Hartbeat - Print (1 of 3)

Featuring Tony Hart, Margot Wilson, and Colin Bennett as The Caretaker.

Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xeocDGkjOdk
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fZSyqw7gZpc
Part 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=POzqfaa-AWs

Tony uses ink to print his fingerprints onto some paper, and then uses a pen to turn them into doodles of a rabbit and a cat. He applies poster paint to various household objects, and uses them to print a picture of a face.

Tony and Margot use paint and foam rubber blocks to print a picture of a building on a large sheet of paper on the studio floor.

Margot experiments with some simple designs using her initials, MW. She looks at different materials for making printing stamps, including rubber erasers, and rubber heels and soles. She then makes various stamps, including her initials, a sailing boat, a footprint, and the word "PRINT".

Tony plays some animated computer graphics, which were created using MacPaint on an Apple Macintosh 128K computer.

Finally, Tony uses a roller to put a very thin film of printing ink onto a sheet of glass. He places a blank sheet of paper over it, and uses a hard pencil to trace a photograph on top, so that the paper picks up the ink. (Notice that he doesn't trace the woman's mouth - this must have been edited out of the programme!) He also traces a quick doodle of a woman's face, using a pointed stick.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartbeat

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[theProjectCEE]

@sunteam As in a total pain in the arse?

[sunteam]

Mr Bennett was the Scrappy Doo of Hartbeat

[rlough1980]

I used to be terrified of Mr. Bennett when I was a kid! No idea why!

[tiledsink]

Love the incidental music on the first few segments - anyone know what any of it is? Is it by David Owen Smith like the theme?

PS wearing white slacks to kneel over fresh black ink - few could get away with this but Tony Hart seems to! I wonder how many trousers and carpets were ruined by children re-enacting this episode.

[JohnnyTheWolfLupino]

Never missed this shown when I was a kid.

[Polysixchick]

WE LOVE YOU HART BEAT now we have Frankie Goes To Hollywood @ 7:21!

[Polysixchick]

@petergray1974, It's a penis, couldn't stop laughing when I saw him making it, lol!

[cailingaelach1970]

I loved this programme, and watching his methods - but I couldn't draw a straight line never mind replicate his work!

[myothernamewastaken2]

@petergray1974 He also used a nut t make the...eyes.

[MrSyrett]

When Tony Hart starts talking to Mr Bennet at the start, I felt that I was a fly on the wall in a mental home.