Jim'll Fix It Tarantula! (5/3/88)

[c6gav]

I wrote to jim when i was a kid and he didn,t fix it for me..!!!!!!!!

[jasnbl]

RIP... You are a star

[georgeman2468]

Star man Mr Saville.TV is just not the same these days. Im so glad I grew up in the 70s.

[donerkebep]

RIP Jimmy...you were one of a kind.

[sonicwingnut]

Stewart Lee had some mad hair in the 80s haha.

[Dynamic3DLtd]

RIP from Wales jimmy.. A complete and utter legend.

[welshy292006]

R.I.P Jimmy!!!!

[HughGarrette]

R.I.P. Jimmy Saville..

[Tmuk2]

Saturday evening TV really, genuinely, was better back then. I could easily have watched the whole programme of this, I couldn't say the same for whatever shit the BBC'll be putting out this weekend.

[keepitcoolx]

fuck that, that kid has some serious balls to let that hideous thing anywhere near him LOL!

[TheTester121]

What a well-behaved boy that was who got to hold the tarantula. You couldn't trust the youth of today to sit still for five seconds without playing up. This is a really nice clip.

[megmo1571]

@TheTester121 "Blah, blah, blah, youth of today yadda, yadda, yadda..." Put down your copy of the Daily Mail. How exactly do you think a child born in 2000 would behave compared with a child born in 1980?

[pccawthorne]

ID ASK IF CHRIS WOULD WALK UP MY ARM , HE WAS SEXY AND HAS IMPROVED

[pufferfishish]

I used to really fancy Chris Packham and after seeing this again I still do.

[Backin65]

It's all xbox's now, spoilt bastard youth of the 21st century,

[bumblepuss]

"that's a tarantula that eats little boys and things" obviously not listening at all to Chris who less than a minute ealier said they definitely didn't eat humans.

[bumblepuss]

"they live for 7 years before they molt and then they die". Err, no they don't. They molt many times and then die shortly after their final molt. Typically.

[JFredUK]

A more innocent time, indeed. Can't imagine kids wanting to do stuff like this nowadays.

[1welshdevil]

Damm chris was stunning and still is a seriously sexy man, oh god i had the same trackie as jim as a kid *shudders*

[Emexrulsier]

@1welshdevil was it a trackie or a shell suite :D oh the good ole days :D

[1welshdevil]

@Emexrulsier Upon revisiting it was a shell suit ggrrrrrrr :-( They were good old days, what do kids have to look forward to now on the box.

[Faeden]

Never trust a old man with tinted glasses, in a tracksuit, who hangs around kids, who makes strange noises with is throat. Only kidding, Jim was great. This highlights how innocent TV was back in them days.

[mindonatrip]

That compare is the oldest living person I have ever seen (LOL)

[pufferfishish]

@dayo1075 what, he must be gay just because he bleached his hair??? Grow up.

[pufferfishish]

Chris Packham was and still is (imho) the loveliest and most handsome man on TV. The passion he has for wildlife is inspirational and... HANG ON A SECOND DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT...?:

#If you wanna give emu a wash, or have Samantha serve you nosh...#

God almighty, they really were scratching their heads over trying to come up with new theme lyrics weren't they?!

[SuperTruth77]

The show had clearly jumped the shark by 1988...

[cottonwhiskersuk]

He reminds me of Family Guy's Herbert!

[richyrichstuntrider]

i used to LOVE this!!!

[GnommishReader]

0.0

Chris' hair.

I saw a really weird photo of him like that on Autumnwatch.

It still haunts me.

[SILLYCODS]

I grew up with that kid.....he now works for Rentokil and kills anything that moves!!!

[putthetellyon1]

lol, @ the amount of honors after Jim's name at the end

[Nosmos]

His speech impediment has become more noticeable over time!!!!

[mrgogs]

who's? Jim's or Chris'?

[bichoalder]

I wrote to Jim asking him to make it possible for me and my brother to sing a song with orville and he never got back to me - I was gutted.

[marcluc1988]

@bichoalder I suppose you do realise that it was secretaries at the BBC that read the letters not actually Jimmy Saville?

I wrote to Esther Ranzen from That's Life and I got a letter back politely saying, "We're not interested."

[claracluck21212]

OMG :o Chris packham was beautiful when he was younger!

[pufferfishish]

@claracluck21212 I know, he was!!! I think I'm in love :)

[andyisbrilliant]

This clip brought back memories! Did you ever get a tarantula?

[Poecilotheria1980]

I did indeed. At one point I had a collection of over 200. I spend a lot of my time in jungles abroad now, and have possibly discovered a new species of tarantula in the rain forests of Ecuador.

[andyisbrilliant]

Hey, that's marvelous. Sounds like you're living your dream, good for you. And congrats on the new species!

[mistofoles]

Has Jim just stepped out of the solarium??

[mistofoles]

Ha ha ha! How young does Packham look here?? Lookit that mullet!! XD

[psychodamned]

The bastard never got back to me. I was especially peeved when he never wrote back to me After I wanted to Give Catherine Zeta Jones a portion !! GGRRrrrrrrr !!!

[onlywhenpissed]

hahahahahah psychodamned!

[bwianbiccus]

dude it was Samantha fox who served us breakfast at our school..

[goddogcattac696]

The opening theme is priceless, if you want sam fox to give you a nosh!

[maliceaforthought]

i well fancied chris packham!

[Moledmc]

Incwedible! Thanks for posting! I love Chris! x x x x

[TTHXC]

hahahaha! :D