Emu's World S1E2 (1982) - FULL EPISODE
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2018
- At last - an episode from the very first series of Emu's World! Unfortunately, this is the only one we currently have, so if you were one of the "Dancers from The Betty Pattison Dancing Academy", or you know somebody who was, or even if you have no connection at all with the show but you do have some recordings, please contact us. We'll arrange for any necessary transfers to be made to a professional standard, all tapes will be returned, and DVD copies provided. The easiest way to get in touch is to send an e-mail to my username (above, starting Videot...) at gmail dot com. We know that these episodes are out there somewhere, and the search is on!
So what great surprises await? Well, there's a pre-credits gag at the start, the set hasn't quite been finalised with barely any 'outside', Streak and the gramophone seem to have swapped home, Rod breaks the fourth wall and speaks to the viewers, non-cartoon realistic Hovergrot clouds, a "Goodnight, Emu" over the end credits... lots of minor differences from what followed, but most obviously, we've got a dumpy little Croc. He's voiced by Freddie Stevens, but going by the end credits, I suspect he was played by young Richard Pitt:
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Look out also for a cookery lesson, and an educational bit featuring some children from the Far East showing off some traditional Chinese food and demonstrating how to use chopsticks. Diversity was one of the main tenets of the show right from the start. The songs, meanwhile, are This Ole House - an old standard that was a UK number one for both Rosemary Clooney and Shakin' Stevens - and a medley of Alexander's Ragtime Band (by Irving Berlin), Hey, Mr Music Man (by Peters and Lee) and Sing (made famous by The Carpenters, and written by the bloke who did the Sesame Street theme tune). I'm told that the jazz band joining in for the medley are The Brownhills Tartans.
Although we don't know specifically which episode this is, we do know it was originally broadcast within the first six weeks of 1982, which is straight after Central Television took over from ATV. [EDIT: We now believe it to be the second episode of the series, which aired on Tuesday, 12th January, 1982, at 4.20pm.] That said, the fact that the continuity either side is Children's ITV rather than Watch It proves that this is a repeat from mid-1983 (probably July). Of course, that's Pat Coombs presenting, who would later fill in for Grotbags in 1986 and play King Boggle's love interest in 1987. I'm pretty sure she's meant to be on the set of Ragdolly Anna here.
Huge heaps of gratitude to Spencer for lending me this tape.
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For some reason this makes me feel really nostalgic. I have no idea why because I was born in 2006, so I never watched this as a child. This is my first time watching it and I feel like I recognise it. Maybe I watched it in a past life or something, because it makes me mourn a childhood I never had.
On the one hand that makes me sad, but on the other I'm glad you've discovered something where you sort of feel at home, if that's the right way to put it. I hope you enjoy more of the Pink Windmill videos on my channel!
@@VideotapeFTW I will be sure to watch more pink windmill kids on your channel, thank you so much for uploading them!!!!
I'm same age as some of them children now and was born 1976 and watched this when I was very young . It makes me feel very nostalgic I know what you mean. I also used to have a emu puppet when I was a kid.
Thanks for uploading these it's absolutely fascinating to watch these now, therapeutic even!
Great stuff and wonderful to find - initial thoughts...Grotbags has got the character from the get go although her costume is radically different to what we know as are the scenery designs! So many Pink Windmill kids! Wow! all in all tho great! :D
Good point - the character of Grotbags really was nailed right before they even started, it seems. Though having said that her accent briefly goes full-on Auntie Kipplewick around 14:48! (ruclips.net/video/yMLBy-S3iYU/видео.htmlm11s) I really hope the rest of this series shows up sooner or later...
This was from the very first series. I believe Episode 3. We were the ‘band’. And we were supposed to be in the studio but they hired someone else who didn’t even match the uniform and had a baton that we didn’t even possess. We were taped for a good few hours to other songs like Alexander’s Ragtime band but it never made the cut for this episode. Thank you! We have been looking for this for years. I’ve passed it down to the band. Brownhills Tartans Jazz Band so they can do it their kids.
You're very welcome - I hope it brings back some nice memories for everyone involved! It's a pity the Brownhills Tartans Jazz Band never made it to the studio, but at least they've been immortalised one way or another. The day of the shoot must have been quite an experience. :-)
Fascinating!
spoliers
From what is seen here, the interior of the windmill seems smaller, there are items that won’t be seen later like the blue cannisters and the beam near the cooking area (not sure on the latter though), there isn’t any dialogue from the Pattison kids (much less Rod calling them out by name), the Hovergrot is so different, Grotbags didn’t have much green paint, and of course Croc just looked like a dark colorful squirrel.
Nonetheless, this incarnation just says about what the show fundamentally is - the adventures of Rod, Emu, the kids, Grotbags, and Croc in a musical and fun environment with an established rivalry. There will be more explored (as seen in the later series and versions), but that is the basic premise, and I’m glad it’s manifested in here. Of other note - the musical numbers are done so well.
Well spotted about the dialogue! It does seem strange that even our disappointed baton-twirler, who sort of has a brief starring role, only nods and shakes her head rather than actually having any lines. Still, you're absolutely right that they had the fundamentals in place already, and for me all they had to do was tweak it and smooth over a few iffy parts, and they were there. Fascinating to finally see the roots of the show. :-)
who are the ‘pattinson kids’?
Oh my god I’m so happy! I’ve been waiting for this for months! Thank you!
I remember getting sent out of a lesson at juniors school because we thought it was hilarious to chant ‘There’s somebody at the door!’ ad infinitum if anyone came to the classroom… Sorry Miss Roberts…😬🤭🤣
Miss Roberts probably thought you were calling her Grotbags...
i fully enjoyed that, a lot of memories came back rod will be greatly missed r . i . p.
Oh wow, this is intresting!
just brilliant reliving my childhood, theres somebody at the door ,boing, theres somebody at the door ping
0:01 - 0:20 the sound is so creepy, like horror movie
What about the deer who sings in the most creepy voice ever at 6:12 or the singing skeleton in the closet at 7:03?
70s and early 80s British pop culture was all about being unnecessarily frightening at any given opportunity. Which is why 'hauntology' has become so popular. Dissecting the relentlessly weird creepiness of that era.
Finally back to the early series, oh boy, this is really interesting, it’s really joyful!
wow this is amazing, can't really get used to croc though loving the sfx for when grotty wallops croc
I have to say, this is a lot better than I remembered.
Croc is freaking me out. 😳 Love the Ian Dury reference though. I've watched all the live pink windmill shows and this is so weird in comparison. Still loving Rod n Emu though. And my absolute fave Mrs Grotbags.
The repeat date is from I think July of1983……… as Pat Coombs had a once month stint around this time on Children’s ITV…
That would be right in between the original broadcasts of Emu's World series 3 and 4, so sounds about right to me - thanks. :-)
Ben Wesley I had no idea the Season 1 episodes had reruns!
+Lyric Rogers I'm beginning to think that maybe everything made before the live era got at least one repeat, perhaps until 1986-ish. I think I remember early Emu's Worlds being repeated during school holiday mornings at some point, but I've got nothing to back that up.
*DID YOU GO TO PATTISON'S? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER RECORDINGS OF THIS SERIES OF EMU'S WORLD?* If so, I can get them transferred to DVD for you - free of charge, and all tapes returned, of course. Simply drop an e-mail to my username (above, beginning Videot...) at gmail dot com, and I'll happily arrange for all the technical work to be done.
VideotapeFTW i wish i did have old tape of Pink Wimdmill Kids
Now that’s a great show
Brilliant
Ooh, an episode from the reclusive Series 1! And now I remember why I didn't watch the earlier series... this incarnation of Croc used to give me scare me and give me nightmares! :( I'll admit that he still kinda scares me now. From what I watched, this series seems to be completely different than what we're used to. Most of the things we've come to know and love were all there ("There's Somebody at the Door", Grotbags trying to steal Emu, the singing and dancing kids, the opening and end credits - the latter of which I do believe was recycled for Series 2-5), but there's just something about this episode that's almost surreal. It's almost like watching Emu's World in the world where things weren't quite right. Nonetheless, it was alluring (and a wee bit scary to watch this episode, and I'm very excited to be able to see what's to come from Series 2 and how we first meet the kids we've all come to know and love next week. Also, it's a shame that the full length intro (ruclips.net/video/QJAZEON_4oo/видео.html) in its original glory wasn't included on this rerun because that would be a neat treat.
Noreen Sabelle What are some songs from season 1 you remember?
None, actually. I actually don't remember watching this series that much mostly because of Croc scaring me when I was younger.
+Noreen Sabelle I know what you mean - it all feels a bit like stepping through the looking-glass, or one of those strange dreams when people and places you know well don't quite look like how you know they look! You'll get to see Croc's transformation in the first episode of the second series, by the way, which is the next one I plan to upload. :-)
Ooh, how exciting! So the grubby "Mr. Croc" (another observation I noticed about this episode) was in part of the Series 2 opener before I assume he magically took a bath and grew. Though the Series 2 Croc head still looked slightly more menacing than the ones that followed, it just feels more natural looking at a green Croc instead of the tiny mucky suit of this series. Hopefully we'll find the other five episodes of this series because one of the things that is beginning to interest me is THE series premiere and how everything and everyone we came to know and love was introduced. :-)
poor old croc hadn't even said a word and shes walloping him on the nose :)
What a really interesting episode!
It is, isn't it? :-) You can tell they hadn't _quite_ decided exactly what direction the show should go in, but, still, most of the ingredients of the classic Emu's Worlds that followed seem to be there right from the start.
VideotapeFTW Have there been any Pattison songs used as Emu's Choice in All Live episodes?
Lyric Rogers Not as far as I know, so our only hope would be the original episodes. The thought does occur, though, that it could be them singing the theme tune at the end even into the Corona era. (Would they have bothered to re-record it? Probably not.)
VideotapeFTW "In This Ole House" would have been a great Emu's Choice, but maybe remade with the Corona kids so it would be easier to identify them in the All Live show
Lyric Rogers That would have been great. I've always said that the Kids were at their best with old rock 'n' roll numbers, and this one's no exception. :-)
Huh? What happened to Croc? His plastic surgeon later did a good job, though.
He was supposed to be a child to begin with, and I'm glad they ditched it. You can see the transformation towards the end of this episode: ruclips.net/video/PDcXln0dQto/видео.html
I wish they keep continued the Betty Pattison kids they really tried they're best
I wise one of the Betty Pattison Kids would come forward with recordings of the episodes we're still missing!
So that means it's only 4 episodes left?
@@yellowleafy From the first series, yes - we've got two, and are missing four.
I believe pattinson kids can't do splits, backflip, feet like ballerina, and sing (like sarah,kelly, emma, joe,etc) lol. Corona kids are the best!
Based on this one episode alone, the Pattison Kids appear like extras on the show to me, while the Corona Kids were fully-integrated cast members. Still, I hope more recordings of the first series turn up one day!
Pattison Kids be like
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Some of them probably could but perhaps maybe they kept the choreography simple so kids watching at home could join in???
Some of them probably could but perhaps maybe they kept the choreography simple so kids watching at home could join in???
first of all
No dialogue from kids
Second we are missing 4 more left
Third the first song they used is a corpse song
Croc looks really different here! Even creepier.
But then in later series, he becomes cuter and less scary!
croc sings ian dury and the blockheads lol
7:04 is genuinely terrifying!!!
Is the woman at around 0:23 the same woman who played the replacement witch, Witch Curdle?
It is, yes. :-) Pat Coombs was also on the show the year after that: ruclips.net/video/cqXpYa7ukos/видео.htmlm47s
How did you find out this was the 2nd episode? And what were some other songs done in the first season that you remember?
It was actually Spencer who managed to track down a document saying that this is episode two. (At least, that's what we think - there's an outside chance that this was the second one made but not the second broadcast. We won't know until the whole series shows up.) As for songs, I'm not sure. There's the Emu's World theme that we think opened the series, and someone suggested that Grotbags sang Bein' Green, but that's it. I'm not even 100% certain I've ever seen all of this first series!
Is there any kids here, that we actually know or are they all the unknown pattison ones
All completely unknown at this stage. Here's hoping someone who went to Pattison's will come along and fill us all in!
@@VideotapeFTW I remember Maddy (Mystic Maddy) saying that one is named cathrine! But that’s all we know for now!
Don't know who kids are i prefer Corona stage school kids like Catrina, Emma , Abbie, Kelly, spencer & Anthony etc. I find this interesting coz It not the same look different. Too many kids in this video by way thank u uploaded more Emu world. 😊
You're very welcome, Louise! We're _really_ close to having every single episode now - just a handful short - and your contribution to the campaign won't be forgotten. :-)
VideotapeFTW are u put up more Emu's world like this ?
Louise Ellett No more from this first series at the moment, I'm afraid, but I'll be uploading more from 1982, 1984 and 1985 as soon as possible. :-)
VideotapeFTW ok...... can't wait to see more 😊
It looks so different from other series. Like the color of Grotbags and the pink windmill.
It's the windows of the Pink Windmill and when we see out of the door at 3:41 that get me. Plus the non-cartoon clouds during the Hovergrot scenes.
And also the straw that the kids were sitting on. I remember there wasn't any in other series.
Good point, yes - back when they were still pretending it was an actual functioning windmill. Although, now i think about it, the straw returned for the second series of Emu's World, which you'll all be finding out in the coming weeks. :-)
That means the straw were only for 1982 :-)
I'm glad they ditched those singing trophies and that pint-sized Croc.
Yeah, having Freddie Stevens actually play Croc rather than just voicing him was a massive improvement.
@@VideotapeFTW I wonder who played him in S1...
Still, I kind of prefer this incarnation over the uncanny valley shite from the series straight after which I'm glad they fixed. I wonder what the Pink Windmill Kids thought of working with that thing.
@@lucasmckinley8087 There's a Richard Pitt who gets a credit at the end, so I suspect it's him. I wonder: www.scottsboromusicallondon.com/staff/richard-pitt/
And, yes, S2 Croc is scary, but the Croc at the beginning of 1986 looks like he's had a stroke! That one didn't even last a full series...
The website claims he went to Pattinson's, so it could be him.
And so they let the 82 Croc last a full series and not the 86 one. Mate 86 Croc was beautiful. You can't change my mind there.
@@lucasmckinley8087 Beautiful in a Botox sort of way, I suppose.
When does Joe make his first appearance?
The first episode of Emu's World series 2.
From Sesame Street
Croc wtf?
Another detailed rewatch has led me to believe that the name of the girl here: ruclips.net/video/En9GMqF4w8Y/видео.html is named Gladys.
Possibly, but Rod often just threw out jokey names, and I think this may be one of them. I really hope one of the Pattison's kids gets in touch and puts us out of our misery!
Fact : they used 3 songs
This ole house
Mr music man
Sing sing a song
Don't forget Alexander's Ragtime Band!
@@VideotapeFTW yes
@@VideotapeFTW Sing a song is my favorite! This one’s for you Sesame Street!
@@GregoryDiBruno My personal favourite of all the Pink Windmill Kids' songs is this one, which is also heavily linked to Sesame Street: ruclips.net/video/4ohSqhqYTys/видео.html
@@VideotapeFTW My other favorite is, “It’s not easy being green!” Not only from sometimes Sesame Street, but from The Muppets too!
I'm glad Rod always included diversity in his shows, but this episode makes me a tad uncomfortable. Let him call chow mein 'worms' on TV today, and we'll see what happens. Also I went to school with people from Hong Kong, I have a distant relative who's married to a Chinese-Filipino woman, and I can confirm that while it's not traditional, people from the Far East DO use knives and forks.
If _this_ makes you a tad uncomfortable, I dread to think what you'll make of the Boggle's Kingdom in the episode I've just uploaded today... :-/
I'm keen to see the rest of this first series of Emu's World to see whether they kept up this sort of thing throughout - like, an educational strand on a different nationality each week or something. There's plenty of scope for that to look very uncomfortable from today's standpoint, but at least it was done with the best of intentions.
P.S. A relative of mine was born in Asia, never used a knife and fork together until coming over here aged around 12 or 13, and tells the story of being pretty much baffled in the dinner hall on the first day of school! That's the one thing we all tend to forget about diversity: the diversity _within_ the diversity.
Also you have to remember that back then , without Twitter and professional (outrage mobs) unless you are constantly obnoxious and obviously trying to belittle and bully , most people used to let their humour out measure there potential to get offended on some deep personal cultural heritage level , during a patomine.
That is really what people have forgotten how to do these days
20:39 smug git...