Forgotten Public Panics

[MyNameIsTerry]

I could never take someone dressed up as Bungle seriously Len.

Zippy has potential though because there was always something sinister about that dude, and I reckon George - with his mesmerising eyelashes and dozy outlook on life- was harbouring thoughts about beating the crap out of Zippy. I felt that way, and I was only 5.



*off to buy a Grotbags outfit to put the shits up the local brats*

I always thought George was female from the voice.

Zippy was like Chuckles, a bit iffy. But nothing tops Emu in touching you up, consent or not Rod Hull got away with it in plain sight

And Rod, Jane and Freddy. Swinging.

Sorry Lenco

Wasn't Grotbags quite talented in other ways as a singer and entertainer?

[MyNameIsTerry]

If that clown thing kicks off again, I'm getting myself a massive hound and a clown squeaker toy. Clowns aint so scary when they're running off clutching their crown jewels.

Did you see the vid of the bloke who was a bit startled by one but then chased him off?

I used to be walking late at night back then around places you came across few people. I so wanted to run into one of these plonkers and chase his brown trousered ar5e.

[NoraB]

I always thought George was female from the voice.

Zippy was like Chuckles, a bit iffy. But nothing tops Emu in touching you up, consent or not Rod Hull got away with it in plain sight

Ah yes! Forgot about Emu - and I was talking about Grotbags who came from Rod Hull and his Pink Windmill!

It was HILARIOUS when Emu took Parky down.

Wasn't Grotbags quite talented in other ways as a singer and entertainer?

Yes, she was a cabaret singer. I thought she was hilarious.

Another hilarious witch - Fenella the Kettle Witch (Chorlton & the Wheelies) 'Ello little old lady'.

[NoraB]

Did you see the vid of the bloke who was a bit startled by one but then chased him off?

It's like that video of a bloke who was hiding in a bin? And he jumped out on a bloke who was so startled he punched him hard in the face lol

[Lencoboy]

I always thought George was female from the voice.

Zippy was like Chuckles, a bit iffy. But nothing tops Emu in touching you up, consent or not Rod Hull got away with it in plain sight

And Rod, Jane and Freddy. Swinging.

Sorry Lenco

Wasn't Grotbags quite talented in other ways as a singer and entertainer?

I thought the Rod in Rainbow as part of the 'Rod, Jane and Freddie' trio was Rod Burton.

[Lencoboy]

Remember 'Home Taping Is Killing Music', with the cassette and cross-bones logo on the rear of vinyl LP covers back in the early 80s, most notably on releases from the CBS Records Group (now Sony Music).

That slogan/logo started to disappear from around 1984.

Then some 15 years later panics about music piracy started rearing their ugly head once again when CD-Rs and burning devices started becoming more widespread in the consumer domain, followed by online piracy, in particular the infamous Kazaa site (whose logo was stylised as KaZaA IIRC).

Strangely, hardly anyone seems to make such a big deal over piracy these days to the extent that they did back in the 2000s.

[Lolalee1]

The effing Clown is back roaming through the public dunnies in the old Queens park.
I heard at Centrelink someone kicked him in the nuts
If I see him I would do the same.

[Noivous]

Global Cooling!

[Lencoboy]

There were also the scares about juvenile 'super-predators' back in the early-mid 90s that eventually never materialised. Mainly in the USA but also in the UK to a certain extent, especially following the JB incident in Feb 1993.

[Lencoboy]

Remember the big hoo-ha over 5G masts this time last year?

Hardly even talked about now.