$5.95, own. The Wombles rock.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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§ ita § - Dec 10, 2002 11:12:41 am PST #780 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jim - Dec 10, 2002 11:27:02 am PST #781 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Buy it. The Wombles are stunning - right up your alley.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 10, 2002 11:43:42 am PST #782 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
ita and Jim are right. I do not own anymore, and it makes me sad.
billytea - Dec 10, 2002 11:55:38 am PST #783 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
UnAmericans, do I need to own a tape of The Wombles. It is merely twee, or bizarrely so? It's cheap only $5.95.
I vote for ownership. My younger brother plots to take over the world with a womble army, so they have to have something going for them.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 10, 2002 11:57:56 am PST #784 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
We seemed to have reached an agreement. Hah! You dare not refrain from buying now!
Angus G - Dec 10, 2002 7:11:05 pm PST #785 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Put it this way, Hec--The Wombles are the marijuana of children's TV, just like Teletubbies are the ecstasy (and The Magic Roundabout was the LSD).
Holli - Dec 10, 2002 7:12:55 pm PST #786 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Oh! Are they the four guys is brightly colored long-sleeved shirts who dress up like pirates and dance and sing? Beacuse I babysit for a kid who LOVES them.
Angus G - Dec 10, 2002 7:16:25 pm PST #787 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I think you may be thinking of Australia's own Wiggles, Holli. The Wombles was a British children's series from the 70's, about a bunch of, um, Wombles (big furry things), who lived on Wimbledon Common, and, um, made good use of the things that they found, and...it's kind of hard to explain.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 10, 2002 7:47:42 pm PST #788 of 9843
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh my God! I had a Wombles LP! I doubt my mom still has it though, all my records are gone except Mary Poppins.
Holli - Dec 10, 2002 8:15:30 pm PST #789 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I think you're right, Angus. Are the Wombles as strange and off-putting as the Wiggles?