Gerry Andersons Four Feather Falls, 1960s How It All Began Episode 1

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  • @lindamears1194
    @lindamears1194 5 років тому +24

    One of my earliest TV memories. So many people have no idea about this little gem of a show. Horses could talk before Mr Ed!

  • @andrefalconer6537
    @andrefalconer6537 8 місяців тому +2

    Jess here is another Brilliant programme I'd watch Four Feather
    Falls.1960 Brilliant Happy Days; Dad.xx

  • @gunner678
    @gunner678 6 років тому +40

    RIP Mum and Dad! We watched all these shows together....happy times!

    • @joesmoke9624
      @joesmoke9624 5 років тому +2

      Matthew Dobbs I agree, happy times for you 😊

  • @tinkersparkie10
    @tinkersparkie10 3 роки тому +11

    This and torchy the battery boy are the earliest memories of television I remember

    • @DavidBDavis-lz7bt
      @DavidBDavis-lz7bt 3 роки тому +2

      Just saw my first episode of Torchy a few hours ago. I'd read about it, and it was wonderful to see it. I love the magical journeys that imaginative people like Roberta Leigh and Gerry Anderson gave us.🌞😊

    • @eldrinod
      @eldrinod 3 роки тому +2

      Me too. I was born in October 1956 but I remember the scary Indian and the waterfalls. My dad hand carved me a marionette of Tex and it scared the living daylights out of me!

    • @middlehutch14902
      @middlehutch14902 6 місяців тому

      there was also Twizzle

  • @turbomario
    @turbomario 7 місяців тому +3

    I think this was Gerry Anderson’s first proper good series. These programmes are better than any modern tv show, in my opinion.

  • @stephenrose8188
    @stephenrose8188 Рік тому +2

    One of my earliest TV memories too!

  • @caseyjonessnr1200
    @caseyjonessnr1200 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely brilliant. I haven’t seen this series in over sixty years.

  • @johnbrowne3950
    @johnbrowne3950 4 роки тому +9

    I'm glad I found this. Lots of people didn't believe me when I described this show which I watched after school.

  • @pschroeter1
    @pschroeter1 4 роки тому +7

    Mind Blown. Fireball XL5 was a childhood favorite of mine that I've always remembered my entire lift. I also remember Supercar and other science fiction series. I had no idea Anderson had done a western.

    • @DavidBDavis-lz7bt
      @DavidBDavis-lz7bt 3 роки тому +1

      I read that at the time, TV Comic ran comic strips of Four Feather Falls, Supercar and Fireball XL5(this was before TV21 made its debut). I love it...a trilogy representing past, present and future.

    • @pschroeter1
      @pschroeter1 3 роки тому +1

      @@DavidBDavis-lz7bt I bought the complete Firefall XL5 series recently. I don't watch it, it's just this token of my childhood that makes me 8 when I look at it.

    • @ThinPicks
      @ThinPicks Рік тому +1

      He also was responsible for the children's show "Twizzle", a boy who could extend his arms and legs to get out of a scrape, this man seems to have had an incredible imagination: how about Robert the robot in Fireball XL5, made of transparent plastic!! These programmes shaped our childhoods in many ways!👍🪐

  • @lindabirtwistle2662
    @lindabirtwistle2662 4 роки тому +2

    Oh this does bring back memories good memories of when I was young life was so innocent back then they don’t have programs like this anymore.

  • @maalcolmclaarke875
    @maalcolmclaarke875 3 роки тому +3

    The first telly programme I ever watched. I used to love it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @justjay926
    @justjay926 11 місяців тому +1

    I loved this as a child in u.k. i never noticed the puppetry to me it was real. Thankyou so much for posting this. I'm young again 🤠❤

  • @kevnavi
    @kevnavi 4 роки тому +3

    Amazing absolutely amazing...was my first favourite tv

  • @marcusblackwell2372
    @marcusblackwell2372 7 місяців тому +2

    How this show never made it to America will keep me up at night

  • @chrisnewton743
    @chrisnewton743 2 роки тому +1

    Great memories of watching this as a child! Happy days.

  • @BrumKid
    @BrumKid 4 роки тому +14

    I have just gone back in time to the happy days for children.

  • @donaldwainwright
    @donaldwainwright 3 роки тому +4

    Used to watch it with my mum and big sister

  • @brucewayne7838
    @brucewayne7838 5 років тому +3

    an old man i was talking to told me he used to watch this as a child , so here i am looking it up!!! i never heard of this and i watched thunderbirds, captain scarlet, stingray and joe 90 on tv when i was a boy!!!, this shows what a genius gerry and sylvia were!!!!

  • @bobbysox651
    @bobbysox651 3 роки тому +3

    wow a blast from the past.....

  • @marklammas2465
    @marklammas2465 Рік тому +1

    Arthur Provis... so the connection with Roberta Leigh was already set then. "Space Patrol", known as "Planet Patrol" across the Pond. That was my favourite programme on TV in 1963.

  • @stevengarner8524
    @stevengarner8524 4 роки тому +4

    Times was simpler way back .... Lovely memories .. 🤗

  • @097534
    @097534 Рік тому +1

    Dam brilliant, oh my childhood

  • @skoltheviking1201
    @skoltheviking1201 6 місяців тому +2

    I used to watch this whilst keeping an ear on the letter box waiting for the beano to be delivered.

  • @adangerousidiot
    @adangerousidiot 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @errolnicholson4302
    @errolnicholson4302 5 років тому +3

    I've never seen this before WOW!! Amazing...

  • @andyscott6315
    @andyscott6315 4 роки тому +3

    I was starting to get back into this series after nearly a whole year, Rip nicholas parsons

    • @DavidBDavis-lz7bt
      @DavidBDavis-lz7bt 3 роки тому +1

      I was amazed when I found out that Nicholas Parsons had voiced Tex. I remember him as the presenter who would interview Fred Scuttle on The Benny Hill Show. One of the truly great straight-men of all time, is my take.

  • @stevenedwards2162
    @stevenedwards2162 5 років тому +3

    Last saw these faces sixty years ago but they came back like flash like if it was yesterday

  • @jeffreyalley8728
    @jeffreyalley8728 5 років тому +3

    Fascinating, I was too young to see this when it was on TV and you can't see the strings.

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 6 років тому +23

    I was about 4 when this came out and believed a horse could talk. I had never seen a live horse growing up in the city.

    • @andrewludlam2565
      @andrewludlam2565 4 роки тому +3

      Mister Edd could talk and thats PROOF!

    • @thecatalunya1
      @thecatalunya1 4 роки тому +2

      amazing i grew up in London UK in the fiftys all i remember were bomb sites my first green field and cows and sheep came later when i was twelve...

  • @Jazzgriot
    @Jazzgriot 3 роки тому +1

    Yes I was born 1955 watched this religiously :-)

  • @mikedench1110
    @mikedench1110 6 років тому +2

    Pure gold! Thank you so much

  • @joesmoke9624
    @joesmoke9624 5 років тому +4

    Awesome. I stayed off school to watch it, that's how good it was :) Pedro was a right bastard 😂

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  5 років тому

      I don't think he was, I am sure his Dad is in a later episode lol

    • @joesmoke9624
      @joesmoke9624 5 років тому

      Sixties Child 50's child knows that he was lol

  • @crwydryn
    @crwydryn 4 роки тому +8

    A bit of innocent,unsophisticated Children's T.V. I was riveted at the time-a visual feast!

  • @PaulMann8666
    @PaulMann8666 3 роки тому +9

    I am glad I was a child brought up with great entertainment like this. And none of the toxic hateful alarmist drivel that is making children so sick and fearful in their souls today.

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  3 роки тому

      so true

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able Рік тому

      If someone had called out Jimmy Saville before he got really into his pervy stride they would have been called alarmist back then.

  • @stormwulf117
    @stormwulf117 4 роки тому +8

    Original Woody and Bullseye

  • @mikeymike3240
    @mikeymike3240 4 роки тому +4

    The mans a genius with a vivid imagination, wish I had 1/10 of his imagination. 😎👍👍🇬🇧

  • @michaelclarke124
    @michaelclarke124 4 роки тому +5

    Nicholas Parsons who voiced Tex Tucker died on 28/01/2020 aged 96.

  • @homefront3162
    @homefront3162 6 років тому +3

    Never saw this b4 how cool

  • @aristotle358
    @aristotle358 2 роки тому +1

    I love the way that most of the puppets are a bit grotesque yet they made the sheriff look handsome and more life-like. I chuckled on occasion. I love it!! The “old-timer” is given that stereotypical voice which is the only impression that Frank Skinner claims to be able to do- which he does on an episode of room 101. Nice piece of historic supermarionation. Thanks for the upload

  • @SailorBarsoom
    @SailorBarsoom 5 років тому +18

    They should make a live-action movie based on this! Maybe starring Johnny Depp and...
    OK never mind.

    • @pjc1954
      @pjc1954 3 роки тому +1

      Have to say I love this comment!

    • @eldrinod
      @eldrinod 3 роки тому

      How about Johnny Depp as the horse’s arse?

    • @awotnot
      @awotnot 2 роки тому

      hahahaha

    • @lillianflorence6056
      @lillianflorence6056 2 роки тому +1

      @@eldrinod Depp good looking

  • @carlosaraujo9037
    @carlosaraujo9037 4 роки тому +2

    The magic of the late Gerry Anderson... This tv series was aired here in my country in 1970...dubbed to spanish... Those were the days... With a total absence of profanity and malice...

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  4 роки тому +1

      glad you enjoyed it Carlos and please stay tuned

    • @StephTurcios
      @StephTurcios 4 роки тому +1

      Do you know where i could find these episodes in spanish? You have no idea how happy my dad was when I told him these videos were in UA-cam, sadly they are only in English

    • @carlosaraujo9037
      @carlosaraujo9037 4 роки тому

      @@StephTurcios I really do not know where you can find it in spanish..you may try with some you tube channels in spanish which may got old tv series.. Retro tv channels may be a good idea... Kind regards..

    • @StephTurcios
      @StephTurcios 4 роки тому

      @@carlosaraujo9037 thank you for the idea, Have a great day!

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  4 роки тому

      I think the dvd collection may have spanish on it
      @@StephTurcios

  • @Bartok_J
    @Bartok_J Рік тому +1

    Would David Graham ever have guessed that more than 60 years later he would still be voicing Gerry Anderson characters?

  • @SuperCowboyblue
    @SuperCowboyblue 4 роки тому +2

    Childhood memories

  • @brunozeigerts6379
    @brunozeigerts6379 Рік тому

    I remember seeing Supercar at age 5... six? So... this would have been before my time.

  • @aprilblossom9268
    @aprilblossom9268 6 місяців тому

    Hee hee this is great but never saw it in childhood !

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  6 місяців тому +1

      dvd set is available if you want to watch more

  • @Chopper894
    @Chopper894 3 роки тому

    My mum used to read me bedtime stories from the four feather falls annual. Shed do all the voices as she thinks they would sound. Im in my 60's now.

  • @annekelabots8784
    @annekelabots8784 2 роки тому +1

    In the Netherlands it was called "Vierverenwaterval"

  • @mitchly
    @mitchly 4 роки тому +2

    When I watched this as a kid in the 60's I never thought I'd see the Shopkeeper in real ilife but I did in Aldi 2 weeks ago. She looked a lot like her anyway...well....her lips did.....

  • @kidneystone53
    @kidneystone53 4 роки тому +2

    RIP...Nicholas Parsons

  • @trentsgangreturns2nddontgi385
    @trentsgangreturns2nddontgi385 6 років тому +3

    Mr Ed: and I thought I was the only horse who can talk

  • @adrianlang6550
    @adrianlang6550 Місяць тому

    Certainly Thunderbirds was a huge step up but interesting to see this early puppet show by Mr Anderson.

  • @d3tach3d
    @d3tach3d 6 років тому +5

    lol, that english accent was great. stereotypes back then were the best

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  6 років тому +1

      if you mean the horse it wa voiced by Keneth Conner of Carry on fame

  • @robertdoherty2001
    @robertdoherty2001 6 років тому

    Lord. I'd heard of this early Gerry Anderson series but thought it was a combination of puppetry/live action. Not "Supermarination" yet, but it's all there. Notice they gave the Bad Guy a shave and redressed him as Masterspy. Also amused to hear Matthew Matic's voice coming out of grandpa. Many familiar names in the credits; Supercar, Fireball XL5 etc. A treat.

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  6 років тому

      you can see in each show how the puppets are improved upon

  • @NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast
    @NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast 6 місяців тому

    Should have started it with “From the North, Granada Presents” as that’s how it would of been shown on ITV in 1959

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 5 років тому +5

    Wonderful. Memories flooding back. The lad going in the shop at the beginning looked a lot like Torchy the Battery Boy. Wonder if they were related?
    Loved the song at the end
    Two Gin Tex of Texas or was it 'Gun'?

  • @robincarter6537
    @robincarter6537 2 роки тому

    Just read that Jake was voiced by the same person who voiced Little Weed in the Flowerpot Men, Denise Bryer, and Tex Tucker voiced by Nicholas Parsons.

  • @musicmanregina
    @musicmanregina 6 років тому +5

    wow chucky meets geronimo

  • @minicle426
    @minicle426 Місяць тому

    The possible inspiration for 'Woody's Roundup' 🤔

  • @jamesbooth8067
    @jamesbooth8067 6 років тому +2

    Anybody else notice how the opening sequence was reshot for Captain Scarlet?

    • @DavidBDavis-lz7bt
      @DavidBDavis-lz7bt 3 роки тому

      Not till now, but then, I just saw Four Feather Falls' opening for the first time a couple of days ago(lol). But now that I go back and look at it again, you're right.😊

  • @ACE999
    @ACE999 4 роки тому +1

    Bet you FF Falls fans never thought 'Red Dead Redemption' was a-comin?

  • @shannonsmith1520
    @shannonsmith1520 4 роки тому +3

    Far out man.

  • @pabloahumada4881
    @pabloahumada4881 7 місяців тому

    The actual Woody's Roundup.

  • @ewaf88
    @ewaf88 6 років тому +1

    Some catchy music - must be Barry Gray of course.

  • @kathypiazza7228
    @kathypiazza7228 2 роки тому

    I am a 63 year old Canadian, I never saw this. We grew up going to drive-in movies with our dad, who loved western movies. We also watched all the TV westerns. I would have sworn I have seen every western movie or TV show ever made (we got US Shows). I was wrong. The old man’s voice could be “Walter Brennan’s” voice. (A character actor in many westerns films & TV shows). Sadly staying true to the genre the depiction of American Indians (as our indigenous people were called when I was a kid) is terrible/cringe worthy/racist, even. The dog’s voice sounds like another western character actor “Pat Buttram”. Thanks for sharing this & filling my morning with childhood memories.

    • @kathypiazza7228
      @kathypiazza7228 2 роки тому

      I only saw the fun Marionette shows “Thunderbirds”, “Stingray” & “Captain Scarlet”. I think “Thunderbirds” were my siblings & our friends favourite. Everything made for kids TV is Computor animated these days (if not live acted) which is kinda too bad. These marionette shows showed a different talent & were (as I thought as a kid) great stories.

    • @sixtieschild1035
      @sixtieschild1035  2 роки тому

      your very welcome Kathy

  • @sjmoss148
    @sjmoss148 4 роки тому +1

    Lovely! Telling a murdering bank robber to 'git out of town!'

  • @VINICIUS_0-w8v
    @VINICIUS_0-w8v 9 місяців тому +1

    0:28

  • @MrWoofie62
    @MrWoofie62 7 місяців тому

    I'm sure Conan O'Brien is based on Tex Tucker! 🤣🤠

  • @moodyguymick
    @moodyguymick 7 років тому +1

    Tex should have arrested Pedro when the bank was being robbed.

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому

      Then there would be no need for the magic guns.

    • @simpleminded1uk
      @simpleminded1uk 6 років тому +1

      There'd be a lot of paperwork.

  • @GMC476
    @GMC476 5 років тому

    Gerry Anderson? I thought FFF was written by Sylvia Anderson.

  • @rubenjames7345
    @rubenjames7345 5 років тому +1

    Wow, and I thought Chucky looked creepy.

  • @christopherguzzi1316
    @christopherguzzi1316 Рік тому

    It would seem that they picked the wrong Indian voice actor. He sounds way more East Indian than Native American Indian.☺☺☺

  • @mzmadmike
    @mzmadmike 5 років тому +2

    Grampa looks like a gorilla.

  • @MrDavey2010
    @MrDavey2010 5 років тому +4

    Magical series.