For me growing up in the UK during the 70's was a confusing time, A popular cartoon series called 'Boss Cat' used to run on BBC1 after school and featured the adventures of a gang of street Cats and a police beat officer called Officer Dibble. The show referred to its main character as 'Top Cat' including a theme tune with lyrics naming this as his title however in the UK it was billed as 'Boss Cat'. The reason for this was because a well known cat food selling in the UK at that time was 'Top Cat' cat food and the BBC didn't want to advertise the product. The final broadcast of the edited UK version was shown in 1989, since then the show has been broadcast with it's correct title in the opening and closing credits.
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An impressive video is making the rounds at the moment claiming that hover boards exactly like those depicted on the 'Back to the Future' series are now a reality. The video featuring many celebrities including Doc Emmett Brown himself (Christopher Lloyd) seems to show the hover board in action. One watch of the presentation pretty much confirms it was achieved using the same methods as Back to the Future II using wires. The video has been credited to Will Ferrell's Funny or Die company, the same folks responsible for the previous year's fake video featuring NASCAR's Jeff Gordon. The series Captain Pugwash was a popular childrens programme broadcast on BBC television in the UK from 1974 and featured hand animated cartoon cut-outs telling the stories of Pirate Captain Pugwash and his crew. It is a well known fact that the producers delighted in adding some adult double entendres that only grown ups would appreciate in the names of the main characters right? Wrong, if you've heard this statement it is a myth. Folks will tell you that the Captains name of Pugwash is actually an Australian slang term for a sexual activity, and that the characters of 'Seaman Stains' and 'Master Bates' were so named as an adult prank. In reality the characters in the programme consisted of Captain Horatio Pugwash, cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the Flying Dustman. |
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