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littleEDfamily Wrote:

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> Lenny Henry is Big, from Big and Small, right?

>

> I am going to watch 64 zoo lane all week to verify

> this....... I can actually tolerate that one....



Lenny Henry is actually Big and small!

Yes, 64 Zoo Lane is definitely the pick of the bunch. Is it immature of me to sing the song as '64 Poo Lane', though?


I told my daughter in complete frustration the other day that she wouldn't be watching Waybaloo as they were 'loons' - she seemed quite offended. What's with the strange noises and baby talk on shows like Waybaloo and In the Night Garden? Surely they're meant to be helping our children learn to form actual words.


Didn't know Lenny was Big AND Small. Fascinating, yet still quite grating.

There's also a new one (well, since I went away in Feb anyway) called Zingzillas which my kids love. So far I've seen Cleo Laine, John Dankworth and Julian Lloyd-Webber on it, quite impressive for a kids programme (and all people I've had the pleasure of performing with in the past, so kids are getting a running commentary on Mummy's life pre-children!).

What's your vision of Lead ZingZilla? What do you reckon lurks beneath??? Just trying to get a visual....


ryedalema Wrote:

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> I'm watching Zingzillas right now - is it weird to

> think that the lead singer monkey is quite fit

> (underneath the costume obv.)?

>

> Someone's going to tell me it's Keith Chegwin or

> something now aren't they?

For slightly older kids: CBBC, 5.45pm Mon-Thur, Big Babies. It's excellent. Sometimes it's followed by Sean the Sheep and then Jakers, which is an all-star line up in my book.


Third and Bird was very popular with my lot for a while, but then the Wonderpets came along and no one's doing the muffin any more.

Not sure - I just think he looks like he hasa nice body.


Ooh - I sound like a perv now.


littleEDfamily Wrote:

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> What's your vision of Lead ZingZilla? What do you

> reckon lurks beneath??? Just trying to get a

> visual....

>

Think you have topped even the sportacus fantasies of another thread!


ryedalema Wrote:

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> Not sure - I just think he looks like he hasa nice

> body.

>

> Ooh - I sound like a perv now.

>

> littleEDfamily Wrote:

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> > What's your vision of Lead ZingZilla? What do

> you

> > reckon lurks beneath??? Just trying to get a

> > visual....

> >

It's not Billy Connolly. It's a chap called Lewis McLeod who does lots of voiceovers on all sorts of stuff and can do some good impressions too. Hence the Billy Connolly.

Of course the real lyrics to Zoo Lane go "There's one with a hump and one that can jump, and one that is a bit of a c---. 64,64,64 Zoo Lane"

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