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Tiswas - The Best Of
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Is Bob Blackman on this?
Review date: 2007-10-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
Can anyone tell me? Does this have the clip where the legendary Bob Blackman led the studio in a version of "Mule Train" while banging a tea tray on his head?
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Reviews
This is what they want
Review date: 2007-06-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
Absolutely brilliant-----------well produced and has the style that was Tiswas. What I find most intriguing is that my grand children and their friends absolutely love it, forget current children's programmes--------they all are off singing the Bucket of Water Song and love the humour!!
Any misbehaving and they do the Dying Fly-----------an absolute must!!
Still love Sally James!!
Nostalgic, but not the Tiswas experience
Review date: 2006-04-19 Rating: 6 out of 10
The joy of watching Tiswas in the 1970s was that everyone in the ATV studios clearly had such fun making it. Many of us knew we shouldn't really be watching it -- in my case, I should have been in the university libraries -- but it was the sheer appeal of something that was nominally supposed to be for children.
But Tiswas was a live production in which almost anything could happen -- the complete opposite of a DVD compilation, unless you play it in 'Shuffle' mode.
Also the pace of this 'Greatest Hits' DVD is nothing like the Saturday morning experience, where the two or three hours included many fillers (such as pop videos, ads and Disney clips) to get your expectations raised for the next piece of studio mayhem.
Pracitically anyone who was anyone in the 1970s appeared in this show -- well, anyone with a sense of fun and a willingness to be in Birmingham at the weekend -- and in this DVD, you'll see Michale Palin, Dennis Waterman, Steve Davis, Benny from 'Crossroads', the real Trevor MacDoughnutt etc etc.
The picture quality varies, but who cares?
155 minutes of nostalgia, warmly recommended, but don't expect your kids to appreciate it as much as you did.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
John Gorman
Sally James
Bob Carolgees
Lenny Henry
Chris Tarrant
Creators:
Chris Tarrant (Primary Contributor)
Sally James (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Network
Manufacturer: Network
EAN: 5027626231040
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-10-03
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 155 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)