Bod

More nostalgia! I remember watching Bod as a child very clearly. The very simple, colourful cartoon surprisingly had only 13 episodes. Main character was Bod (dressed in his fetching yellow triangular dress...like you do) and his friends Aunt Flo, PC Copper, Frank the Postman and Farmer Barleymow. Aimed at the very young, the animation and stories are very simple, its the images and the music I remember rather than the stories. Each character had a signature piece of music that played when they came on, Aunt Flo's and Frank's being the best (slighty burlesquey number for Flo oddly!) Narrated by the distinctive voice of John Le Mesurier (Dad's Army) ...  Read the complete review

Bod is one of the classic seventies pre-school children’s TV programmes. Made in the early seventies, it was screened well into the eighties meaning it holds fond memories for many people now in their 20’s or 30’s. In common with many of these programmes (such as Bagpuss, Mr Benn or The Flumps for example), only 13 episodes were ever made. I presume this is because if one episode is shown per week, it lasts for almost exactly a quarter of a year. Most of these programmes were repeated every year for many years yet as children, we never cottoned on to the fact that there were only 13 episodes. “But what about Bod?” I hear you cry so I’d better get ...  Read the complete review

What's bald, has no communications skills and is permanently dressed in yellow? No, not Sinead O' Connor after a conversion into Bhuddism, I'm talking about Bod, the non-descript thing that graced kids TV screens throughout the 1970's and 1980's. Bod was the eponymous character of a series of short cartoons. First aired in 1975, it is one of the most bizarre TV creations ever, and makes stablemate 'Fingerbobs' look like Jurassic Park in comparison. Designed by the husband and wife team Joanne and Michael Cole (who had presumably mistaken their shitake mushrooms for something altogether different when they came up with the ...  Read the complete review

Doobee Doo doo de doo doo….Here comes Bod! Surely we all remember this classic animation from our childhood. We all remember shouting “LIME!!!” or “CHOCOLATE” at the screen at the little green frog, Alberto, when he was deciding which milkshake he would drink this time. So, who was Bod, and why has he suddenly become a cult classic, with episodes recently been re-released (hurrah!) on video and even DVD? Well,unfortunately there are only a couple of websites devoted to our loveable character, the first portrays a rather negative image of the Bodster, after consulting : http://www.80snostalgia.com/classictv/bod/ ...  Read the complete review

Bod was a fantastically poor quality kids TV programme. Honestly. I never once realised how appallingly low-budget it was at the time. And most adults trying to recollect it remember little more than the "boo-be-doo-be-doo-be-doo" theme tune. Which was actually good. Show Bod to today's kids and they'd probably not even find it funny. They might shrug their shoulders and say "Gnnk" or something in "street rap". Dude. Anyway, Bod. Bod was a (possibly Far Eastern? Very (B)odd eyes) child of indeterminate gender who wore yellow clothes that may or may not have included a dress and ...  Read the complete review