The Chalkman!

[Michael Alexander]

This is a general board so, In the 80's on TV there was always this chalk man , that always walked along a line on thechalkboard, the SABC put it on between programs, he always said "La-La!" and the program always finished with the letters FIN.

What was the name of this show?

???

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Don't know, but he was quite a caracter!  His laugh was so infectious and those faces he pulled.  And then at times he could carry on like a fishwife, moan about the line being to short or long, cry that the tears would splat all over the place. 

Petition to the SABC -  Bring back the Chalkman - we miss him dearly (now that Mike has remembered about him again)

[Michael Alexander]

I want to try download it from some of the filesharing sites, but need a name to work with......he was always spitting when he waved his fist in the air...   :D

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Mike

There is another show, Dinner for One, which was screened for the first time during December 1987.  This was hilarious, the guy having dinner with Miss Sophie, getting drunker by the minute. If you can get this show from someone, boy o boy, you will have the tears running down everyone's face watching it with you.  The show is in black and white.

Charmain

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Mike

I just spoke to my sister in Koffiefontein.  She says she thinks the name of the chalkman was Morph??

Charmain

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Dinner for One Video

For those that have a fast connection

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XtkDUlx4_-Y

Georg

[barb (Fry)]

ah yes, i think you are right Charmaine.  Morph..... the master will let us know in time.

Georg, will check out the youtube link later, just to let you know that its a show rerun every christmas season in the UK

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

Morph was the plastersine man with the artist ,can't remember his name.

[Debbie MacDonald (Wallace]

I think it was Tony Hart Barb. 

[Michael Alexander]

That is indeed correct, Tony Hart did Morph....... WHo remembers Barbara Woodhouse?

:)

[Debbie MacDonald (Wallace]

Was that her that trained dogs

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

Hi

yes barbara woodhouse was the dog lady

[Debbie MacDonald (Wallace]

Hi Barb

She was pretty scary if I remember correctly wasn't she always shouting SIT!!

[barb (Fry)]

yes and .........
                        walkies !!!

a lot of tugging at the collar with the lead.

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Mike

There was also another show called "Rooi en Blou". It was two balls of clay, red and blue, with which different shapes were made.  Remember that one?

Charmain