Argh! I'm being Noddied!
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Argh! I'm being Noddied!
My nearly two year old niece is here and we're watching Noddy . I just don't LIKE Noddy .. I am sorry to all you fans out there . Not sure what edition it is but I just saw a black child so I guess it's a recent one
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
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That's a splendid idea. I was about to say that she was too young for MT but actually, you're NEVER too young for MT, are you?!
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
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Yes I was just thinking of you when I wrote that
I just don't like Noddy, period .. don't like the books either. This is probably my fault and not due to any flaw in the books themselves - I think I was not introduced to them at an age when I would have appreciated them. Having read them after exciting things like MT, FFO and FF etc etc, I found them rather boring.
I just don't like Noddy, period .. don't like the books either. This is probably my fault and not due to any flaw in the books themselves - I think I was not introduced to them at an age when I would have appreciated them. Having read them after exciting things like MT, FFO and FF etc etc, I found them rather boring.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
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Yes, I loved the 1970's version of Noddy. It was narrated by Richard Briars.
The 1990's version was good too, but I don't think much of the one now, which isnt based on Enid's stories at all.
I think people are too hard on Noddy. Surely 'Rainbow Fairies' are worse than Noddy!?
The 1990's version was good too, but I don't think much of the one now, which isnt based on Enid's stories at all.
I think people are too hard on Noddy. Surely 'Rainbow Fairies' are worse than Noddy!?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Not Rainbow Fairies again??!! Tell me they aren't making a tv programme about them - please!!
Now, possibly for the first (and last!) time, I'm going to stick up for Rainbow Fairies as the books are far superior to Noddy
I find the appeal of Noddy fairly limited and the target age must be about 2-4years. Rainbow Fairies appeal to ages 5-10 although admittedly they are just for girls. A bit sexist I know but how many boys like fairies?!
Noddy is just an annoying little man - in my opinion!
Now, possibly for the first (and last!) time, I'm going to stick up for Rainbow Fairies as the books are far superior to Noddy
I find the appeal of Noddy fairly limited and the target age must be about 2-4years. Rainbow Fairies appeal to ages 5-10 although admittedly they are just for girls. A bit sexist I know but how many boys like fairies?!
Noddy is just an annoying little man - in my opinion!
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I always think that Enid would not have become a household name without the help of Noddy, and his appearences on TV. Many people wouldnt be able to name anything else written by Enid, except maybe Famous Five.
So I think Noddy, though not top quality, is very much the reason (right or wrong!) that Enid is remembered forty years after her death.
So I think Noddy, though not top quality, is very much the reason (right or wrong!) that Enid is remembered forty years after her death.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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The sad thing is that most people don't realise that Noddy WAS written by Blyton! One of the most frequent comments in the shop is from customers who don't realise that Noddy is Blyton - and the only reason I stock Make Way for Noddy is that I don't want people to forget.Robert Houghton wrote:I always think that Enid would not have become a household name without the help of Noddy, and his appearences on TV. Many people wouldnt be able to name anything else written by Enid, except maybe Famous Five.
Proper Noddy is more aimed at 4 - 6 year olds. There is quite a lot of reading in the original books. It sounds bizarre, but Noddy has been dumbed down!
(There was a thread about what tune is in your head at the moment. A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk to 75 5-7 year olds, and I thought that singing the theme tune would break up the HOUR that I'd been allocated. I can't sing, and nor could they, and it was hideous!)
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I agree that Noddy definately made EB a household name in some respects but having never read Noddy when I was a child (I read one to my daughter when she was younger and resolved never to repeat the experience!) I'm sure she would have managed to be equally famous without Noddy - or at least I hope she would!
Each to their own and all that - as I've just posted on another thread thats why I like this site so much.
Each to their own and all that - as I've just posted on another thread thats why I like this site so much.
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I think it depends a lot on which Noddy we are reading. Modern Noddy books are SO juvenile that the stories are actually about nothing.
The proper numbered Noddy books, with six or seven chapters each are (some of them) very entertaining. One of the best, I think, is the much-maligned 'Do look out Noddy', and 'Noddy has an Adventure'.
But, as you so rightly say: the different tastes on this site are what make the forums so special, and so alive!
The proper numbered Noddy books, with six or seven chapters each are (some of them) very entertaining. One of the best, I think, is the much-maligned 'Do look out Noddy', and 'Noddy has an Adventure'.
But, as you so rightly say: the different tastes on this site are what make the forums so special, and so alive!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
Society Member