered it instantly xD

[nomoresecrets1]

we used to watch this at school when i was about 6...and i used to think christ if u cant do the letter 'g' by now god help you...

[efccik]

Haha, I Used To Watch This On Tv When I Was A Kid. It Taught Me To Spell. Things Like This Should Never Die.

[Davedz91]

@efccik It obviously didn't teach you any grammar.

[pufferfishish]

@efccik It clearly never taught you not to capitalise the initial of each word in a sentence.

[LudicrousBarchart]

@efccik Its a shame it didn't teach you not to capitalise the first letter of every word.

[laurencec09]

@efccik Shame it couldn't teach you correct grammar. You don't need to put a capital letter at the start of every word! Ironic considering you put "Tv" instead of the correct "TV".

[extrapreneur]

This is how i learned my letters, I loved magic pencil :)

[RetroGirl1974]

It was maths I needed help with, found all this stuff a piece of p***! lol

[PCJoejoe]

@RetroGirl1974 numbertime might of been good 4 u !

[jadplaya]

thats gonna b my part of my new drop in my dubstep track

[daveylad13]

@jadplaya

Send us the link. I need to hear it.

[PCJoejoe]

@jadplaya for the series the music is slightly different, i think it was because magic pencil was on a mission!

[MisterDogshit]

@jadplaya Good for you... dubstep is for fucking children anyway

[mrmattJingo]

@jadplaya chat shit!

[jazzylas]

omg i remember this show, we were made to watch it at school, i used to hate it :/ haha

[foxiewhisper]

ROFL, all the way round, downnnnnn and arounnndddd... so god damn wrong rofl.

[shebzydon]

the woman recited this while sucking my penis.

[pufferfishish]

@shebzydon That's Sophie Aldred, who played Ace in Doctor Who.

Quite a claim to fame you have there.

[MrComedy01]

@pufferfishish I thought I reckonised her when I watched it once, I saw her on this once when I was ill, and I saw a Documentary on Dr Who previously, and I said "I'm sure that's Ace off Doctor Who!" GO SOPHIE!

[pufferfishish]

@MrComedy01 Yeah, she used to present 'Corners'; a programme that answered kids' questions- as well as 'Melvin and Maureen's Music-A-Grams' where she showed off her singing voice. She's great :)

[TheJLSdestroyer]

all-the-way-round-down-and-aro­und! aah memories of reception :) the ironic thing is, I'm meant to be studying for my English A-level right now...

[PCJoejoe]

@TheJLSdestroyer - aw bless, at my school we got to watch it in year 1 . good luck with your A level .

[TheJLSdestroyer]

@PCJoejoe haha thanks very much :)

[debluemonkey]

The sad thing is that I remember this. Even back then I was confused why shehad to tell us EIGHT times. It took about a year for her to get through the whole alphabet

[smoofie100]

I really want her to finish off writing the word "gay" but I'm immature and have no friends...

[millymoooxxx]

@smoofie100 You sound like me lol x

[Moonsorrow15]

I remember this!!! i used to watch this every day

[PCJoejoe]

sophie aldred presenting - this episode was aired in october 1992

[Wornify]

omg :D i used to love this :DDD

[colgatezl]

This is amazing. I love it. I learned LOADS!

[Floobegusted]

@colgatezl Me too.

[peachibeach]

I loved when the pencil changed colour haha oh sweet nostalgia

[MrNinjaFish]

DEAR GOD I REMEMBER THIS BACK IN 98

[MrToxicelmo]

hAHAHAHAHA THIS IS LAME WTF

[CleanFilm]

Love this. 

[richardblabla]

this woman is not getting paid enough

[leopardgirl21]

ahh i remember watching this!! LOL xx

[blondesprite1]

i really wanted a 'magic pencil' when i was about 4 and remember having a full blown tantrum when my mum wanted me to do some english and i couldn't have one!

[am9224]

Alan Rogers and Peter Lang - who made Pigeon Street

girl

gift

gurgling girl

goldfish

gurgling goldfish

[snowdelay]

:')

[mcflyloveme]

I remember being jealous the pencil could write and I couldn't lol

[thenedger]

ahahaha i loved this x

[Aidaano]

All the way 'round, down and around!

[herbzie85]

LEGENDARY!