Wilbur Robinson takes Lewis forward in time to convince him he's telling the truth about time travel. It's a way of giving Lewis hope when he has none: A movie reworked and joked-up after Pixar's John Lasseter took over Disney Animation, it's about an inventor-orphan named Lewis who fails repeatedly, but who is taken to the future to help fix the past. And then it fails itself.īut it's brimming with ambition and charm. It makes us wonder: did they even vet callers back then? And, come to think of it, was it really necessary to have five separate phones for five different people? Bravo 1989: you were a simpler, and simultaneously more complicated time.This wildly eccentric scatterbrained sci-fi farce positions itself firmly alongside the great Walt Disney's own willingness to accept failure in the pursuit of excellence. Has a caller on British TV ever been as vociferous as Eliot Fletcher? He called Five Star during their appearance on Saturday morning kids’ TV to tell the RnB group that they were “fucking crap”, before being hastily cut off. You can hear him smiling as he informs them, matter of fact, that they are “a bunch of wankers.” Instead, he turns on them, but it’s not even vicious. The scene is set for a genial conversation between band and fan. In 1984 he called a kids show – Saturday Superstore – to talk to ‘sophisti-pop’ band Matt Bianco. Who is this Simon Roberts character? So cool, so calm, so cold. This rendition of ‘Two Different Worlds’ – which outlines the important differences between school and home life – has him getting involved in some very basic dance moves along with the puppets, but every time he has to follow the routine, you can see him dying a little inside. Rarely has a performer looked quite so endearingly nervous on Sesame Street. It sounds lame, but it works because they really commit to their characters – especially when Gary uses his secret weapon, Westlife’s Bryan, on Dec’s Misty, and she totally loses her shit. It features Ant and Dec as a Pokemon’s Gary and Misty, who have a weird turn-based, Pokemon-style fight. Not strictly a musical performance, this. If there’s a better 90-second song to teach kids about the attributes and importance of arthropods, we haven’t seen it – at least not one featuring a praying mantis on the drums. Weezer are a weirdly good choice for Yo Gabba Gabba, singing their original composition ‘All My Friends Are Insects’ dressed as various creepy crawlies. He makes a coin disappear (astounding), makes a baby dinosaur appear from a hat (astounding), and then turns himself into an actual ice cube (totally astounding). Yep, Ice Cube – badass of NWA and 21 Jump Street – is here to teach kids what “astounding” means. It almost makes it a shame that no one dances like this any more. There exists an alternate version of this ruthlessly cheesy video, in which Harry Enfield’s character Dave Nice jigs his way in and out of the 60s video. Peter Freddie & The Dreamers – Blue Peter He’s no role model, but whichever way you slice it, you have to admit he’s a brave guy. Captain Sensible does just this, on 80s UK kids’ show Saturday Superstore – and after slurring through an interview, he starts singing from the top of a wobbly chair before falling to the floor. If you’re appearing on kids’ television, it’s probably not the best idea to turn up steaming drunk. John Lydon is missing for the majority of this 1980 performance, shirking his lip-syncing duties in favour of getting the teenage crowd on their feet, wandering through them cheerily, and then orchestrating a stage invasion. “Let’s go on a spaceship adventure with Brandon, Ronnie, Mark and Dave!” That’s how the kids are introduced to The Killers’ cheesy but ultimately impressive musical clip for American show Yo Gabba Gabba, whose ‘Super Music Friends Show’ segment has previously featured everyone from Solange to Of Montreal. Although it wasn’t exactly out of character – most people found it pretty funny – his antics freaked out TV producers, making it difficult for him to get time on TV later on to promote his album ‘Blah Blah Blah’. In 1986, Iggy Pop thought it’d be a good idea to dry-hump a giant teddy bear live on TV, during his performance of ‘Real Wild Child’ on No 73. They’re still covered in the stuff in the jarringly serious interview that follows, before breaking into song at the end. Compost Corner – the chaotic and supposedly gardening-focussed segment of Saturday morning slog Tiswas – once put The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Kenny Jones in green ‘flower’ leotards, before they got covered in gunge by Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry and Sally James.
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