Look-in Magazine 80's Nostalgia Fest | Ashens

[@WarpxD]

I can't belive I just sat for more than a hour listening two very british gentlemans talk about an 80s magazine.

[@soullessSiIence]

It's called depression and loneliness. It makes you spend hours on KZbin.

[@annother3350]

It shows you how far BBC has fallen!

[@ultrademigod]

@@annother3350 Look-In was an ITV magazine.

[@user-jp9bk1qn9i]

Yes you can

[@TheHutchy01]

It's an hour of weaponised Gannon, it's entirely believable.

[@TheCrazyHedgehogLady]

I absolutely loved this. I have c-ptsd and had a horrible flashback tonight so couldn’t sleep. But it’s almost 2am so didn’t want to text anyone. Watching this video was really entertaining, soothing and like hanging out with a couple of friends. 😊🦔🦔 Two weird little hedgehogs and I thank you and hope maybe you’ll do another of these when you get a chance.

[@ObscuriaDragunAed]

Have C-PTSD too, can relate, am glad that this vid helped you, I hope you're doing well now.

[@samholdsworth420]

Sounds like a bunch of lame excuse wankery to me

[@philrob1978]

Best. Video. Ever. I'm firmly in that supposed 5% of the audience that remembers all of this. This could have gone on for hours. Paul is like the twin brother I never had, lol.

[@borrance75]

I could watch ashens lookin at look in for hours, very nostalgic I hope they do more!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Rewatching this for the fifth time because it’s one of my favorite videos.

[@mog398]

Paul on the main channel AND the video is over an hour long. We have been blessed this day.

[@furiousgeorge6594]

*cursed

[@tncorgi92]

It's nice to see him once in a while where Eli's not stirring him up.

[@poisax]

Paul Drake Yes exactly, seeing him calm and organized is pretty cool

[@mog398]

@Benjamin P 7 Sure is!

[@samholdsworth420]

​@@tncorgi92Paul is the one who turns into an arsehole by himself. Eli doesn't stir him up. If he put this kinda passion and enjoyment into cheapshow. It would probably be bigger. It's hard to listen to him be so negative all the time

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

I got curious and looked Nino up, it was a little difficult when all I had was "Nino" and "Splash" but I found him. His full name is Nino Firetto, and fortunately, he has not gotten into any, er, scandals. All that stuff was just unfortunate coincidence. Not that it would be anything else, I suppose, since no one knew about Cosby or Gary Glitter back then, but... I just had to know. And now you know!

[@GMacNo1fan]

I hate to tell you this now, but Nino's full name was on the front of the magazine.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

Nicholas Cooke It was? Dammit.

[@stevebez2767]

Actually Kevin Kegan thy con spiral liver Paul Brazilian titled Pele pose with rugby ball leaky gun yell Jon so ee Russ accent en-us David letterman show comment quote carton ic canto tonic unknown G.Michaels words as act a bob along synchro diz en'crypt string all in journal gang plank all done it rubber bullies yeah war was alright we own all ,kill luz?)!

[@annother3350]

@@stevebez2767 You ok, mate?

[@FIXTREME]

@@stevebez2767 SOMEBODY DIAL UP THE LOONEY BIN! 🚨🚑

[@Diepzeevis]

Paul ❤️ Stuart ❤️ You guys are making the world a better place for me.

[@samholdsworth3957]

Cringe bruh

[@samholdsworth3957]

I'm gay as well so it's ok

[@Diepzeevis]

@@samholdsworth3957 I aim to cringe

[@mr.barrel9359]

@@Diepzeevis based

[@Diepzeevis]

@@mr.barrel9359 and you!

[@BlazeHedgehog]

This is it. This is the most British video on KZbin.

[@ellaisplotting]

Clearly you've not seen Jon (MATN) enthuse about coasters for the solid minutes.

[@ellaisplotting]

*ten

[@franksmith7271]

What about the clip of Stewie griffin in the mirror after shaving his "coin purse"?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Someone's never heard of Jay Foreman.

[@heggy_69]

It's so British that I've been colonised and my bottle of coke is now a cup of tea

[@PonySlaystati0n]

Spent the hour and 20 minute commute this morning watching this on the train. Had 3 people sitting next to me ask wtf I was watching! FYI you have 3 new subscribers xo

[@stevermacsoucher1625]

Oh god an hour and 20 minutes do you do that weekly. Both ways

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@stevermacsoucher1625 I wish I could spend only that amount and on a train (maybe not, trains make me sick).

[@samholdsworth3957]

What kind of rude assholes looks over your shoulder and asks what you are watching... And that commute is ridiculous

[@samholdsworth3957]

@@stevermacsoucher1625 the dude died of old age from commuting so much

[@jafwilding]

I keep coming back to this because it stirs so many memories. The thing I remember most vividly about Victor and Hugo was how Tommy Boyd, on CITV, introduced the last episode. He said, “you know when you’re eating your tea, and you save the best bit til last? Well that’s what they’ve done with this series.” And he was right! Though I was depressed that it was ending. All I remember about the episode was someone falling in a river, possibly the Seine.

[@magnetizedclairwy]

Fantastic video, I was born in 86 so my main recollections of Look In are the 90's editions, used to love buying that magazine, and to see one again brought back so many memories! I'm sure I have some in my wardrobe, along with some Live & Kicking, Mizz and Shout magazines. I knew it was a good idea to keep them!

[@kami3000]

Great nostalgia trip. Great guest. Thanks for showing some love for Basil the Great Mouse Detective!

[@SiGhast]

The Great Mouse Detective (or Basilmus as I knew it) is a childhood favorite of mine that still holds up incredibly well. I echo everything they said.

[@thechangingman3763]

I won a Scoot tech scooter in a Lookin competition back in 1987/88. Was very exciting at the time and gained me a few cool points at school.

[@Aalborg42]

Still use it?

[@thechangingman3763]

@@Aalborg42 Haha I used it a lot down the skate park for a couple of years, then it sat in my dads shed for years. He sold it in the early 00s.

[@Mike_Downey]

I now have 'Maths Countdown Liver and Peas' stuck in my head to the tune of Cher's song "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves"

[@LetsRock666]

I would love to see these guys run through different classic 80’s - 90’s magazines in a spin off series!

[@TheCatpirate]

Holy shit, over an hour of Ashens. Strap in bois!

[@furiousgeorge6594]

strap in? more like strap on

[@NarmyHiiragi]

Unfortunately Ashens and some other guy I don't give a shit about.

[@InvAltDM]

Oh so you don't watch the other Channel Ashens is involved in, Barshens...

[@danielcardwell5457]

An excellent video

[@Battledongus]

Wow so many cockheads in this thread. IF you don't watch Barshens you fail at life.

[@ellaisplotting]

I was already looking forward to this video, only to have my excitement heightened by Paul's presence! Love Paul, especially when Eli isn't constantly fraying at him. I wasn't even born until '99 and even I've seen Batfink and Danger Mouse, fond memories. Ironically, when Paul mixed up the video with a podcast and assumed people were just listening to it, I actually was, as it was my background whilst watering the garden :)

[@StormBlazePegasus]

please do more nostalgia time capsules like this lads! Really been loving this and sending myself back to when I was a small child! i was born in 91 but my Mum pretty much gave us VHS recordings of all the TV shows for kinds since the 60s and her brothers' toys etc and at that age we also got re runs and the very end of various massive 80s hits and crazes, im very grateful for this look back in time!

[@MinxLaura123]

used to love this mag ! also i loved smash hits .. big ... :)

[@firons2]

I have only just started the video, but when I heard "Hello, Paul" I knew that Christmas had come early this year. Thank you for this divine gift Stuart and Paul!

[@PooperScooperTrooper]

Alias the Jester had the best theme tune EVER!

[@facefister69]

I always get excited when Paul shows us his junk

[@ataru4]

The only thing I remember of Five Star was when a lad phoned them up on Going Live and shouted expletives at them

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

These days you can call people shit in Twitter, though they probably won't respond.

[@suddenfootloss1337]

Ashens is on the left but is coming from my right speaker. I cant deal with this

[@SimderZ]

David Belamy (OBE) is still with us, he is 85. He is very involved in conservation. He has a degree in botany and a PhD.

[@carpii]

He basically ended his TV career by his dumb views on refuting climate change, which he later rescinded

[@josephletts1093]

he has a beard

[@strongcoffee7]

He is now dead

[@tomkenning5482]

What a wild comment thread this was

[@GraemePryce1978]

@@tomkenning5482 LOL

[@WrecklessEating]

Ah the 80's. That's all I had to say.

[@spindalis79]

You've had the opportunity to taste certain foods made in the 80s recently, Matt. More than can be said for most of us who have to just remember eating certain 80s food.

[@purefoldnz3070]

if it had Mc Hammer and Simpsons that's the early 90s

[@samholdsworth3957]

Wrecklesseating have you had a coronary bypass yet?

[@slaughteredart8888]

Ayoooo matt watches ashens!!!

[@HyunFlower]

Long overdue collab with Paul. You two have really great chemistry - dare I say, one of the best guests on your channel. I wish you guys would collab more often. Paul is so much more composed and insightful when he isn't constantly trying to swat off Eli.

[@RIXRADvidz]

that table has been polished with Lemon Pledge. Lemon Pledge, no waxy build up just a clean shiny shine left behind. Lemon Pledge all your wood today. Get A Shiny Shine.

[@RIXRADvidz]

Calm Down Dear, The Table Top Is Glass.

[@InvAltDM]

I find hand lotion is a better thing to rub on your wood...

[@Iinneus]

GLYCEMIC INDEX JOSEPH No, no, that was the UK's localization of Captain Novolin.

[@That_Revenant_Guy]

The amount of massive/well known stars in Captain Planet is insane. I'll list them as follows (names already mentioned By Ashens in Bold): David Coburn played Capt. Planet btw, not Tom Cruise. *LaVar Burton* Jon Lovitz, Harry Shearer, Helen Hunt, Iona Morris, Dorian Harewood (you'll know him when you google him), Ted Turner, Casey Kasem (Shaggy), Lark Voorhies, Kadeem Hardison, Robert Patrick (T2000), Danny Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Savage, Malcolm McDowell, Sting, David Rappaport *Jeff Goldblum* *Dean Stockwell* *Martin Sheen* *Meg Ryan* James Coburn (the magnificent seven, Great Escape), *Margot Kidder* *Tim Curry* Mary Kay Bergman (Pretty much every female voice in South Park), *Whoopi Goldberg* Ed Asner,

[@favoritemustard3542]

Shaggy is such an iconic voice! As is Casey Kasem, of course, with all his dj'ing & mc'ing... but I forget if I ever knew they were one in the same. Thanks! (It's been argued whether Captain Planet was completely successful with it's message... but I believe that, overall, raising environmental awareness [its ultimate goal] was 1ØØ٪ successful in its way 👍🌐👍) Also, my 1st favorite crossover was Mr. Burton taking us on the ST:TNG set while hosting Reading Rainbow!!

[@unlokia]

_"... it really is a catalogue of tat..."_ Ah, so a TATALOGUE?

[@peterhagan8454]

ahh but what tat qulity tat

[@IvanovIvanAKrutoi]

Cata-tatalogue, cata-tatalogue, catalogue!

[@frishnit]

Chid's Viz was Acne. I remember buying the first issue and being amazed that it was full of swearing. Instantly became the best thing ever and burned itself into my mind, apparently!

[@cheapshow]

frishnit acne!!!! Thank you!!!

[@jay-swm]

Yep came here to say Acne. I think I had the 2nd issue. It can’t have lasted much longer as it genuinely did sell itself as a kids comic while being full of swears (glad to have confirmation that I didn’t misremember it all!)

[@CAMZAB]

Sounds good. I’ve never heard. Zit was a Viz rip-off, even had a vhs. Maybe inspired slightly by acne too for the title.

[@GregDaniel78]

The closest Viz type kids mag I can think of was Tony Husband's "Oink!". Excellent comic and pretty rude too.

[@Amphy002]

I bought the first issue of Look-In in 1971 for 5p. I was reading it before the Physics lesson at school and the teacher snatched it and took it to the front of the class. He sat there for five minutes flicking through it. Eventually he asked me "You paid 5p for this? " I confirmed that I had. "They saw you coming," he said. Hilarity in the class. Happy days.

[@tcehaus2600]

I grew up in Ireland but close to the northern Ireland border so thank god I had access to the 4 English channels. Im glad I did the rest of Ireland had 2 channels while we had the luxurious 6. I loved Motormouth and going live on a Saturday morning. Funhouse on a Friday eve after school.

[@8mu-]

That Nino section had me ded

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

My sister used to get this mag' in the 70's; I was too into my Action-Man (G.I Joe for you Americans) for it. When Smash Hits came out, that help me to discover my love for music, that turned into a career. Edit: Ha... I made this comment before they started talking about Action-Man.

[@Sky2theRim]

Nice to see Paul on the channel. dont often see you two do stuff outside of barshens.

[@Blubatt]

Someone's probs researched it but I'll just say it: Grampian- North Scotland and Highlands Scottish Television- Central Scotland Border- South Scotland/Cumbria/Isle of Man Tyne Tees- North East England Granada- North West England Yorkshire- Yorkshire Central- The Midlands HTV- Wales and West England (e.g. Wiltshire) Thames/LWT- London TVS- South and South East England TSW- South West England Channel Television- The Channel Islands Ulster Television- Northern Ireland

[@scruffydarealog2632]

Ben Attwood As an american I do not understand this, can a brit please explain this system to me?

[@dabigork]

scruffy da real OG they are television networks in the UK

[@PanosDCC]

scruffy da real OG ITV used to licence different stations for all the British regions, so all the channels you saw were part of the ITV network, often sharing programmes from one to another. After the infamous franchise auction of 1991 stations got the right to merge with one another, slowly creating the uniform ITV network which is the same now throughout the UK.

[@PanosDCC]

And of course we shouldn't forget TV-am taking care of the morning slot for ITV, before handing over to all the various ITV channels.

[@InvAltDM]

The main reason for the regional variation was so that each region could present local news to their region, nowadays they just have a slot in the day where a different news show is broadcast at the same time without needing like 10 different channels

[@SPIFFgg]

Mrs. Brown's Boys owes royalties to No. 73.

[@Matheous89]

Watching danger mouse on TV at my grandmother's house is one of my earliest memories.. Really good video Ashens 🙂

[@redbeard5939]

I already know I won't get any of the references but can't go wrong with an hour of paul and ashens!

[@danieladdison7322]

Pure nostalgia trip heaven!!

[@TheGlitched64Reads2]

77 minutes of Ashens and Paul looking at a magazine? Fucking clearing my schedule rn this is the most important thing.

[@Sephirothwolf]

Aw bloody hell, the Cosgrove Hall museum, loved going there as a wee un. Mind you Cosgrove Hall was (and is) based in east Manchester. And thank god someone else remembers Avenger Penguins with Mike "Cid from FF10/Tuck in Prince of Thieves" McShane. Also Greenback's caterpillar was called Nero and was David Jason making random noises sped up.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

AVENGEEEEEER! AVENGEEEEEER! AVENGER PENGUIIIIIIINS! Can you believe I thought of that show just the other day - BEFORE watching this video?

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

The Great Mouse Detective is one of my favorite books and films. I'm with Paul on this one. It deserves more attention.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Seven times now! This video is so much fun.

[@Laura.still.rendering]

Watching their reflections in the table because that's what my brain is trying to process instead of focusing on the magazine. Thanks brain.

[@revenevan11]

This is almost like a view into a parallel universe for me 😅 I'm an American dude born in '98, so in both time and space this cultural nostalgia discussion is foreign to me and I love it!😊 As many others have said, the banter and conversational tone between you 2 is wholesome AF. I found your channel through KZbin's recommendations because of retro gaming stuff, and this is a neat offshoot from it!

[@revenevan11]

I'd also like to mention that the fact that the magazine's title was hyphenated originally and then not is interesting to me too.

[@maurice1177]

My name is Ninoooooo

[@BunniMonster]

DONKEY!

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

No its not, its Mo rice, says it up there

[@Quattro79]

Nino would’ve understood this reference

[@LewisBGA]

Gordon Ramsey frown intensifies

[@kimsleep4111]

This is actually incredibly entertaining a, even tho I have spent my entire life in North America, and cannot comprehend most of its references

[@singeslayer8367]

I loved the times LGR did such nostalgia videos, this is great!

[@TheRealSSCB]

Good to see this, Nino Firetto is now a DJ on Radio Exe, in Devon.. however he lives in the USA, miles away from a hanzel and gretel dream home.

[@fraserkatie]

Hes on youtube too

[@kristianbarford]

I can't thank you enough for this. I had a subscription for Look-In for years as a kid, and I loved it. No.73 was my favourite show. Remember flexi-discs? Look-In used to give them away on the cover. I still have a pure vinyl 33RPM Trebor Refreshers 'single' that came off a Look-In cover somewhere. You NEED to do one of these for Story Teller. Remember that? I LOVED Story Teller. Got loads of celebrities (of the time) to read stories that were recorded on a cassette, and said cassette would be mounted on the magazine, which had the stories on the tape written down. Kids read along with the cassette, and my Mum credited Story Teller for how advanced my reading was at the time.

[@GeoNeilUK]

Next up, Ashens interviews A-Ha Random quote... "We still don't have an Egg Licence!"

[@FIXTREME]

That'll be living a boy's adventure tale...

[@danieltaylor5542]

The G.I. in G.I. Joe stands for Government Issue. It comes from WWII where Joe was a common name to call someone you didn't know, ie the phrase "What do ya know Joe?" The government issue comes for the clothes and equipment for soldiers in WWII. Also one of the American slang for the soldiers was GI. Thank you to Voi Vod for catching my mistake in calling it general issue.

[@Roadent1241]

Daniel Taylor Thank you!

[@voivod6871]

you are probs correct but someone once told me it stands for Goverment issue

[@danieltaylor5542]

Thank you for that catch. I meant to write Government Issue. You are correct.

[@mrfarkyhars9192]

Ahhh Saturdays I had 50p, half went on a mars bars the other half a La La La La Look In. Anybody remember when they gave away a free hubba bubba bubble measure?...like a sort of cardboard forceps.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

Chris C the la la la la la! Reminds me of inspector gadget....oh when TV wasn't shit...

[@paulyshobbiesandthings4772]

I have the 1986 young ones and cliff Richard magazine cover one I get it out just to remind myself how good it was back in the 80s

[@kirstygunn9149]

No 73 I thought I had dreamed that bloody show

[@kathrynhamblin6479]

No, you did not dream it. And... Andrea Arnold the girl on rollerskates went on to be the producer/director of the disturbing motion picture "We need to talk about Kevin" Which I watched with an disturbing person from whom I later I had to escape from by knocking the locks off the doors of his house in which he had tried to imprison me in. True story. Shame as I damaged the fabric of a (an) historic building. Never associate with the upper classes. Illuminate confirmed and all of that.

[@JAY-lo3sx]

Gabi Roslyn. Neil Buchanan. And Sandi Toksvig. We’re all presenters on this Saturday morning show.

[@nattasornnewsroom]

1:15:46 We Don't Have A Egg Licence!

[@nattasornnewsroom]

55:08 [laughs] Your moms like the most specific stage mom ever!

[@ZombiWorkshop]

Tom Cruise was SUPPOSED to play Captain Planet, but pulled out at the last minute apparently.

[@b3ans4eva]

I was far too young to know about this and wasn't in the country long enough either. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[@Ben-xl7ft]

Max Headroom gave me nightmares

[@BaronVonPenguin]

My mind blew at the Action Force advert. Jesus wept they were great days

[@richy12377]

I remember Stefan Dennis being on the back page when I was a kid, with the complete lyrics to “Don’t it make you feel good” Yeahhh I loved that issue :/

[@TECHNOIR]

That is a tune!

[@RoobehTunes]

eerie ghost heads in the reflection! liked his episode or being a bit different. Nice to see Ashens and Gannon working together without the chaos of Barshens xD

[@AbbieSTABBY]

Basil The Great Mouse Detective is an absolute classic! Far surpasses so many Disney films for me!

[@BSJDynasty]

i like how they lied about the age of "nino" in the magazine, saying he was born in 1960 when wikipedia says it was 1957 to make him younger

[@sperrin]

You don't think Wikipedia could be wrong?

[@MuchWhittering]

@@sperrin Wikipedia has to cite sources. Random magazines don't.

[@cmdfarsight]

@@MuchWhittering can't Wikipedia be edited by the general public? Wouldn't be the first time there's been a mistake on there.

[@dragonmac1234]

This takes me back to my youth, reading Look-In magazine in the 70's. I think Tron had the first (or certainly one of the first) computer generated scenes with the light cycle race. I'm probably one of the few people who remembers Roger De Courcey and Nooky Bear :D

[@AvatAR42420]

I loved Great Mouse Detective as a kid. It truely is a hidden gem and it is awesome that Rattigan was chossen for an expansion to the tabletop game Villainous. That movie needs more love.

[@lozzythecoolone]

I'm ready to not do anything else tonight and just watch this

[@FroggyMosh]

Don't know why I didn't watch this earlier. This is a really nice watch!

[@nattasornnewsroom]

1:10:17 Look at the star portraits! It's funny as hell!

[@somewhatmesmerized]

Upon starting the video, I thought, "Paul? You mean, THAT Paul?" and was promptly overjoyed

[@ellaisplotting]

Same!

[@fraserkatie]

I loved Look in! It was the best! I remember buying it with my pocket money in eighties

[@polishenglish8356]

That video was better than it had any right to be! :D

[@jafwilding]

Another memory: I went to Albert Dock in about 1995/6. It was part of a bus trip. It was mainly a tour of Anfield, but then we finished off going to the dock, and seeing Fred the weatherman’s floating map. I’m sure that there was still a Cosgrove-Hall thing there then, as I seem to remember a cardboard cutout of Danger Mouse. I wanted to go, but it was closed.

[@HuntersMoon78]

Max Headroom was in an Art of Noise song called Paranoimia

[@dragonmac1234]

Come sweet slumber Enshroud me in thy purple cloak Hmmm, doesn't even rhyme :D

[@HuntersMoon78]

Yeah it's a strange song

[@Stuartrusty]

Can't stand tea..

[@ann_onn]

I can perfectly understand why he was in Look-In. I knew him as a presenter of pop videos, and had no idea he was in movies until many years later.

[@preachercaine]

He had his own chat show

[@redblade8160]

"Look-in" magazine first came out in January 1971 and I bought the very first edition; it had Tony Bastable (one of the three presenters from Magpie) on the front cover. I remember that "Look-in" cost me one shilling (old money) to buy when I was 14 years-old in 1971 and I bought everyone each week for the next two years.

[@danforbes3573]

Woah!! What an epic that was.About as long as Ashens and The Quest For The Game Child.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I wasn’t allowed to watch Saturday morning tv, and was told to go into town with friends. This was so that my parents could have some ‘private time’.

[@mistermatix8241]

The kids version of viz was called "POOT!" , this was so nostalgic to me, remember Look In so well, my dad used to get it for me, then I got a very very short lived bbc magazine called "THE BEEB", great video!

[@scotty_blocks]

I remember the Batman series being shown in the Mid eighties, think it was on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Vague memories of it being on before or after 'Happy Days'. Keith is a town in North East Scotland not far from where I grew up.

[@joannegray5138]

Splash wasn't a Saturday morning show. It was a Friday afternoon magazine show featuring hobbies and things of interest to teenagers. Nino Firetto was one of the hosts.

[@zanducktv2398]

Joanne Gray Kind of the ITV equivalent of Blue Peter wasn’t it?

[@joannegray5138]

That's right, yes. It was shown in the slot previously occupied by Magpie.

[@darryllharden9141]

Joanne Grey, also the occupied Friday time slot for Freetime in the early 80's as well after Magpie was axed.

[@AveragePastaConsumer]

I love watching Ashens, even though I'm too young for most of this stuff

[@MendelsonShape]

The Blunders was narrated by Frankie Howerd. He also sang the title song, which contained the words "Everybody wonders why they keep on making blunders."

[@SQron188]

I find the view of Paul and Stuart's ghosts trapped in the glass table, doomed to review tat for the rest of their time in this purgatory

[@97channel]

1966 Batman saw a new wave of popularity in the late 80's due to TV-am airing it every weekday at 7.30am as cheap filler material during the prolonged lockout of strike supporting staff at the station. A ramshackle service was put together, using canteen ladies to operate cameras and such, and Batman was just thrown on as something to fill a half-hour gap. Ironically, it pulled in higher ratings than the usual Good Morning Britain, becoming something of a revived phenomenon among schoolkids who were tuning in every morning. It became so popular that they even had Adam West on GMB as a guest, to chat about its renewed appeal to 80's British kids. Channel 4 then aired it for quite a long time during the 90's, on Sunday mornings, where nobody cared at all about it.

[@hatandbeardmedia5925]

This was brilliant! Maybe I'll have to dig up some old magazines of my own and make a video...

[@andrewwilliams5655]

Epic nostalgia. Please do some more of these boys.

[@spas9001]

I saw the notification and thought to myself "he should have asked Paul to be in this" and shit, he's actually in it!

[@kristianbarford]

I had that Action Force helicopter!!! I also had the Action Force F-14 Tomcat with retractable wings. It was huge, and if I recall hugely details. It was hung from my ceiling.

[@wjec1970]

Look-In!!!!!!! Now you're talking...I had this in the '70s, happy times!

[@atomicbarbarian7372]

I'm American and have very little idea of what you guys were talking about, but I enjoyed it.

[@JJones-gw9vy]

Oh shit, over an hour of fresh Ashens. Awwww yeah!

[@favoritemustard3542]

@26:12 on CURIOSITY I only ever heard that ditty being sung by DE LA SOUL... which I then proceeded to record onto my answering machine! I also did that with Cheech's answering machine ditty from _Born In East L.A._ 🎶I'm not home right now, & I'm never coming back! I've got everything I own in a little paper sack🎶 (etc) lulz

[@nattasornnewsroom]

46:46 Canadian Tuxedo!

[@randomhato]

TVS, number 73, takes me back! Spent many a day on that set as my father was part of the tv crew. Even did my work experience at TVS... then franchises were sold off and my career aspirations vanished :/