Sunday, December 31, 2017
Saturday, December 30, 2017
In Search of Saturdays
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 because 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
Livewire
Nick
Rocks Video to Go
Pinwheel
(Other than what is currently on youtube.)
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 (other than the 6 episodes on youtube)
Mariposa
Silver
City (The Righteous Apples special)
Classic Nick Rocks
Frank Stallone – Far From Over
Brother Phelps – Let Go
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Selena – Ya No
Monday, December 25, 2017
Special Delivery – Merry Whomas
For
those of you who are wondering what “Whomas” is it simply stands for “Doctor
Who Christmas.” Today is the sad day in which Peter Capaldi will be
regenerating into the (fake) thirteenth doctor. (My opinion.) As a tribute to him, and as a
tribute to the death of the show, to all of you, Merry Whomas. Enjoy.
Also,
a quick note. While Doctor Who never appeared on Nickelodeon the goal of my blog
is to post family friendly videos and Doctor Who has always been family friendly,
especially during the original broadcast era.
Galileo: Dr. Who video
Dr. Who Music Video – Back To The Start
Doctor Who | Disco Dancing Doctors |
Babelcolour
The 12 Doctors of Christmas – Doctor Who
Doctor Who – Entire Cast & Crew 500 Miles
Doctor Who Parody by The Hillywood Show®
Behind The Scenes: Doctor Who Parody by The
Hillywood Show®
The Doctor's Video Diary by The Hillywood
Show®
Comic Relief - Catherine Tate & David
Tennant by BBC
The Weakest Link Doctor Who Special (2007)
Doctor Who – The Wilderness Years
Doctor Who Confidential – A New Dimension -
The eras of Who 1960's-1996
Doctor Who: The 1996 Movie Q&A | BFI
BBC Breakfast Interview with
Christopher Eccleston
Doctor Who Confidential – Time Crash
Exclusive! The Five Doctors -- Official Doctor
Who 50th Celebration
Paul McGann Interview – Eighth Doctor Spin-Off
& A Five(ish) Doctors Return
Doctor Who – The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (Please click the link.)
Doctor Who – An Adventure in Space and Time
2013 – full movie Roger Godfrey
Doctor Who At The Proms 2008
Doctor Who - 50 Year at the Proms
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Special Delivery – Christmas
Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman (1983)
The Snowman & the Snowdog
(2012 – 30th Anniversary)
Barbour Christmas Ad 2017 -
The Snowman and The Snowdog – The story continues.
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Jack Frost - Please click the link.
'Twas The Night Before
Christmas - Please click the link.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
The Most Wonderful Time of
The Year
The
Christmas Pageant
The Sweetest Christmas
(Please click the link.)
Snowden on Ice
The Man In The Santa Claus
Suit
Classic Holidays Rock
The Monkees – Riu Chiu
The Wiggles – Here Come the Reindeer
Gayla Peevey – I Want A Hippopotamus
For Christmas
Meet the Singer Of "I Want A
Hippopotamus For Christmas"
(Cast of) Victorious – It's Not
Christmas Without You
The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
Sha Na Na – Say Ho Ho Ho
The Monkees – Christmas Medley '86
The Mistle Tones – 12 Days of
Christmas
Bing Crosby & David Bowie – The
Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth
Band Aid 1984 – Do they Know it's
Christmas
You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch
Snow Miser & Heat Miser Song
Put One Foot In Front Of The Other
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Classic Nick Rocks
Gene
Autry – Up on the House Top
Olivia Newton
John – Make A Move On Me
The
Mistle Tones – Joy to The World
Frank Stallone –
Far From Over
Clarice
(Janis Orenstein) – There's Always Tomorrow
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Monday, December 18, 2017
Special Delivery – Christmas 2
Gene Autry – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Sha Na Na – Santa's On A Diet by
Fat
Albert Christmas Special
Garfield Christmas Special
A Muppet Family Christmas
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Classic Nick Rocks
Howard Jones – No One Is To
Blame
Go Fish – We Three Kings
Selena – Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
Jewel & Nedra Carroll – Rudolph
Quiet
Riot – Come On Feel The Noize
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Nic’s Interview with George James
Recently
I got an email from a Pinwheel fan who had a few questions for Mr. George James
who played “Jake” on Pinwheel. He asked if I would mind forwarding them to him and
of course I didn’t. After Mr. George sent back the answers I asked if I could
please blog the interview and was given consent.
So,
with that I would like to say a huge thank you to Nic Nagel for allowing me to
post this interview.
Re:
Fan Questions
George
James
Today,
(Monday, December 4, 2017) at 3:03 PM
Dear
Peggy Sue and Nic,
How
great it is to have people like you continue to show interest in Pinwheel. It
validates the idea that people were moved, involved and positively affected by
the show; which was the hope of all who took part in creating Pinwheel.
Nic
I hope that I can answer your excellent questions to your satisfaction.
1-How did he get to be on
Pinwheel?
This
could be a very long answer because I’m not sure where my road to Pinwheel
began. My parents exposed me to the magic of theatre and music and fostered in
me a love of people and of life of all types. I developed a passion for flexing
the imagination in pursuit of expressing thoughts and feelings, which I had no
lack of.
When
I first saw Sesame Street I immediately realized what a powerful vehicle for
presenting positive and informing ideas about the world children's television
had become.
It
was a time when children’s television was breaking new ground and creating
programming for children of all ages. A new idea had emerged that children’s
programming could and should entertain and inform everyone and play up to young
people rather than down. It was very exciting. At the time that all of this was
happening I was not involved in children’s programming, I was involved in
recording and record production, but the thoughts of what was happening in
children's television were ever present in my mind. And as luck would have it,
someone who knew someone who was looking for someone to join a team developing
a children’s show for the new and experimental initiative of creating
programming specifically for cable tv called me to audition.
I
auditioned and was hired by Warner Communications to be part of the Pinwheel
creation team as developer, music director, song writer and actor. I was
overjoyed!
I
hope that this explanation adds to the information that Peggy Sue has already
provided. If you want to know more specifics, I’ll be glad to answer.
2-Who was his favorite
character on the show?
Nic,
I’m sure you’re aware that the characters in the world of Pinwheel were by
design diverse. Each with their own particular charm and appeal. I grew to
appreciate the specialness of each of the characters and never considered which
one I liked best. Sal, Smitty and Kim were as sweet and lovable off set as they
were on camera. The brilliance of the puppet design and puppetry of Craig
Marin, Brad Williams and Olga Felgemacher (now Ola Marin) was always a source
of fascination and wonder. The artwork and puppetry of Jim Jinkins was as
fresh, clever and imaginative as it gets. What I’m getting at is that I held
everyone on the show in such high regard that picking one out as my favorite
would be difficult. I did like working with Minus thought.
3-What does he think of
Nickelodeon from the the 90's-now days? And did he think that Nickelodeon would
become this big when working for it?
We
had a saying between cast and crew that floated around the set which provided
much laughter as well as thought. It was “Life is change…how it differs from
the rocks”.
Of
course, we knew that rocks changed too but the point was made. What this meant
to many of us was that it was important to stay flexible and positive to the
prospect of and even the. inevitable of change. To resist change is stagnating,
to prepare for and initiate change is growth. I do regret that Pinwheel was not
given a chance to develop and grow, there was much more to be achieved. In the
early days of Pinwheel and Nickelodeon, although there were some rough edges, the
intentions and objectives of all involved were.
Heartfelt
and genuine. We knew that it was something new for television and we cared
deeply about what we were presenting to our audience. I am not that aware of
what Nickelodeon is like today, but I hope that some, if not all, of that
initial excitement and commitment is still present. I really had no idea how
big Nickelodeon would get, I don’t think that anyone did. But one did get a
sense of how big programming for cable tv was going to be. Although Pinwheel
aired into the 90’s we taped our last season in the mid 80’s in the infancy of
programming for cable tv.
4-Apparently in the shows
early years their where 3 more birds (besides Admiral) that came from Zintar.
Is this true?
The
Wonkles!
5-Does he have any funny
behind the scenes story's?
See
answer 3
6-If Pinwheel where to come
back would he return to his role as Jake?
If
Pinwheel came back and I was asked to be a part certainly I would, but I would
be different, Pinwheel House would be different, with hopefully the same
feeling from the heart!
Nic,
thanks for your great questions and for sharing the experience with me.
All
best,
George
“Jake” James
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Classic Nick Rocks
Paula
Abdul – Forever Your Girl
Fame – Joy To The World
El DeBarge – Rhythm Of The Night
Sha Na Na – Rock Rudolph Rock
Weird Al – I Love Rocky Road
Friday, December 8, 2017
Contact Info Needed
Could someone PLEASE help me? We would like to bring Double Dare to our city for the NickCon event in 2019. When I contacted Marc, he told me to contact Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon. So, I googled Nickelodeon and found this number (212) 258-7500. When I called I was on hold for over an hour for three days in a row. On the fourth day I was told that “this is no longer a working number.” O-k-a-y…so then I called Viacom who transferred me to Nickelodeon where I left a message. Three times now.
The president of the chamber of commerce has been waiting for me to get back to him with this information for two weeks now and I can’t get a hold of anyone! Can someone PLEASE help me with ***RELIABLE contact information*** on how to bring double dare to our city?!
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Special Delivery – Christmas 1
You Can't Do That On
Television – E69 – Christmas
The Monkees – "The
Monkees' Christmas Show"
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 97: Interview with Peggy Sue Clay
We all have different dates as to when Nickelodeon’s 40th anniversary is. For some it’s December 1st, the day when the Pinwheel Network first aired. For me, personally, I go with 1979, the year the Pinwheel Network was relaunched as “Nickelodeon.” But regardless as to when we celebrate Nickelodeon has turned the big four-0 and I’d like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Patricia at Old School Lane for interviewing me for her youtube channel. It was truly an honor.
Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 97: Interview with Peggy Sue Clay
Classic Nick Rocks
Neal McCoy – The Shake
Don Most – Christmas Medley
The Bugaloos – Senses Of Our
World
Jeff’s Christmas Dance
T'Pau – Heart & Soul
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