Huckleberry Finn And His Friends 1979
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- The intro to 'Huckleberry Finn And His Friends' the classic 1979 Canadian / German television series starring Ian Tracey as Huckleberry Finn and Sammy Snyders as Tom Sawyer.
The series was re-run many times on various television networks around the world until the early 1990's when it looked like we would never see it again.
Finally in 2005 the complete series was released as a 4 DVD box set by Fabulous Films in the UK by and is available from Amazon.co.uk
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I'm 40 now and I know it's not very blokeish but hearing this tune chokes me up; takes me away from all the grown-up problems of life in the adult world and back to when I was a kid to a time when a cuddle from my mum could make everything alright again. :'(
Stephen O'Donnell same, memories of Sundays with family especially my beloved Dad
Stephen O'Donnell Me 2!x
Stephen O'Donnell hey l am 40 years old and it brings back happy memories of tv in the 1980s for me. lt gets me emotional too.
I couldn't have put that better myself. 😭
Stephen O'Donnell i get that totally
52 years old and this took me back to the eighties. Carefree playing outside then running in barefoot to sit front of tv. Gosh I miss those times.
We kids of a certain age remember this. I was born in 1974 and this was staple television on BBC one in the UK. Wonderful. (Comment left by my brother Stephen)
Yes, I am four years older than you and remember watching this programme (I would have been nine at the time of this footage!)
Okay. It`s the year 2022 now. I´m 46 years old, German, and this fantastic TV show was one of the best parts of my childhood. Listen to this wonderful melody almost breaks my heart. After the last years I´m so fed up with the world, the politics, the lies, the wars, the desasters, the darkness..... I want my childhood back, I want to feel secure and safe again!!!!!! (I know, this will never happen) I´m sure I´m not the only one that feels like that.
Oh god, I am 47 and I hear this and I am immediately feeling tearful and nostalgic. Life seemed so much simpler then; being with your parents and feeling secure and happy. Astonishing what these tunes and memories can do, even now. A reminder that those sunny childhood days soon pass and the reality and responsibility of life is never easy.
I'm in my mid forties, my parents are gone, I'm estranged from my brother...back then life was just...happy...as you get older, life gets very brutal..
@@kailashpatel1706 Same as myself my friend, have faith in God and you will be fine.
Adam Marlowe 48 and I remember 👍
So true, I'm not sure if I feel sad or happy listening to this... confused emotions 😕 I'm also 47 and took it for granted things wouldn't change, I wouldn't grow up and life was long.
Im 51 years of age.
Fourty years since I last heard this tune.
Remember loving this series as a boy.
As others say... Fourty years has gone in the blink of an eye. My parents are no longer here.
The years now pass with such speed.
Enjoy every sandwich folks.
summer of 83 here in the UK I think, great days!! none of the facebook shite kids use nowadays. I'd watch huck finn then off out down the woods makin tarzy's, tree houses, hay dams gettin chased off the farmer makin go-karts, bmx'ing to boynton bumps, acky baths, conkering, buddying, nicky knocky nydo, bommy nights, the kader, swinger, bulldogs, kerby..aye the 70s n 80s were great times to be a kid. huck finn juust brought it all back to me hahaaa up the boro
Sounds like my childhood too. I grew up near Sheffield. You must be from Liverpool way?
@@JasonJason210 middlesbrough mate so not far from Sheffield 👍
UTB 80ts forever 😌
Summed it up perfectly mate,loved this when i was a kid,just watching stakeout & seen the lad who played huckleberry finn & remembered him,so looked it up,i,m from near boro aswell mate,redcar.
It was the summer of 83..then repeated in the summer of 84 or 85 in the summer holidays I remember watching the episodes I missed in the repeats !!
being a kid in the late 70s and 80s was the best. i loved playing down the woods and beck, making hay dens and tree houses. i loved my zx spectrum 48k playing manic miner but the majority of the time i was out playing. I loved watching huck finn, almost brought a tear to my eye. Im being biased but these were good times to live as a kid
11 years later and I couldn't agree more. I was born in 1971 and this was a staple of our summer holiday morning viewing before we headed out for the day to play football and cricket, climb trees, make dens, play hide and seek and take long bike rides. Then return to a secure, loving family home. We didn't realise our lucky we were until we got older.
@@markj6169 fantastic. Ur similar age to me. Great times
@@markj6169
Yes and ruined by excessive immigration and drugs, lowering the common decency of society along with the purposeful destruction of the nuclear family and the acceptance of single motherhood.
Feminism is our downfall.
I watched this with my dad, when I was younger. For some reason this song really does make you wonder why life can't be more care free.
Wow, as many others have said! That theme tune takes me right back to my childhood. The BBC in the UK used to run this, along with Heidi and Silas during the summer holidays as there were so many episodes. They don't make 'em like that any longer.
Great series. I was six in 1979 living in Ireland when this came out. Loved the character of Huckleberry Finn as I think most boys did. It sure does bring back happy childhood memories. I remember that episode when the two conmen get tared and feathered and my mother had smoked kippers on for supper. To this day when I have smoked kippers I think of that scene, I can't help associating the two things with each other. It's funny I think if I were ever to witness someone getting tared and feathered I would almost expect them to smell of smoked kippers.😁😁😁
makes me cry this looking back when I was a little boy in the 70s
tears are flowing
same
Indeed
Just watched this. I'm 48 and I'm feeling a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. I recall this all too well. Xx
in the UK 84/85 ish loved it. Why dont you,the moomins,pac-man,roland rat,top cat,grange hill but huckleberry finn was my favourite. Anyone remember finger bobs? if not type it in youtube search..man the really freaked me out as a kid. Im off to play manic miner ;)
I loved this show ..every morning about 10 AM during the school summer holidays along with Roland Rat in Kowloon Hong Kong! 1985 what i wouldnt give to re live them days again..
I remember watching this every day in the mornings of summer holidays before we went out to
Play?
Me too. After why don’t you.
To where/what?
I've waited 8 years to find out. It's killing me, man!!
@@frankzappa951
Just switch of the television set and go doing something else instead.
Ahh, it all came flooding back....
@@sudo_nym Hahah great times man :)
I hope Injun Joe goes after all the people who gave this a thumbs down!
You are spot on - the long school summer holidays mornings in the 80s! I always had a vivid imagination as a young boy and this whole series seemed to relate to that with the boys exploring in the open country. Life as an adult is so much more serious and complicated now!
When I watched this series on DVD in 2008 it was like being transported in a time machine back to when I originally watched it. It really is the theme tune that does it.
Just the theme tune has put a nostalgic smile on my face!
I received my Huckleberry Finn And His Friends box set this morning from Amazon. Excellent job and many thanks to the people at Fabulous Films for this release. LOve the cover, DVD art, booklet, etc. An amazing job. I and many other fans will treasure this collection. Ashley Irons
I'm 56 and loved this series as it was my favourite book as well. World has changed a lot since this was out 😢
We was so inspired by this show in early 1980`s dublin Ireland ,that we decided to build a half arsed raft in tribute, And On the Royal Canal Dublin we did launch and on the royal canal we did sink, Wet clothes explained away to parents due to rain! Great show great momories...
A few people in the comments have memories of this being on British TV during the summer holidays, but I know when it was shown in 1982 I was in my first year of high school, and I would watch it after school at about 4.30pm, with a slice of chocolate swiss roll.
I remember watching this during my summer holidays in the early 80s. Loved it then and love it even more now. Thank you.
Im in my mid 30's and had an urge to hear this, after hearing the Littlest Hobo music on an advert.Ahh, those were the days.
No TV series will be better than this is 💗💗
R.I.P. Mark Twain.
yep back when living was easy and neighbours were friends. oh to bring back those days
The 1880s sure were sweet...
Brian Devine - when crippling poverty was rife and simple diseases killed. Good old days. Moron.
@@markfox1545 I meant the days when i was a kid, not 1885 and yeah it's better today with terrorism,racism and a global pandemic, great days MORON
Go on sing along!
Try looking back more on days that were slower,
When living came easy and neighbours were friends,
Paddle wheels turning as kids on the river,
Went seeking adventure or some pirate’s den,
Marbles and fishing and wrestling and wishing,
The day would come quickly when they would be men,
That’s where they came from, the time that they came from,
No better time to live and to grow,
Oh that’s where they came from, the days that they came from,
Life was so carefree not so long ago!
@@MadeInDublin71 haha same@@
i am too nostalgic and tearful to listen to this tune. I go back to my childhood. Oh! how nice my childhood is.
Just received my dvd box set.Have,nt stopped watching it.One to treasure.
Brings back lovely memory’s of sitting on the floor round my nans as a child. I’m 42 now.
Try looking back more on days that were slower
When living came easy and neighbours were friends
Paddle wheels turning as kids on the river
Went seeking adventure on some pirates den
Marbles and fishing and resting and wishing
The day would come quickly when they would be men
Thats where they came from, the time that they came from
No better time to live and to grow
Oh thats where they came from, the days that they came from
Life was so carefree not so long ago
Wrestling and wishing
Loved watching this in the summer holidays's during the early to mid 1980's brings back some good memories of my childhood.
Even if I did have all the money in the world, it could not buy me what I want most - A TIME MACHINE TO TAKE ME BACK TO THE LATE 70'S AND 80'S - they were good times.
this is by far the best huck finn ever, i used to watch this in the 6 week holidays from school, if it wasnt for this intro being posted, i wouldnt have known it was out on dvd. so i have just ordered it off play. cheers
I ordered the released DVD series and in two days during last weekend I watched it all. This was without any doubt the best series from my youth. I also had a major crush on Huck Finn, and I cried when the show was over. If then I had only known that 25 years later I could see it all again ... ;)
loved this TV show back in the early 80s growing up in northern Ireland when it was on you used to lose yourself in the program and forget about the troubles
I too loved this show and I grew up and still I live in Northern Ireland. Lovely theme song. The lyrics mean more to me when I'm older and looking back at my childhood.
I saw this as a kid. It was shown on a friday afternoon after school. It reminds me of time spent with mum and dad.
So many great memories listening to this that care free time has passed now and life has got a lot more tough
I was hooked on this series back in the 80's. Saw every episode on Showtime!
I must echo the remarks of so many others on here. I'm 40 now and have very happy memories of those times back in the late seventies and early eighties. It was a wonderful time to be young. Endless summer holidays, BWX's and great TV programmes like this that had proper stories to them. All this nostalgia brings a joyful tear to my eye... Thank you for uploading.
dam what a blast from the past, id love 2 go back 2 them years times were much better wish my kids could grow up back then
Skateboards
Bmx's
Go karts
Tree climbing
Flying kites
Zx spectrum
Manic miner
Conkering
Collecting footie cards
Grange hill
Why dont you
Vinyl records
Huck finn. We all watched it..had no choice with only 3 or 4 channels. But it was great 😁
Lump in my throat thinking back at 70s 80s growing up as a kid we were very very lucky to have those decades without the internet.
Cheers 👍
the tune takes you back ;)
I just bought the DVD box set of this series. The special features include interviews with Sammy Snyders (Tom) and Ian Tracey (Huck) as they are now. It's fascinating to hear them talk about the making of this series - and especially about how Sammy still gets Christmas cards from the girl who played Becky Thatcher!
This was my favourite tv show....as a kid always wanted to go on an adventure with them....44 now...sigh
48 now, loved this in the Summer of 1983
Same here it was great
You're both right. It was shown numerous times on the BBC between 1982-1986, both in the afternoon kiddies slot and also in the early morning summer slot. Then ITV/ LWT showed it in the early 90's in the saturday afternoon slot - I also have a recording of an episode from this airing.
What a great intro tune and happy memories!
I loved this growing up! I remember watching it at my nans house on a Thursday after school
@RetroGirl1974 i came across this a month r so ago..was my favourite childhood programme..all the episodes are posted on youtube ive watched them all since..sad r what..great days
The year now is 2021..yet,I'm still here.my God,I feel choked with my childhood memories.life is more simpler n cooler back then.time passed,but memory remains.
I didn't grow up with this... Or... I first saw it when I was around 14 and it was just 5 years ago. Anyway, I have made it to a tradition to watch it once every year. But it still give me some fine memories. Thanks for sharing! :D
Loved watching this series as a kid. Takes me back to when things were better. So pleased to find a few episodes on here
Wow memories! I wish I was 10 years old again!
Thanks for uploading that.It has brought some good memories to me.I'm 39 and i live in Greece.
I remember that T.V. series from the early '80s .Saturday morning watching it...loved that music theme too.
@jacmandora Absolutely brings back fond memories of school summer holidays. If I remember right, like 'Heidi' and 'Dogtanian' the series was so long that it never actually finished before you went back to school!
i am 32...watching this again reduced me to tears...that song and the black geezer cooking his food brought it all back
loved this program ,omg brings back good memories love to see this back on tv
:) :)
I used to absolutely love watching this!
I remember so much this show when I was young.
Feeling emotional at this. When life was so much simpler c
@easydp That ain't sad. I could remember the first half of this perfectly, but I'd forgotten what came next. I've been on youtube about six months, but just a minute ago I suddenly remembered this show and searched it, not really expecting much, and it was right there at the top of the list. Now I'm gonna do the same with "Why don't you", and all the other stuff that used to be on TV in the summer holidays.
Wow this music just unlocked a core memory of watching this on Showtime as a kid. I wish it was available in the US.
This is one series where you can watch over and over again and not get bored with it.
@nufto We had the first Betamax video recorder in the street. A noisy, clunky top loader. I still remember having a load of my excited friends around and we watched "Jaws" mostly hiding behind the sofa or cushions, in about 1980 I think. I remember the shop starting to rent out videos. They had just 4 tapes to start with!
I remember watching this TV series when i was just in High School back in 1986, the good ol days
Wow.. Huck Finn. Fantastic opening theme. School holiday mornings went something like this.. Wake up. watch 'Why Don't You'.. watch Huckleberry Finn .. go out and play.. come back.. watch Silas.. it's all coming back maan.. remember one episode where there was this shoot out between two rival families, very sad.. Thanks for posting
I LOVED this show!! Ian Tracey is my favourite Huck ever. Huck and Tom were an inspiration to me when I was a kid, I always wanted to be just like them. Building rafts, running around barefoot, climbing trees, fishing with sticks, etc.
One of my favourite shows of the era...the other was Grizzly Adams.
I watched this all one summer when I was little and still remember the whole theme tune, lovely music.
I loved it, I'm in my early 40's now, I would love for them to repeat the shows for old times sake!
Ahh! Saturday mornings. Brings it all back. Great series. I don't even think the inventors of RUclips were born yet. God, I feel old. I think I'll go and lie down now.
Definitely watched this as a child my teacher thought I was Tom,,,,
Great show .would watch this every week when back from school
This really takes me back as well, and clutches at the heartstrings as a beloved childhood show (and books), but it's also astonishing to me that this was kids' TV within my lifetime: the credits and theme tune in particular serve up this portrait of a perfect and wonderful sadly-bygone age, and literally include a shot of a grinning runaway slave. Of course the show was more complex than the Care Bears-style theme tune (which I do still love btw) and Mark Twain was a humanist and brilliant satirist but the packaging here is incredible to me now in 2024. I'd be very interested to see a modern reworking of this material, if it's even possible.
17 years since I last managed to see ANY of this on British TV.... most anticipated DVD release EVER !!
Same here mate, good times stay with us. Keep the memories with you and she will be with you. X
Thanks for posting. Can't forget that theme tune!
I was always
SO MUCH IN LOVE with Huckleberry in my books
Loved this when I was a kid.
I used to walk around barefoot, pretending to be Tom and Huck.
Such a shame that old literature is being lost to political correctness
I grew up watching this series, in the 1980's great show,awesome memories.
@nufto Fantastic. I remember Space Invaders, my favourite was a video game called "Phoenix". I found a "magic" 10 pence piece once which would come back out of the machine but still give you a credit. I played for hours in the arcade at Butlins. I eventually got greedy and tried it in a fruit machine, it didn't come back out...
my first crush was on Huck! thanks for the memory revival!
I'll be 40 next year, MrTruebrit66 and yeah, we had it easy when we were kids. No internet, no iphones, no constant paranoia that we were going to get abducted by any adult who so much as looked at you. I don't envy kids today, I really don't!!
Wow! I haven't seen this in about 25 years! Thanks for posting this, it brings back so many memories.
i had a crush on huck lol
i just bought the dvd. I wasn't sure what it would be like as i last watched this in about 85. i tell you this is brilliant now it just makes you wanna watch the next episode. who remembers Tom and the bible tickets and the characters Joe Harper, Big Jim and Indian Joe?
Same here m8 in 35 and for 2 minutes listening to the theme tune again i was 6 on a sunday morning in england ,happy times pal
I'am 36 and this is pure memories........
One scene that really amazed me was in the "End of the fued" episode, when Huck climbs a tree. I have never seen anyone climb a tree that fast, it really impresses me. When I was a kid, I used to climb trees all the time, but it took me just a little bit longer to get in top of them.
Primary school summer holidays in the 70s between Black Beauty, the Banana Splits, Follyfoot, the Double Deckers and a multitude of others wonderful shows, we had epic and wonderful childhood experience for a brief period every morning. Then we'd be outside playing until it got dark and exploring the woods or making a gang hut, entertaining ourselves in thoughtful ways until dinner time. What went wrong with the world. children today are nothing nore than contained Chickens playing video games under their parents watch! It's so sad!
I remember watching this as a ''rerun'' in the UK in 1982, around about September of that year. Loved the song. One of the lads in my class reminded me of Ian Tracey.
Loved Huck, Tom & Jim just floating on the raft along the Mississippi River 🥰
Spot on, WatfordDan! I love this theme tune :) so takes me back to my schooldays... happy memories...
loved this show, haaaaaaaaa, the great old days. : )
Oh God WOW! I remember watching this great series on TV as a little kid with my mum (rest her good soul), this takes me right back... l loved the opening titles with the old paddle steamer chugging along on the Mississippi River, and the theme song... l'm getting quite emotional now, and have a few tears in my eyes just thinking of those good old innocent times, and about my mum, too, rest her good soul...
just bought this off e-bay, more on amazon, the entire series on dvd. happy days!!!
Haha, I've been reading the book and all I've had stuck in my head since I started it was this song, barely remembered from my childhood. I mentioned it at a barbeque the other day and almost everyone there joined in the tune, but were hazy on the words. Thanks for uploading.
I saw it when I was 10 or 11, then it was aired in The Netherlands (so around 1980). They never repeated it, so I saw it only once, but when I saw the DVD a couple of weeks ago, it really struck me how much I remembered. During highschool I had to read a lot of English books, and of course a.o. I read The adventures of Tom Sawyer and The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. During reading the book I kept seeing Sammy Snyders, Ian Tracey, and Blu Mankuma in my head, which made the books even better.
This clip instantly took me back to the school holidays, when my biggest concern was if i was gonna ride my bike or play kick a tin, the good ole day