Tomfoolery

I really enjoyed this series when it was shown in the UK. I suppose I was about 5 to 7 years old. I would really like to see a clip of the recurring sketch where the astronauts attempt to travel to Mars or the Moon or somewhere. After a successful take off and journey they talk about the culmination in hushed tones as they prepare to land. They unstrap from their seats and descend the ladder from the ship with great dignity - only to find they are in New York/the Taj Mahal or some such and that the familiar old man is waiting or them at the foot of the ladder, to intone 'Boy did you get the wrong rocket ship.' I would also like to see a clip of this show's version of the Jumblies. If anyone has these - Please post!

I have nothing but fond memories of this series; the only rerun I ever caught in the 46 years it's been off the air was a video on YouTube ten years ago. Definitely a potential choice for a "manufactured on demand" complete DVD set.

The show drew upon the creations of Edward Lear and Ogden Nash, and copied the "Laugh-In" format of blackout jokes and running routines—a style the other Saturday morning cartoons duplicated extensively. "Tomfoolery" stood out above the others for its dazzling graphic design, compliments of Britain's Halas & Batchelor studio; this was one series that made you glad to have a color-TV set in 1970. The show was also noteworthy for its inspired silliness and verbal wit which refused to simply write down to its kiddie audience.

I was thinking about this show the other day, and I had to look it up, more to see if it was real or something I half made up from my childhood.

It was one of the shows we as kids where aloud to watch, and I remember looking forward to the show ever week, and I kind of remember the song, 'putting on the nonsense, the good old fashioned nonsense'.

I would love to see it now, just to see if it was a good as I remember, but then again, maybe not, as somethings are better half remembered, like ones childhood.

Almost nobody remembers this programme but I thought it was great as a kid. The characters I remember most are the Fastidious Fish who walked around using stilts held outside his fishbowl (complete with spat shoes on the end) and the Scoobious Snake who sported a straw hat and a cane. I was already familiar with the poems of Edward Lear such as the Owl & the Pussycat, the Pobble Without Any Toes etc. etc. so it was good to see them set to cartoon sketches.

At least there are a few people who remember. Now I need to find something for the cartoon "Arthur the King of Camelot" which was in some ways similar and which nobody seems to remember either! "Arthur, the King of Camelot, He's a Ring A Ding A Ding of a King"

Used to watch this as an 8yr old in the early 70 s but when i mention it to people my own age no one seems to remember it to the point i thought i dreamt it lol , but i loved it