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If you are an old geezer, you'll remember supermarionated shows, the most famous of which is Thunderbirds. And if you're not an old geezer, then this amazing spoof by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore will mean nothing to you. (You will also have no idea who Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are.)

Published Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:00 AM by oldnewthing
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:37 AM by Nathan_works

Which is more hokey, the marionette type shows, or the super-imposed moving mouth on static prints ? (ie Clutch Cargo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnLirXjjto )

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:48 AM by slipclutch

oh man I was wondering if someone else would remember Clutch.  And the parody was great!

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:00 PM by Absorbine_Sr

Ah, Derek and Clive... God rest their souls.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:27 PM by Sohail

Is old getting younger or am I old now (27)?

Very well done in any case.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:01 PM by Matt

If you're like me and didn't know what International Rescue is, you can find out here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuElPpr7HYI

The parody was actually pretty funny anyway, but it's more impressive when you see the original.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:46 PM by Larry Smith

Perhaps the worst part of being an old geezer is having to decide what to have for dinner -- frog a la peche, or peche a la frog!

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:55 PM by davidlmorris

I once worked with someone who raised their elbows high and had their fingers crashing down on the keyboard in a rather heavy and awkward fashion.  We described that as the Thunderbirds school of typing.

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Friday, February 13, 2009 4:13 AM by Jeremy Evans

I bought a Pete & Dud video (VHS - remember that?) for Dad about 20 years ago - he was always a fan of theirs - and watched this soon after a rash of re-runs of Thunderbird & Stingray. I don't think I have laughed as much before or since.

I can't say it's the greatest parody ever, but it's still damn funny after all these years.

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Friday, February 13, 2009 9:41 AM by TB

I'm not an old geezer, and I have no idea Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are... But I do know Thunderbirds and love the spoof.

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Friday, February 13, 2009 3:27 PM by Owen Pellegrin

I'm not an old geezer and don't know who either of those dudes are but that video's funny regardless.

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Friday, February 13, 2009 4:56 PM by Greg Lyon

The supermarionated show I liked as a kid was Fireball XL5.

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Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:45 AM by Fujin

Is it bad that I read that as "Super-Mario-nated" show? Video games stole my mind when I was younger.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:13 AM by Ritchie Swann

In their heyday (most of the 1960s), Peter Cook & Dudley Moore were as popular as Monty Python were about ten years later - indeed the pythons have acknowledged them as an influence several times over.

Sadly, much of their material has been permanently wiped and lost forever, which is very common for BBC recordings in the 1960s, and only a few episodes of "Not Only ... But Also" survive, which is probably the contents of the video Jeremy has. There was a color series made for ITV around 1968/69 which has also been wiped off the face of the earth. People seem to remember Derek & Clive the most because these were distributed as audio LPs and were less prone to permanent erasure.

As well as "superthunderstingcar" some of my favourites are "One Leg Too Few" (a man with one leg applies for the role of Tarzan), "Bo Duddley" and "The Leaping Nuns of St Beryl". Actually, the latter makes an appearance in their cult film "Bedazzled" (ignore the version the Americans remade about ten years ago - it's nothing to do with it apart from the name) which you can get on DVD now.

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