Reminscing
1978 Galactica in 2008
Paisley Jade left for the Sistas conference yesterday, so I’ve become ‘Mr. Mum‘ again for a few days. Last night I put the girls to bed early and us guys (my two sons and I) transformed the lounge into a home theatre by placing the sofa right up close to the TV (to make the [...]
Retro TV: Jamie & the Magic Torch
It’s about time I wrote another retro TV post. Tonight you get to hear about the first cartoon show I ever remember watching… Jamie and the Magic Torch. ‘Magic Torch’ screened from 1977 to 1979 (I don’t remember any re-runs). The show was based around a young boy and his torch (funny that). When shone [...]
My top 5 childhood crushes
In May I reminisced about my childhood heroes… today you get to read about my top five childhood crushes (lucky you). 5. The Abba girls I confess my very first childhood crush was on Agnetha and Anni-frid. My siblings were all teenagers when Abba-mania came to the Drake household (late 70s). I was four years [...]
Retro TV: The Lost Islands
Back in the days when I actually went fishing, my buddy Lesmond J. and I would spend hours reminiscing about the TV shows we used to watch as kids growing up in the late 70′s and 80′s. Ahh, the good old days… fishing, while talking about the good older days [cue to wipe tear from [...]
Ode to The Muppet Show
One of my first memories of television was watching The Muppet Show on Saturday nights with the whole family. It was pure magic, and unlike the Superman movie, I knew it was all make-believe (thank goodness). My five favourite Muppet Show characters have always been (in order of greatness): BeakerThe Swedish ChiefAnimalCrazy HarryGonzo I showed [...]
I flew like Superman
In the summer of 1978 ‘Superman’ hit the big-screen. The special effects were totally lame compared to today’s CGI drenched superhero movies, but to an impressionable 4 year-old, Superman wasn’t a movie… it was a documentary. I believed it was all real. So real, in fact, that I decided if Superman could fly, then so [...]
The house, the hand and the horror
I used to love visiting the ‘Grange’ during my childhood. The Grange was a huge old villa, owned by the Salvation Army and operated as a girls home until it was demolished in the late 80′s. My ‘Aunty’ Janice worked there, and I was frequently mothered by all the girls at the home whenever Aunty [...]
I’m scared of spiders
When I was really young, I wasn’t scared of spiders… in fact, I used to play with them. We then moved to Auckland and it was there that I witnessed an event which would change my view of spiders indefinitely… from being fluffy friends to being fanged freaks. One day an Avondale Spider (minding its [...]
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