Very Off Topic (Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!)

At 17:07 29/07/98 -0900, you wrote:
>Sounds like it shares a lot of ideas with Fraggle Rock (by Jim Henson)
>
>Maybe an inspiration to Mr. Henson?  (how old is this thing we're
talking
>about?)
>

The first book was written in 1968 (before me, but my husband's of the
correct vintage for that).
And the series was first run in the 1970s (that I can vouch for - had me
enchanted).

Fraggle Rock also made it to Australia (another grand show) - except it
went to the commercial channels and so got bounced around a bit more
than
the dependable wombles (which were on our national broadcaster). 

In my opinion, definitely a damn side better than the current run of
"Green" cartoons based on this Captain Planet joker! 

Now in a vain attempt to bring this thread anywhere near on topic...
With all this talk of customised minor powers and the UN etc. I have
actually considered cobbling together a set of ships out of spare/old
bits
and giving them Womble like names. After all there's nothing quite like
the
look on an overly serious opponent's face when you take a barage of
enemy
fire and then proclaim "Oh No! You've just killed Uncle Bulgaria you
fiend!"

Something based on Fraggle Rock may prove more difficult as you'd have
to
stop the Fraggles eating the ships as fast as the Doozers made them!

OK this has got far too silly :)

Beth

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