ITV in the Face: TV-am (2 of 3)

Was going to be both TV-am and GMTV but the former took over the whole half hour. Possibly the best one so far, albeit possibly with the worst sound quality. I'ma take a break from this for a while now because this was genuinely exhausting. Might do the South next when I go back to it. FURTHER UPDATES AS EVENTS WARRANT

Things I learnt while doing this: The Wide Awake Club was a lot weirder and less sure of itself than I remember it being; Timmy Mallett is disturbingly similar to the Tenth Doctor; and Anna Ford was really, really hot in the eighties. I mean, DAMN.

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[Feisty1967]

I don't like Timmy Mallett. By the time he came along, I had already just hit my early 20s, so Timmy Mallett does grate really badly, I much preferred Roland Rat, but it's a generation thing, I'm a good 14 years older than you.

[Applemask]

@Feisty1967 Like I said, you do have to be under ten years old. OTOH, I will bury you.

[Feisty1967]

@Applemask Bollocks!! He is crap!!!

[Applemask]

@Feisty1967 Well, of course he is NOW.

[tokutom]

Despite his marmite image,I actually don't know whether I like Timmy Mallet or not.

[Xxfancythat79xX]

I miss Wacaday :(

[electrogeek77]

Forgot to mention: US network morning tv doesn't really include kids' programming. The independent regional stations often ran that demographic, with syndicated shows before schooltime.

[wayimate]

We used to watch Wacaday during the Gulf War. It was all we had.

I thought you were going to explain to us that the tantalising "Tara L' amour Pad" was the McGuffin that made sense of the seven-year Wacaday narrative arc. Fantastic stuff. And Tommy Boyd as a "stepfather trying too hard" hits the proverbial nail.

[fraserkatie]

LOL! Love the sarcasm! "John stapleton was there too- in a phone box" LOL!

Might well have been! Loved Tv am, and loving the sarcasm on this!