Saturday, August 19, 2017
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Classic Nick Wed. – Legends of the Hidden Temple
Still one of the most loved game
shows in all of Nickelodeon’s history, right along with Double Dare that is, is
Legends of the Hidden Temple. Created by David G. Stanley, Scott
A. Stone, and Stephen Brown, the program centered on a temple that was
"filled with lost treasures protected by mysterious Mayan temple
guards". Originally airing on Nickelodeon from 1993 to 1995 Kirk
Fogg served as the show’s host Dee Bradley Baker announced and voiced a
talking Olmec.
Each week six teams of two children (one boy
and one girl) competed to retrieve one of the historical artifacts hidden in
the temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on
history, mythology, and geography. Each team was identified with a color and an
animal, indicated on their uniform shirts: the Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas,
Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, and Silver Snakes.
The set design has been described as Mayan and
was based on the Indiana Jones movies. Marianne Arneberg of the Orlando
Sentinel described the program as "a combination of Jeopardy and Raiders
of the Lost Ark". It included areas for different types of physical
challenges: the moat (a broad but shallow pool of water), the Steps of
Knowledge (a set of steps), and the hidden temple (a large two-and-a-half-floor
vertical labyrinth).
At the temple's gate was a talking head named Olmec,
which was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who narrated the legends (real or
fictional) to the children as they stood on the steps of knowledge. Each
episode centered on an artifact from around the world that found its way to the
temple.
The
rest of this is from Wikipedia:
Round
1: The Moat
In the first round of the show, the six teams
attempted to cross a narrow swimming pool known as "the moat" in a
prescribed manner. For example, in one episode, teams were required to swing
out to a rope net in the middle of the moat, climb it, and then swim to the
other side. All six teams attempted to get both members across according
to the rules and push a button on a pedestal to ring a gong. The first four
teams to cross the moat and ring their gongs advanced to the second round.
Round
2: The Steps of Knowledge
The four remaining teams stood on the topmost
of the four levels of the Steps of Knowledge. Olmec
began the round by telling the remaining teams the episode's legend of the
featured artifact, which became the theme for the remainder of the episode. The
legend centered on an artifact which the winning team searched for in the final
round. At the end of the legend, Olmec told the teams the room in which the
artifact could be found. After finishing, he asked the teams a series of
questions to test their memory. Each multiple-choice question had three
possible answers. A team attempting to answer signaled by stomping on a button
on their step, causing the front of the step to illuminate (if Olmec was still
in the middle of asking a question, he stopped talking immediately). A team who
answered correctly moved down to the next level. If a team answered incorrectly
or ran out of time (three seconds after being called upon), the other teams
were given a chance to answer. The first two teams to answer three questions
correctly and thereby reach the bottom level advanced to the next round.
Round
3: The Temple Game
The temple games featured the two remaining
teams competing in three physical challenges to earn Pendants of Life which the
winning team used in the final round. Several different types of temple games
were featured, with the episode's legend serving as a theme for each. Most
temple games lasted for a maximum of 60 seconds but some were untimed. After
each challenge, the winning team received some portion of a protective Pendant
of Life. The first two challenges, pitting single members from each team
against one another, were worth one half of a pendant, while the final
challenge, involving both contestants on both teams, was worth a full pendant.
If a temple game ended in a tie, both teams received the pendant value of that
game.
The team that earned the most number of
pendants by the end of three temple games won the right to enter the temple. In
the event that the two teams earned the same number of pendants after the three
temple games, the teams played a tiebreaker to determine who advanced to the
temple. The teams stood behind a tiebreaker pedestal, and Fogg (since Season 2,
Olmec) asks a tiebreaker question to determine the winner. The first team to
hit the button on top of their gong was given the chance to answer the
question. A correct answer allowed the team to go to the temple. Originally, a
team that buzzed in and gave an incorrect answer or ran out of time
automatically lost, allowing the other team to advance to the temple by
default. However, in Seasons 2 and 3, the other team was required to answer the
question correctly to go to the temple.
Final
Round: The Temple Run
In the final round, the winning team took the
Pendants of Life the contestants earned into the temple, and attempted to
retrieve the episode's artifact and bring it back out of the temple within a
three-minute time limit. The team designated one member to enter the temple
first; that team member carried one of the team's full pendants. The other team
member held the remaining pendant, half pendant, or no pendant at all and stood
by to enter if the first team member was taken out of the temple by a temple
guard. Before starting, Olmec would explain the rooms in the temple and the
necessary tasks in each room. During season 1, Fogg asked who would go first
and explained about the temple guards and, if necessary, the extra half
pendant. Beginning in season 2, Olmec himself explained these things.
The temple consisted of twelve rooms,
each with a specific theme (e.g., the Throne Room, the King's Storeroom, the
Observatory, the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, the Heart Room, etc.). The rooms
connected to adjacent rooms by doorways, although some doors were locked,
blocking a contestant's progress into the adjacent room; the pattern of locked
and unlocked doors changed from episode to episode depending both on the temple
layout and the artifact's location. The unlocked doors were closed at the start
of the round, but they could be opened by completing a specific task or puzzle
within each room. One room in the temple contained the themed artifact (as
stated by Olmec prior to the Steps of Knowledge round). Three other designated
rooms held temple guards (spotters in Lavish Mayan sentinel costumes). If the
winning team had exactly 1 1⁄2 pendants, the remaining half
pendant was also placed in a room for the contestant with the half pendant to
collect to make a full pendant. The extra half pendant, if needed, would either
be hanging on the wall near a door or placed inside an object in a room (e.g.,
hidden inside a pot in the King's Storeroom). If the first player dropped their
pendant, the second player was allowed to pick it up and either throw it back
to their partner or use it if needed.
A contestant who encountered a temple guard
was forced to give up a full pendant in order to continue. However, if the
first contestant was caught without a pendant in his or her possession, he or
she was taken out of the temple and the second contestant entered. In either
case, the temple guard who captures the contestant was out of play, and did not
appear again in that room where the first contestant was captured. When the
second contestant entered, any doors that the first contestant opened remained
open. If the second contestant was caught without a full pendant, the run ended
immediately. It was possible for a player to enter a room with an unencountered
temple guard on their way to the artifact and not get caught, usually if the
room design makes it so that the guard can only capture the player if within
reach (e.g. the Dark Forest where one of the trees "could be inhabited by
the spirit of a temple guard" which was signaled if the tree grabbed the
player, but the player had to be within reach to trigger the tree).
The team had three minutes to retrieve the
artifact and leave the temple with it. If either contestant grabbed the
artifact, all remaining temple guards vanished and all locked doors in the
temple instantly opened, allowing the contestant to escape unhindered. For
entering the temple, the team automatically won a prize. If a team member
picked up the artifact, the team won a more expensive prize as well. A team
that retrieved the artifact and exited the temple with it before time ran out
earned the grand prize, in addition to the other two prizes. Starting with
season 2, the temple had an actual gate that Olmec would lower before the round
started.
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Special Delivery – 2 Doctor Who Specials
The
Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
This
2013 comedy spoof pays homage to the British science fiction television program
Doctor Who. Written and directed by Peter Davison, who stars alongside fellow
former Doctor actors Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, and Paul McGann debuted on
the BBC Red Button service after the broadcast of "The Day of the
Doctor", the official 50th anniversary special.
The
plot focuses on the fictionalized, disgruntled Davison, Baker and McCoy, who
become embroiled in misadventures as they attempt to sneak onto the set of the
official Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot was
nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form),
along with "The Day of the Doctor".
*This video is on Daily Motion and can not be posted in this blog, please click on the above link. thank you.*
Doctor
Who At The Proms 2008 (From Wikipedia)
Prom 13: Doctor Who Prom was a concert
showcasing incidental music from the British science fiction television series
Doctor Who, along with classical music, performed on 27 July 2008 in the Royal
Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC's annual Proms series of concerts.
The Doctor Who Prom showcased the work of
Murray Gold, who has composed the incidental music for Doctor Who since its
return in 2005. Other classical pieces were also played. The concert was
conducted by Ben Foster and Stephen Bell, and performed by the BBC
Philharmonic.
It was presented by actress Freema Agyeman,
who played companion Martha Jones on Doctor Who. Other Doctor Who actors and
performers dressed as Doctor Who monsters also made appearances on stage and in
the audience. The concert included video montages of scenes from Doctor Who and
a specially filmed "mini-episode" of Doctor Who called "Music of
the Spheres", which was presented on a screen above the orchestra and
included live interactive elements. The Doctor Who Prom was broadcast live on
BBC Radio 3 and recorded for subsequent television broadcast on BBC One on 1
January 2009. It was positively reviewed in several newspapers. The success of
the 2008 Prom led to more Doctor Who Proms for the 2010 and 2013 Proms seasons.
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Classic Nick Wed. – Hattytown Tales
Created
in 1969 and airing until 1973 Hattytown
Tales was a classic stop motion animation series
which was produced by FilmFair for Thames Television in the United
Kingdom. The series writer and creator, Keith Chatfield, also served as the
show’s narrator which was directed by Ivor Wood. In the United States Hattytown
Tales were featured on Pinwheel along with several other Pinwheel
Cartoons which were usually imported from various countries.
Books of the series were published by World Distributors and featured in the Playland Comic
(offshoot of Pippin) published by Polystyle
Publications and in children's annuals for 10 years.
Hattytown Tales tells the story of its various
residents who are anthropomorphic hats. each
character had its own unique ethnicity, attitude, and role in Hattytown society
which was determined from the style of hat it was.
The main character, Sancho, is a Mexican
sombrero with legs and eyes. Carrots, his best friend, is a donkey with a
carrot dangling in front of his face. Other residents include Bobby, the
constable, which is represented by a policeman’s hat. Other residents include
Mr. Buns – a chief’s hat, a king – who was a crown and so forth. Their homes
also resembled the same has as the character who wore it.
VHS
Releases (from Wikipedia)
On 17 July 1995, Castle Communications
released three videos with five episodes on each one. The copyright year on the
back cover and the label is mistakenly printed as 1981 even though all 13
Series 1 episodes of Hattytown Tales were broadcast on ATV in 1969 and the
first two Series 2 episodes of Hattytown Tales were broadcast on ATV in 1970.
Title:
Hatty Town: 5 Classic Adventures
Catalogue
Number: CVS 4054
Episodes:
Mr. Wimple's Breakfast Rolls, Bobby's Flower Garden, Carrot's Carrot, King
Elthelbert, Milko's Day Off
Title:
Hatty Town: 5 Exciting Episodes
Catalogue
Number: CVS 4055
Episodes:
Simon's Magnifying Glass, Going Fishing, The Statue, Sancho's Camera, Posty's
Old Boots
Title:
Hatty Town: 5 Fun Episodes
Catalogue
Number: CVS 4056
Episodes:
You Cannot Please Anyone, Wash Day, The King's Portrait, Saving Time, Up and
Away
On 14 May 2001, Contender Entertainment Group
released a single video it with the first three episodes on it in its 'kult
kidz' range of classic children's shows from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s that
were released on video.
Title:
Hattytown Tales
Catalogue
Number: Ø
Episodes:
Mr. Wimple's Breakfast Rolls, Bobby's Flower Garden, Carrot's Carrot
Episode Titles
Series
1 (1969)
Mr. Wimple's Breakfast Rolls
Bobby's Flower Garden
Carrot's Carrot
King Ethelbert
Milko's Day Off
Simon's Magnifying Glass
Going Fishing
The Statue
Sancho's Camera
Posty's Old Boots
You Cannot Please Everyone
Wash Day
The King's Portrait
Series
2 (1970)
Saving Time
Up and Away
Creatures of Outer Space
Almost Magic
The Pillar Box
The Royal Hattytown Guards
Friendship
The Picnic
The Cannon
Carrots for the Mayor
Too Much of a Good Thing
Hiccup Buns
Bookworms
Series
3 (1973)
Bobby's Security Patrol
Mr. Bun the Master Baker
The Walking Pillar Box
The Fete
A Note for the Milkman
Sneezy Cheese
Mrs. Bagwash and the King
The Secret Tunnel
It Pays to Advertise
The Auction
The Telephone Box
A Taxi for Hire
Mustafer the Hedgehog
Saturday, July 29, 2017
In Search of Saturday
Welcome to “In Search of Saturdays" an
advertising space I’ve designed to help our members find those long-lost
movies, cartoons, TV shows, toys, games and anything else that we’ve all been
looking for, for a very long time.
The instructions are simple. Post your
personal “looking for” list in the comments and we’ll all see if we can help
you find what you’re looking for. - This will be a group effort please.
If you can’t remember the name of a show or
toy that’s alright, post what you can remember and maybe someone here will be
able to tell you what it is. Also, please remember that if you are listing
television shows or movies please let us know if you are looking to purchase
these shows or if you just want to watch them online. Then we, the members of
the group, will help try to help each other and go “in search of” those items
for our fellow members.
A good place to start our searches is iOffer which, in my opinion, is better
than eBay b/c you can find lots of shows there that you can’t find anywhere
else.
MY
WANT LIST
This is a list of the Classic Nickelodeon
programs that I’m looking for to purchase. Please note that I am a private
collector who does not copy and resell my collection. The videos and DVDs that
I collect are for my own private viewing here in my home or my Mother’s house
where I originally watched them. If you have any of these and would like to
sell me copies – for my private viewing – please contact me at peggysueclay@hotmail.com Also, IF
YOU CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE SHOW IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
Thank you.
***
NON-VIDEO ITEMS ***
Muppets Magazine 1982
People Magazine – no date available – Marc
Summers’ car accident article
Any '80’s women’s or children’s magazines
Early to Mid-1980’s TV Guides
***
REGULAR PROGRAMS ***
Dusty's Treehouse
Hocus Focus
Kids’ Writes (other than the 6 episodes
on youtube)
Livewire
Nick Rocks Video to Go
Spread Your Wings
Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!
Studio See
***
PINWHEEL CARTOONS ***
The Adventures of the Mole
Bunny in the Suitcase
Emily (my favorite)
Hattytown Tales
Magic Coco
The Magic Roundabout
***
SPECIAL DELIVERY ***
Beware, Beware My Beauty Fair
Clarence & The Ottaway (staring Billy
Hufsey)
Kids’ Writes (have 6 episodes but would like
more)
Mariposa
Silver City (The Righteous Apples special)
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Classic Nick Wed. – The Snowman
In 1978 both Hamish Hamilton
in the United Kingdom and Random House in the United States published children's
picture book without words by English author Raymond Briggs, that book was The
Snowman.
Then in 1982 the book was
adapted into a twenty-six-minute animated television special by Dianne
Jackson for the fledgling British public service Channel 4. It debuted
on Channel 4 on December 26th in the UK and was an immediate
success. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short
Film and won a BAFTA TV Award, out of two nominations and has become
prominent in British popular culture and its showings have since become an
annual festive event. In the states, The Snowman aired on the Nickelodeon Network
as a Special Delivery in the mid 1980’s.
In the UK The Snowman book was
the runner up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognizing
the year's best children's book illustration by a British writer. In the US, it
was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1979. The 1982 was nominated
for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Like the book the animated special
is told the story is told through pictures, action and music which was scored
by Howard Blake. The only exception to this was Blake’s composition of both
the music and lyrics of the song, "Walking in the Air” performed by
a St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty.
The Snowman tells the story of
a boy who builds a snowman one cold winter’s day, which, much to his surprise, comes
to life at the stroke of midnight. As they explore they house they must keep very
quiet so as not to awaken the boy’s parents.
Once outside they go for a motorcycle
ride which disturbs many neighborhood animals. Later they take flight over the
boy's village, then the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Pier, and
then out over the ocean and north along the coast of Norway. They continue
through an arctic landscape and into the aurora. They land in a
snow-covered forest and join a party of snowmen. They meet Father
Christmas with his reindeer, who gives him a scarf with a snowman pattern.
The morning after the return
journey, the sun has come out and the boy wakes up to find the snowman has
melted. The boy reaches into his pocket and finds the snowman scarf given to
him by Father Christmas.
2012 sequel: The Snowman and the Snowdog
For the 30th anniversary
of The Snowman a new twenty-three-minute special titled The Snowman and
The Snowdog aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 2012 at 8pm GMT.
It was produced at the London-based animation company Lupus Films, with many
of the original team returning, the sequel was made in the same traditional
techniques as the original film, and features the Snowman, a new little boy and
a snow dog, flying over landmarks and going to another party.
The idea of a sequel had been
resisted by Raymond Briggs for several years, but finally in 2012 he gave his permission
for the film. The sequel was dedicated to the memory of producer John
Coates, who died in September 2012, during its production.
Stage Version
The Snowman has also
been made into a stage show. It was first produced by Contact Theatre,
Manchester in 1986. The Contact Theatre production was adapted and
produced by Anthony Clark. It had a full script and used Howard Blake's music
and lyrics. In 1993, Birmingham Repertory Company produced a version, with
music and lyrics by Howard Blake, scenario by Blake, with Bill Alexander and
choreography by Robert North.
Since 1997, Sadler's
Wells has presented it every year as the Christmas Show at the Peacock
Theatre. As in the book and the film, there are no words, apart from the lyrics
of the song "Walking in the Air". The story is told through images
and movement.
Special effects include the
Snowman and boy flying high over the stage (with assistance of wires and
harnesses) and ‘snow’ falling in part of the auditorium. The production has had
several revisions – the most extensive happening in 2000, when major changes were
made to the second act, introducing new characters: The Ice Princess and Jack
Frost.
Video Game
Quicksilva published an
official video game in 1984, for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MSX.
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Friday, July 21, 2017
**NICKCON UPDATE**
First,
I would like to say thank you to everyone who are following my blog, have liked
my pages and joined my various groups on Facebook. right now it may seem like these
communities are small but hopefully they will grow large enough to help make
this happen.
As
of right now I can confirm that two (2) former Nickelodeon stars who love this
idea and have agreed to be guests *IF* this convention can get off the ground.
I can also confirm that an author and two film makers have also agreed to be
guests as well giving us an updated take on the network. That leaves one guest
I still need to talk to, please help me pray they say yes and that their fees
are reasonable.
Also,
today I spoke with two ladies in my community who had some good ideas for me
which gave me an idea of who to talk to in regards to sponsorships for this
event. I can’t fund it myself so I will need help with planning, execution and
most of all financially.
That’s
it for now, thank you for your time and for standing with the Classic
Nickelodeon Fan Blog and A New Beginning For Classic Nickelodeon Yahoo email
group in helping to make this happen.
To be a part of the community please visit the NickCon - The Dream Facebook Page
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Special Delivery – Big Apple Birthday
It’s
Amy’s 10th birthday, is she excited? Not in the least. “It’s a bore!”
she declares as she wakes up and looks at the calendar. Upon arriving downstairs,
where her family is waiting with gifts and a cake, she tells them how bored she
is with the whole affair.
When
her parents tell her that her Aunt Lucy has a gift for her she asks, “Oh Mom,
do I have to sit though that long boring bus right when I can be bored with
much less trouble right here at home?” But with a little coaxing from her
parents she decides that she may as well go and get it over with so off she
goes. She arrives at her aunt’s apartment building and discovered that it’s
unlike any apartment building she’s ever been to; it is most certainly not a
bore!
The
first person she meets is the wacky doorman who thinks her Aunt Lucy has been turned
into a butterfly! Next is the elevator man, the wacky picknickers, then Little
Bo Peep? Old King Cole? “You mean, you’re all characters from fairy tales?” She
asks. “Of course, isn’t everybody?” Sleeping Beauty asks with a yawn.
As
the characters begin to tell how their average everyday lives changed from
humdrum to exciting something begins to happen to Amy. By the time she returns
home her whole outlook on life has changed and she can’t wait to tell her best
friend who, only yesterday was boring. Before she leaves her mother brings out
the gift from Aunt Lucy. What is it? I can’t tell you that, you’ll have to
watch and find out for yourself 😉.
Songs include: "What a Bore!"
"Look What Happened to Me" and "Feel."
Director:
Nick De Noia
Writers:
Lewis Carroll (novels) and David Wolf (writer)
Cast
(in credits order)
Kelly Ellen Collins - Amy Patterson
Lea Collins – Mrs. Patterson (as Her Mother)
Bill Drew – The Doorman
Warren Ball – The Elevator Man
Ira Lee Collings – The Picnickers
Ronald Kienhuis – The Picnickers (as Ronny
Kienhuis)
Warren Parker – The Picnickers
Anthony Ventresca – Gordon Patterson
Thomas Tierney – Mr. Patterson
Maria Malfitano – Aunt Lucy
Rep Gurst – Sleeping Beauty
Robin Black – Cinderella
John Nevitt – Little Jack Horner
Trini Alvarado – Goldilocks
Alex Paez – Aladdin
Phil Rash – Ole King Cole
Ann Nevill – Little Bo Peep
Peter Taylor – Pinocchio
Neil Cerbone – Frog
Peter G. Boynton – Frog Prince (as Peter
Boynton)
K.K. Preece – Fairy Godmother
Mark Manley – The Fiddlers Three
Alan U. Schwartz – The Fiddlers Three (as Alan
Schwartz)
Marcelino Sánchez – The Fiddlers Three
More
Fairy Tale Folk
Craig Alfano, Kim Cahill, Kerry Finn, Linda
Germer, Joy Goodson, Dawn Herbert, Bonnie Kline, Earl Aaron Levine, Kevin Lugo,
Lois McGuire, Nancy Raymon, Larry McLeon, Jay May, Rene Roy, Brent Saunders, Seth
Tomasini, Steven Williams
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Classic Nick Wednesday – Hocus Focus
known for his
puppeteering on Pinwheel Brad Williams stared as Kryspen, an apprentice wizard,
who, along with his shape-shifting pet Oulak, magically traveled through time
to our world from the Middle Ages.
Upon arriving in
the 20th century Kryspen procures a job in a public library where he works in
the film department where he would watch short videos to learn about our world.
His friends
included the absent-minded Professor Rhombus played by Jim Jinkens, who was also
a puppeteer on Pinwheel (he played Minus), and a young woman named Daisy,
actress unknown.
Distributed by
Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment in 1980 Hocus Focus found its home when it
aired on Nickelodeon for only one season, but for those of us who remember it,
it was a wonderful season.
Hocus
Focus early Nickelodeon TV show from 1981
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