dose any one remember tiz woz? with chris tarrent.
i saw something on tv the other night with chris tarrent on it. and they showed clips of tiz woz. ho my god i nearl pi**ed what a mentel program that was for a kids saturday morrning viewing!

Sure, I remember it - although in all honesty, I was watching t' other side with Noel Edmond's Multi-Coloured Watchamacallit.

Tiswas was quite 'mental' in its day.

And yet, it never stooped to the (gutter) levels of Dick And Dom In Da House (is that right? Ooh "wicked") nor did it leave you feeling sick to the stomach and sorry that today's youngsters are challenged to accept this junk as 'entertainment'.

Incindentally, my wife's claim to fame is that she was in the audience at one of Tiswas's shows and sat atop Mr Tarrant's shoulders at the end of the show.

That's showbusiness!

Tiswas was essential viewing at its peak, and probably due in no small part to Sally James. She was much more attractive than Tarrant, at any rate. I liked the humour of the show, and agree that it didn't plumb the puerile, achingly-unfunny depths of Dick and Dom. Maybe my views reflect a generational bias [I'm 44 and shouldn't be watching the latter anyway], and I recall older people complaining about the malign influence of the Flowerpot Men upon childrens' behaviour. Looking back, it is obvious now that the Flowerpot Men were early Albanian asylum-seekers trying to make themselves understood, knowing only how to request drugs; ' little weed?' etc.

Tiswas was good fun with the slapstick, catchphrases, songs, ludicrous impressions by a young Lenny Henry, and a sense of anarchy. However, the 'anarchy' was quite obviously rehearsed and staged. I recall Tarrant and Henry playing a recording of something genuinely anarchic; a track by The Fall from their Hexenduction Hour album, and being genuinely baffled by it. That said it all really. Tiswas was 'anarchic ' in relation to the unutterable banality of Noel Edmonds on the other side, in other words quite tame by today's standards.

Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog just MADE that show!

Then there was the phantom custard pie chucker.

Brill....although very dated now of course. Children's TV these days gets contestants to rub onions in their eyes.....unheard of in tame Tiswas days.

All together now!!

Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday is Tiswas day,
Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday is Tiswas
Never-again to miss cos'
Saturday is Tiswas day.

A Tiswas is a doesn't matter day,
Fill the day with fun and have a laugh-a-day,
Have you self a real mad-hatter day,
Cos' Saturday is Tiswas
Never-again to miss cos'
Saturday is Tiswas day.


Saturday is Tiswas
Never-again to miss cos'
Saturday is Tiswas day.

Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday is Tiswas day,
Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday is Tiswas
Never-again to miss cos'
Saturday is Tiswas day.

Tiswas was essential Saturday morning viewing.

But did anybody go and see the roadshow?

I went in about 1980 (I think) and it had the same sort of anarchy at the TV programme but the stage version was seemed to be designed for adults, in the sense that it took place at night at licenced premises.

And as everyone in the jam-packed audience seemed to be well-oiled, the event was an absolute blast.

The crowd was stood shoulder-to-shoulder, like at a punk rock gig, with those at the front in touching distance of Chris Tarrant.

And timo, if I remember correctly, Sally James wore a very short skirt and fishnets!

Spot the dog and the rest of the cast were there and everyone went home soaked after at least two renditions of The Bucket Of Water Song!

It was hilarious and I laughed so much I was almost glad when it stopped.

Originally posted by dishwasher

And timo, if I remember correctly, Sally James wore a very short skirt and fishnets!


And (cough), any DVDs available, just for, y'know, 'reference'?

Dishwasher,
Yes, for some strange reason I can remember Sally James's short skirts. She was considered gorgeous back then. I suspect Tarrant was permanently 'on heat'. I know I would have been.

Half man half biscuit have a song about a middle aged geek who still has a Sally James scrap book.

It's funny....it may be the track "Camra Man", but I forget, not heard it in an age.

Can i be the 'Fantom Flan Flinger' please...:D

(jumps up and down like a excited school boy...)


http://www.tiswasonline.com/titles/1981_82/190981/11.jpg

:D

My dad wouldn't let us watch it.

I learned some of the songs from my friend across the road.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
My dad wouldn't let us watch it.

I learned some of the songs from my friend across the road.

Really? My dad insisted we watched it...ah, that'll be because of Sally James again then ....

loved the "bucket of water " song,specially when the real Trevor McDonut copped for one