Muffin the Mule- Muffin's Aquarium Part 1

[Cheeseanonioncrisps]

This was one of the first kids programs

[blueb4me]

have just heard this on radio 2. brought back wonderful memories of sundays on tv prior to 1950

[bondsee]

i can remember my old man coming home pissed and kicking the fuckin shit out of my old lady while i'll sang along with annette, AH !! good old days

[TelevisionArchivist]

Actually Muffin the mule is copyright 'the hogarth puppets' not the BBC and Annette Mills died from a brain haemmorrage, not heart attack

[NogTow]

Annette Mills was a very beautiful woman. She was also an accomplished dancer. Her Brother, Sir John was very much influenced by her sucess in Vaudville.

[rainebridgwater]

What year is this? xx

[Matt571]

@rainebridgwater

1950 or 1951

[MikeHudson65]

Good old Annette Mills she was John Mills sister and SUsie Blakes Grand MOther

[Matt571]

@MikeHudson65 I have seen Susie Blake in Victoria Wood As Seen on TV and Coronation Street and she looks the image of her grandmother

[flammasherman]

I used to be terrified by Mr Penguin, all that snapping !.

[basilsybil]

He's quite well hung for a small horse

[whirlyfan]

,me mum watched this ! me wasn't born yet still reminds me of sooty

[philbailey2311]

The current batch of children's TV puppets aren't a match for these old 'uns.

[300warrior300]

my great uncle made the puppet

[TheNigelc8]

I sat spellbound to this and rag, tag and bobtail, when i was a kid, can still remember this 60 years on , wonderful , wonderful , wonderfull.

[joeblowthehot]

this is very sweet.

[Freddowasher]

Now they watch Hannah Montana. Is that progress!

[FineGuyUK]

I am 53 and still sing that theme tune. How sad is that.

[steveh777ify]

Bloody Fantastic. Beats Avatar anyday!

[erniemajor]

Weeds again: wonder if Muffin knew the flower-pot-men?

[Amiiexx]

i had this on tape :) with mr ben and andy pandy ha

[Fuliginosus]

I love the premise of a minature dancing mule who keeps an aquarium on top of a piano.

[adebarde1]

You can get arrested for this now.

[lesleyricks]

Just watched muffin the mule, brought tears to my eyes seeing this again, I loved it as a child

[Poopaloo55]

Those were the days when Mummy sat with us to watch Telly. It wasn't a baby-sitter like it is now.

[j43ms]

if you can remember this you surely must be old enough to watch telly on your own now, Poopaloo55!

[Poopaloo55]

Yep...pretty much!

Mum's still alive and well at 83.

[j43ms]

nice one!

[senilegranny]

Ah, I remember this all too well!!

Better than telly Tubbies!

[Willow756]

jacqueline watched this...

[LtColKroenen]

Its amazing how crude these old pupperts are. Im too young to remember them but (sorry muffin fans) they look laughable. Also why does everyone talk in this odd 1920ish posh voice? Was that the accepted manner of talk in the sixties? Also Peregrine the penguin is very creepy.

[SplitIllusionOnline]

i agree Peregrine  is creepy :L lol the way his/her beak clicks :L lol

[Willow756]

this was made in the 1950s actually

[trouper3]

Not the sixties, this was the late forties/early fifties.

[StampsOnSnails]

Me And My Nan Walk Round The House SInging This Song ALl The Time

[MrsBloomsburyBarton]

Anybody know why the opening credits shake? Surely they didn't use a hand held camera, even in those days! (no 'Muffin' jokes please;-))

[coooooool200]

Nice to see these classics

[rasputin63]

The way a British children's show should have such extremely formal fonts in the opening title...

[fatmaccam]

amazing - this came out before i was born and people are STILL telling the "muffin the mule" joke!

[Willow756]

ooh ooh ooh tell me the joke

[punji73]

man thats pretty clever puppetry and if not for the goodies i would never have heard of this little fella

[teela1985]

i watched a watch with mother video in hospital when i was 10 thought it was great like i'd gone back in time

[ringosbingrows]

no, in those days it was muffin the ass but the leftist cunts legalised it.

[pickleboy23]

Muffin The Mule????

Sorry I might be to young to remember this program but isn't "Muffin The Mule" some sort of sexual offence?

[rnigma]

Yes... Annette Mills was the sister of John Mills ... and thus the aunt of Hayley and Juliet Mills.

[SpyAgent131313]

I think it was marvellous what Annette Mills did.

She had a car crash, and then three years later she made this programme and gave joy to kids all over the world.

It was devastating when she died of a sudden heart attack, and she was such a loveble character. She shouldn't have died at the age of 61, it was too young.

[Matt571]

@SpyAgent131313 It is hard to believe looking at this episode that Annette Mills was in her late 50s when she filmed this, she didn't look her age.

[yomotalking]

Mum showed me "Andy Pandy", "The flower Pot guys", and Muffin.

I remember watching this, and thinking..."Thank GOD for Matt Groening!!!!!!!!"

*Screams, and runs away before all the traditional sticklers get me*

[jigen08]

Matt Groening didn't make any kids shows though. He made the Simpsons, a cartoon for grownups.

[raherecolston]

Can just remember Muffin from when I was a kid. I bought a video of it a few yrs back ,just for my own interest and nostalgia. Showed it to my little girl,this is what dad used to watch when he was little.Much to my surprise she loved it and kept asking me to put it on.Annatte Mills was related to the actor John Mills

[dlobron]

She was his sister.

[BlackLove1121]

Muffin The Mule Is Soo Amazing I Could Watch It All Day !!

He's Soo Cute (:

I Want Muffin The Mule :D

But That Lady Is A Bit Anoying No Offnce...Tbh...:S

xx <3<3<3<3

[cynthiailly]

British children's tv shows were obsessed with puppets, weren't they.