The Poultry Keeper

Knobby · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject:

You dont Know who Bod is do you AC ????

Local Hunt !! Shocked

Theyre illegal you know ! Confused

Taps nose & winks !!!

Aussie Chick · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:43 pm Post subject:

Knobby · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject:

Bod was a kids programme from mid-late 70's ! Aunt Flo, a farmer & a Policeman also starred in it ! It was ace & the theme tune was great too !!
Ermmmmmmm....thats about all I can remember !! Wink

Aussie Chick · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject:

I just tried to do a google search, no luck at the mo. Will keep trying. So is Bod short for another name?

Sorry for hyjacking!

Knobby · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject:

nigel · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject:

Aunt Flo, Farmer Barley Mow, PC Copper

Not to mention the Amazing Alphonso and his Animal Band..

Knobby · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

Heather · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

Mmmmmmmmm Strawberry !

http://www.toonhound.com/bod.htm

Heather · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

Heather · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Those who remember the children's animation Bod from the 13 episodes broadcast by the BBC in 1975 generally recall, with considerable precision, not stories but images. This is because the stories that constitute Bod, created by Joanne and Michael Cole, are mere wisps of narrative, in which, almost always, almost nothing happens (in "Bod and the Cake", for example, no cake arrives), serene anti-dramas which are elusive and thus hard to remember as stories.

Its images, by contrast, are the heart of its minimalist charm and its unforgettable strangeness, from narrator John Le Mesurier's unvarying announcement, "Here comes Bod", to the moment the unvarying fivefold cast sashay towards the horizon at the end. Bod is small and bald, with a yellow dress and a Buddha-like imperturbability. He and his four eternal companions--Aunt Flo, Farmer Barleymow, Frank the Postman, PC Copper--are animated as sparely as a 60s cartoon from the Eastern bloc.

In each episode, the five gather one by one, each arriving to their own characteristic perky jazz-folky theme, in their own characteristic gait (indeed, like a zen riddle, the walk itself is far more important than where they're walking to, or why). Some viewers consider the cartoon's mysterious pastoral stillness alarming, as if something terrible were going on that we're never told about or shown--"Waiting for Bodot", as it were--but most found its calmness both beguiling and addictive.

As in the original Watch with Mother format, Bod is paired with Alberto Frog and his Amazing Animal Band (in which an all-animal orchestra plays the classics, then guesses what flavour milkshake their frog conductor will reward himself with). Who knows how tots so exposed to the over-active kids-fare of today will respond, but the grown-ups in their charge will find The Complete Bod soothing, seductive and bizarre. --Honey Glass
On the DVD: the DVD contains all 13 episodes of Bod. Five of these are extended, as originally broadcast, to feature animal identification games, counting songs, Bod snap and Alberto Frog and his Amazing Animal Band.

Heather · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject:

Got to get me that ^

Very Happy

Love all the Oliver Postgate Stuff as well - especially Bagpuss

Knobby · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:

Im tempted to get it too !!!

Heather · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

ops we seem to have hijacked your thread knobby - sorry !

Was just so excited to see your Bod !

Knobby · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:

Hi-Jack away......I cant really complain as I do a lot of Hi-jacking myself !! Embarassed

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