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Posted by meridianday on 16-02-2006 at 09:09:
Haaaa! Monkey!
So it's not anime, nor a cartoon. But there is a new series of Monkey being made! Monkey, that in its english form had UK kids (and austalian ones too I suspect) rushing around in the school playgrounds going whup, whup, whup and pretending to pull magic staffs out of their ears.
The english version mainly used episodes that were timed for laughs and scripts definitely had pantomime leanings, and it was an extraordinary import.
New Monkey
The Gatch connection? Monkey is to be played by one of the guys from SMAP, who were of course in the flashy and slick live action NTT ads.
I wonder if this version will end up on mainstream english language tv as well?
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Elvin Ruler on 16-02-2006 at 18:27:
Cool. I've seen a bit of the original version (not a lot). I remember enjoying it.
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Posted by Ronin on 16-02-2006 at 21:31:
Its availible on DVD
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Posted by meridianday on 16-02-2006 at 22:09:
It's on ITV4 at 6pm every day in the uk as well.
I've got a few of the dvds. It's a fun show. I'm assuming that this new version would keep that sense of fun.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Firebird on 17-02-2006 at 21:42:
The review I read states it misses out on a few things from the new series but hopely it will for the main part stay true to it
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Posted by Metaliant on 17-02-2006 at 22:41:
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Actually it's not on ITV4 at 6pm everyday in the UK but it's only on Fridays at 6pm on ITV4.
It was on BBC2 about tea time and then repeated on Channel 4 recently which even found the episodes that weren't translated in English first time round in the 70s but were translated into English by the original cast as well.
I wonder what this is new series is going to be like.
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Posted by Ronin on 17-02-2006 at 22:42:
and more importantly, out on DVD...
Posted by meridianday on 18-02-2006 at 09:17:
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Oops, I'd assumed that because I saw it listed on both Thursday and Friday (the only nights I've been home on time to see it) that it was every night. My bad, tis Thursday and Friday. Saturday evening they have the Water Margin on at 6pm.
Those extra expisodes were on the DVDs as well, one per DVD I think. I'm sure they left them out the first time round because they weren't comedy oriented. At least, the ones I saw were quite serious.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Metaliant on 18-02-2006 at 13:54:
I have been watching the Water Margin and enjoying it more than Monkey.
It's been at least more than 20 years since I watched either Monkey and the Water Margin.
God I am old.
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Posted by Ronin on 18-02-2006 at 22:01:
<nods>
Posted by Metaliant on 18-02-2006 at 23:27:
Don't tell me you are an OAP like me are you?
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