Twizzle (1957) - "Twizzle and Footso"

This one is by request. "Twizzle" only aired in the UK to my knowledge, so as an Aussie I have no recollection of it but I'm sure a large number of baby boomers do.

This episode is included in the "Space Patrol" box set (now sold out/deleted it would seem... but you may find one secondhand through Amazon UK). WELL worth it.

Original running time was 13'07", I've edited it down to 10 minutes to comply with YouTube duration limits.

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Entertainment

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• gerry
• anderson
• thunderbirds
• twizzle
• fireball
• puppet
• marionette
• supermarionation

[drb7777]

I was watching "Dam Busters" the other day on TV.

One of the pilots had a dog he called it nigger.

Just imagine trying to own a dog these days and naming it nigger.

[auspete]

@drb7777 I wish people would do it, it'd help take the taboo out of what are really just arbitrary sounds we assign too much meaning to.

[CrankCase08]

@JediNana2 I'm hardly a saddo when I have sufficient sense if humour to find a decent joke funny. With your limp-wristed attitude you'd fit in well with the current crop in television management that has wrecked television and culture with its ridiculous and nauseating political correctness.

[roseelee1]

@drb7777 when i was a kid my mum named our cat nigger only coz of the colour...how times have changed, why does everything have to be racial be it colour or otherwise...political correctness gone mad.

[pixiegirl59]

Wow certainly brings it all back!

[tamara73018]

@Marfysarfy

Yes there was definately a sixties version. Any clue anyone?

[theprince08853]

@auspete It's not really arbitrary when the media used it to villianise a race and to justify murders. It's all about context really so I can't see it being a problem being used in the movie but the way it was used in the media was very sinister indeed. Thanks for the upload by the way :)

[thurstable]

My local radio station is talking about this !!!

[DumblyBrilliant]

Excellent puppet control. Almost a dying art these days.

[DumblyBrilliant]

@86compgeek I think she may have been a feminist...lol

[DumblyBrilliant]

@Marfysarfy I think you are right. I remember Twizzle being a much darker character and also, if memory is correct, a woodland creature that resembled wooden sticks come to life. Hiowever, I remember this version too.

[iamearthbornami]

i used to always watch Twizzle- i loved it so much

[HandsInMyHead]

Twizzle looks like a chic no???