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Michael Bentines Flea Circus

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Kateykrunch Fri 20-Jul-18 19:52:32

Anyone remember this on tv. I used to be in awe of how they trained those fleas to horse-back ride and use the trapeze and tramoline and jump thro hoops and stuff, I think I was 30 before I realised how it was done lol.... But then I am the one who thought Turf Accounts sold land and never understood why they always had pictures or cardboard cut outs of horses in the window!

Jane10 Fri 20-Jul-18 20:06:16

I loved Michael Bentine's programmes. He was so funny. Was it Derek Guyler he used to have on the programmes too?
Called something like 'At last the 1948 show'?

Luckygirl Fri 20-Jul-18 20:08:32

I certainly do remember - he was great. It is fascinating how children misunderstand things.

My DD saw a sign "Caution: plant crossing" - and this initiated an interesting conversation!

Deedaa Fri 20-Jul-18 21:56:07

Michael Bentine was a fascinating man. Among many other things he was a firearms instructor for the Met. I went to a talk he gave shortly before he died, very funny! After he staged an invasion of the Television Centre he was told that under no circumstances was the Television Centre to be used for entertainment!

Blinko Fri 20-Jul-18 21:57:01

Jahwohl, Wilhelm!

callgirl1 Fri 20-Jul-18 22:21:50

Anyone remember the recording of him, supposedly reading the football results on the radio, and getting more and more excited as he checked his coupon at the same time?

MissAdventure Fri 20-Jul-18 22:26:09

I was never keen on him, or his little men things.
Michel Bentines Potty Time.
Were they potty men?

Kateykrunch Fri 20-Jul-18 22:28:51

Oh gosh Miss Adventure, now youve got me thinking of Ken Dodd and his Diddy Men in the jam butty mines....

annep Fri 20-Jul-18 22:29:36

I'm sorry but I found the flea thing boring.

MissAdventure Fri 20-Jul-18 22:31:44

I feel as if I was really young when this stuff came out, maybe a bit before my time.
Its just that there wasn't too much stuff on for children, so we watched it anyway.

eazybee Sat 21-Jul-18 08:50:55

I loved Michael Bentine's programmes. I think his little men were the Jumblies and I thought they were hysterically funny.