#MondayActionMovie People who have heard of movies have never heard of the #Crackerjack universe. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Day 2 of Amazon Studios' countdown calendar for award season was a gift from A League Of Their Own that made me want to root, root, root for the home team: A box of Cracker Jack!

#AwardSeason #ALeagueOfTheirOwn #CrackerJack #TVSwag

Day 2 of Amazon Studios' countdown calendar for award season was a gift from A League Of Their Own that made me want to root, root, root for the home team: A box of Cracker Jack!

#AwardSeason #ALeagueOfTheirOwn #CrackerJack #TVSwag

An even odder Sparks / Crackerjack crossover than was seen on the episode BBC4 repeated at the weekend - here's Peter Glaze and Don Maclean doing "Something for the Girl With Everything" from "Propaganda"

#Crackerjack #ArchiveTV #Sparks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleqWt6r9rs

For the edification of anyone unable to watch "Crackerjack", here's another performance of the lovely song "The Sparrow" by The Ramblers, this time from ITV game show "321"

#Crackerjack #TheRamblers #ArchiveTV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZVGyxFfyZA

So to finish off this baffling, chaotic show, the Black Knight turns up. He is called Nigel so of course they all join in with a rousing rendition of "Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC.

This show ran for 29 years from 1955 to 1984 on the BBC, and was revived a couple of years ago! I used to watch it every week as a kid.

#Crackerjack #BBC4 #ArchiveTV #XTC

And so to finish this baffling, chaotic show, Ed Stewart turns up as the Black Knight, who it turns out is called "Nigel", so they all do a rousing rendition of XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel"

This show ran on the BBC for 29 years from 1955 to 1984, and was revived a couple of years ago!

#XTC #Crackerjack #BBC4 #ArchiveTV

Are they really doing a comedy version of "Making Plans For Nigel"?? 😵 #Crackerjack

Time for the finale, a half-baked sketch about King Arthur, featuring a couple of pop songs. Leading off with "When You're In Love With a Beautiful Woman" by Dr Hook

#Crackerjack #DrHook #BBC4 #ArchiveTV

A tense climax to "Double or Drop". Roby wins and goes home with a metal detector

#Crackerjack #ArchiveTV #BBC4

Now the final of the quiz, "Double or Drop" with our winners of the two rounds and returning champion Michael. Nobody seems to like Michael very much

Idea of this is they have to hold all the prizes they win or something, IDK.

#Crackerjack #BBC4 #ArchiveTV

Next up school choir chart sensations "The Ramblers" with "The Sparrow". These really are the lyrics.

#Crackerjack #BBC4 #TheRamblers #ArchiveTV

Next its the girls go at the quiz with an impenetrable game. Followed by silent comedy hilarity with ageing comedians Peter Glaze and Bernie Clifton. The kids in the studio audience go absolutely WILD for this bit.

#Crackerjack #BBC4 #ArchiveTV

Following that game, time for the excited kids to be traumatised by Sparks doing "Tryout for the Human Race". This is a very strange show.

#Crackerjack #Sparks #BBC4

Next on Crackerjack - first round of the game, this time for the boys who all have the compulsory haircut of the time.

#Crackerjack #ArchiveTV #BBC4

Ron Mael giving kids nightmares there !! 😆 #Sparks #Crackerjack

Ah, the days you could entertain a room full of excited 1970s kids with a half-baked variety routine performed by three superannuated comedians

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Very much looking forward to the repeat of a 1979 edition of Crackerjack (CRACKERJACK!) on BBC4 tonight, featuring the astonishing musical guest combination of Sparks and The Ramblers (presumably not performing together)

#Crackerjack #Sparks #BBC4

Oh wow...BBC4 are showing an episode of Crackerjack at 7:20pm tonight from 1979 with SPARKS as the music guest! I have to watch just to see how a bunch of 10 year-olds react to Ron Mael glaring at them from behind his Hitler moustache! 😆

#BBC4 #TV #Crackerjack #Sparks #ClassicTV #kidsTV