Wednesday 27 May 2015

146 Hickory House



First  watched  : 1973

This  ITV  kids  show  went  out  in  the  same  time  slot  as  Rainbow  though  for  me  at  least  it  was  far  less  memorable. It  was  a  cross  between  Play  School  and  Fingerbobs   with   two human  presenters  ( usually  Alan  Rothwell  and  a  female  who  was  sometimes  Corrie's  Amanda  Barrie )  sharing  the  titular  house  with  anthromorphic  puppets  derived  from  household  objects, most  memorably  Humphrey  Cushion.  It  lasted  from  1973  to  1977  and  is  thought  to  survive  intact  but  there's  been  no  DVD.

I  doubt  I  ever  set  out  to  watch  it  but  in  the  seventies  you  took  what  you  were  given.

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