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A former member
Its on tonight If no one knows!
TT
That's right, it's on ITV1 (I1) from 9:15pm to 10:45pm.
Will we get the famous ATV "In Colour" ident at the beginning? Remember the lightspots which morphed into a butterfly shape, and the jingle?
Pee wah wah bong-bong-bung tong ting tung sha-she-ahh
Will we get the famous ATV "In Colour" ident at the beginning? Remember the lightspots which morphed into a butterfly shape, and the jingle?
Pee wah wah bong-bong-bung tong ting tung sha-she-ahh
TT
You know why I1 are showing this though, don't you. During last Xmas, B2 showed
"It Started With Swap Shop"
which lasted about 2 hours, and it included the classic Swap Shop opening sequence. Noel Edmonds, John Craven and other presenters were on it. Did you see that? I did. How it brought back memories.
So it's only natural then, that six months on, I1 should show a tribute programme to its rival Saturday morning kids' show of the time, TISWAS (Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!). Actually I think TISWAS started about a year before Swap Shop, albeit in the ATV region only, it was a couple years later before TISWAS spread to other I1 franchise areas (Westward, HTV, LWT, Anglia et al).
So it's only natural then, that six months on, I1 should show a tribute programme to its rival Saturday morning kids' show of the time, TISWAS (Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!). Actually I think TISWAS started about a year before Swap Shop, albeit in the ATV region only, it was a couple years later before TISWAS spread to other I1 franchise areas (Westward, HTV, LWT, Anglia et al).
BA
Is that meant to have some humour in or are you just misinformed?
To save you the pain and embarrasment of trying to work out what it is, it's This is Saturday, Watch and Smile
Tumble Tower posted:
...TISWAS (Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!)
Is that meant to have some humour in or are you just misinformed?
To save you the pain and embarrasment of trying to work out what it is, it's This is Saturday, Watch and Smile
TT
Is that meant to have some humour in or are you just misinformed?
To save you the pain and embarrasment of trying to work out what it is, it's This is Saturday, Watch and Smile
Well some years ago, I was led to believe (during a mention of TISWAS on TV that it stood for "Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!".
bilky asko posted:
Tumble Tower posted:
...TISWAS (Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!)
Is that meant to have some humour in or are you just misinformed?
To save you the pain and embarrasment of trying to work out what it is, it's This is Saturday, Watch and Smile
Well some years ago, I was led to believe (during a mention of TISWAS on TV that it stood for "Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!".
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A former member
I bet there try and say It was on all areas from 1974,
BA
Is that meant to have some humour in or are you just misinformed?
To save you the pain and embarrasment of trying to work out what it is, it's This is Saturday, Watch and Smile
Well some years ago, I was led to believe (during a mention of TISWAS on TV that it stood for "Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiswas
And from Chris Tarrant's mouth, just then.
Tumble Tower posted:
bilky asko posted:
Tumble Tower posted:
...TISWAS (Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!)
Is that meant to have some humour in or are you just misinformed?
To save you the pain and embarrasment of trying to work out what it is, it's This is Saturday, Watch and Smile
Well some years ago, I was led to believe (during a mention of TISWAS on TV that it stood for "Today Is Saturday, What A Surprise!".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiswas
And from Chris Tarrant's mouth, just then.
TT
Well spotted London UK. Didn't I say "I bet they'll show the 1970s style ATV In Colour lightspots ident" with its memorable jingle:
Pee wah wah bong-bong-bung tong ting tung sha-she-ahh
Better still, I actually saw it in colour on my 10 and a half year old Mitsubishi colour TV. When I was a kid I only ever saw the ATV "In Colour" ident in monochrome at the start of programmes (TISWAS, Crossroads, The Muppet Show et al), as we only had a black and white Ferguson Courier portable at the time.
London UK posted:
They showed ATV Ident! 
Well spotted London UK. Didn't I say "I bet they'll show the 1970s style ATV In Colour lightspots ident" with its memorable jingle:
Pee wah wah bong-bong-bung tong ting tung sha-she-ahh
Better still, I actually saw it in colour on my 10 and a half year old Mitsubishi colour TV. When I was a kid I only ever saw the ATV "In Colour" ident in monochrome at the start of programmes (TISWAS, Crossroads, The Muppet Show et al), as we only had a black and white Ferguson Courier portable at the time.