No 27: Children's TV, definitely 80's, maybe before, maybe after, I dunno.

Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do doo-do
Diddly di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do doo-do
Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do do-diddly-do
Dudlo do-didlo-da do-didlo-da
Duh-di-do da-dla-daa
Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Du-dli-do di-da-dalalala.

I hope this one's easier to guess than it was to type in... I missed out the accompaniment on the grounds of sanity.

Too hard?

Well, I haven't been able to work it out, if that's what you mean.

[rab] Chock-a-block?

OK, I'm going to do another one. Number 28. Children's TV from the 80s. Again! But also a "classical" piece. You can name either, or both for a bonus point. Oh, in the TV theme there was talking over some of this.

dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm da-dumm
dummm, didididi dumm, didididi -
dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada
dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm da-dumm
dada-didi dada-didi dada-didi dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAda-dada-dada-dada
DAAA-dada dada-didi
DAAA-dada dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAda-dada-dada-dada
DAAA-dada dada-didi
DAAA-dada dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAAAA
da-da-da daaa dada-dada-dada daaa
da-da-da daaa dada-dada-dada DA-
didadadum didadadum didadadum didada-
DAdadada-dadadada DAdadada-dadadada
DUMMMMMM.... BRUMMMMM.

More details on no 27. I guess part of the difficulty stems from the fact that if you ask anyone if they can hum the theme tune, the answer is generally "no". Apparantly the show was first broadcast in 1975 (a great year to be born) and was aimed at pre-school kids. Looking at websites it's claimed that it was a bit trippy. The main character was a little unconventional... sounds a bit like the Teletubbies really, but 20 years earlier (which makes one wonder what all the fuss about the Teletubbies was about).

Hope that helps!

[rab] no. 27 - The Magic Roundabout?

[Chalky] Nope. Think cartoon. Think cross-dressing.

[rab number 27] Is it Bod?

[Darren] It is indeed! I apologise for being approximate, but it's quite tricky to write down, as you can verify by listening to this.

Come on! Number 28's still open and there's plenty of room for more tunes!

OK I'll try one if no one minds
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doodoodoodoodoodoo doodoodoodoodoodoo
twwwwwww DAH dah dahdah dada-dahdahdah
dahdahdah dahdahdah
dee dee deedee de-de-deedeedee
doo doo dodoo deedeedeee
dada dada dah da-dada da-dada dada doo doo doo doo
t-t-t-t DAH dee dee deedee da da da-dadaaaa
t-t-t-t DAH doo doo doodoo doo doo do-doodooooo
t-t-t-t DAH dah dah dada da da do-doodeeeee
da da da dada daaaa
DAH DAH DAH
b-b-baa b-b-baa

80's Cartoon/20 minute toy advert.

[Gusset Login, Darren] *Was all grown-up in the 80s and definitely not home early enough from work to watch tea-time cartoons*

[GL] Transformers? Not that I ever saw it, but it fits the description.

[GL] He-Man? On the grounds that I never watched ITV (my parents were very prejudiced against it and/or didn't want us watching the adverts that weren't disguised as cartoons) and I can't fit any of the ones I remember off BBC to it.

[Brendan] No
[Raak] No, but it was vaguely similar now I come to look back on it

[GL] Mighty Morphing Power Rangers?

Bendan] Ha! I've found you at last! The other person in the UK banned from watching ITV...

Whereas I merely gravitated away from ITV of my own accord. Obnoxious snob that I was (am?).

Hm, I always think of ITV as being inherently low-quality. I'm not sure why. Perhaps I've watched it?

Darren]Exactly. But somehow you're labelled as snobby if you air that opinion.

I'm contemplating reporting ITV to trading standards- I think it is a hideous misrepresentation of the word 'independent' unless it means 'watchable solely after 2am'

I never watched ITV as a child for snobby reasons too. Now I refuse to watch the BBC as well, leaving me with Channels 4 and 5 for refuge. This is why I tend to play a lot of computer games.

Since we're pretty much all agreed about ITV, is anyone interested in continuing with this game? ;)

[Darren] Doesn't look like it.

[Gusset] Shame, that.

[Darren] I agree, but I can't think of any answers. So I can't get it going again.

Neither can I, but here's a really easy one. Film music.

[Raak] Lovely formatting. Is it 2001 - A Space Odyssey?

Heh, simulposted. I got that too.

[rab] Yep, said it was easy.

oooh splendid - 3D!
I'd just like to say, at this juncture, that I love the new commercial for Evergreen LawnFeed which features a dancing frog, assorted garden creatures and the tune of 'Daydream Believer'. Groovypops.

Yeah, I noticed that one. It is surprisingly well animated for an advert, imo. Going back to my number 28, it was a sort of game-show thing where a bunch of minor celebrities were trapped on an alien planet and had to escape by solving puzzles. Is that enough of a clue?

[Raak] Except it wasn't originally intended as film music. I presume you know it, but some others might not - in its original incarnation it is the opening to Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra.

[JLE] Yes, but how many people know it primarily as the Strauss, even the ones who know that's where it came from?

Well, me and Watty for a start... ;-) I've never even watched 2001. Nor, in fact, read the book.

I also knew it was Also Sprach, but since Raak said 'Film music' I replied with the title of the film. On a related note (maybe) it impressed me that 'classical' music was used for that film. Nothing dates a film so much as its soundtrack when a contemporary score is used - even more so when it tries to sound 'futuristic' - so it was a smart decision to choose something timeless, I think.