Comments on: Dog, The Drifter http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dan http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/comment-page-1/#comment-105294 dan Fri, 02 May 2008 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/#comment-105294 very funny. I know the show and the tune for sure, couldn't miss it round these parts. In fact, my band did an original song called "Littlest Hobo" based on this, way back. You can find it on the list of songs here for a listen: http://www.reverbnation.com/howlingmindglide Whenever we play that song live, we introduce it with the TV theme show tune sing along - There's a voice, keeps on calling me...down the road, that's where I'll always be, and every stop I make...Then BANG with our heavy littlest hobo song :) The sing along is always very popular. very funny. I know the show and the tune for sure, couldn’t miss it round these parts. In fact, my band did an original song called “Littlest Hobo” based on this,
way back. You can find it on the list of songs here for a listen:

http://www.reverbnation.com/howlingmindglide

Whenever we play that song live, we introduce it with the TV theme show tune sing along - There’s a voice, keeps on calling me…down the road, that’s where I’ll always be, and every stop I make…Then BANG with our heavy littlest hobo song :)
The sing along is always very popular.

]]> By: cheeba http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/comment-page-1/#comment-105291 cheeba Fri, 02 May 2008 12:57:47 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/#comment-105291 Makes sense. I probably didn't really know the difference back then. Does this mean you were also denied the glories of 'Degrassi Junior High'? Sorry, I could go off on a massive nostalgia binge right now. I just tried showing an episode of 'Mr Benn' [Dan knows...] to a bunch of American college students and convincing them of the genius and subtlety of the subtextual critique of industrial capitalism. I would have done 'Bagpuss' but you can only push them so far... Makes sense. I probably didn’t really know the difference back then. Does this mean you were also denied the glories of ‘Degrassi Junior High’?

Sorry, I could go off on a massive nostalgia binge right now. I just tried showing an episode of ‘Mr Benn’ [Dan knows...] to a bunch of American college students and convincing them of the genius and subtlety of the subtextual critique of industrial capitalism. I would have done ‘Bagpuss’ but you can only push them so far…

]]> By: Big Elk http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/comment-page-1/#comment-105267 Big Elk Thu, 01 May 2008 22:50:56 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/#comment-105267 It's a Canadian show, which explains why we didn't get it in the US. It’s a Canadian show, which explains why we didn’t get it in the US.

]]> By: cheeba http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/comment-page-1/#comment-105261 cheeba Thu, 01 May 2008 20:40:27 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/#comment-105261 Yeah, what? How could you not know about this? Dan's younger than you and he remembers! Is this another one of those things where British kids only got US TV imports ten years after they were made, so that all of my childhood TV memories come from the 1970s? It's all The ADventures of huckleberyy Finn and The Red Hand Gang round here, mate... [see also: benji, zax and the alien prince...] Actually it's probably more to do with the fact that we only had 4 domestic TV channels growing up so everyone watched the same things and childhood TV is now the only universal shared cultural experience for the 18-30 bracket. But I guarantee you, walk into any pub in England and sing 'maybe tomorrow..' at someone over 25 and they will join in with 'i'll wanna settle down'. Either that or, you know, glass you or something. Ahhh... alcohol abuse. There's one grand tradition in no danger of dying out... Yeah, what? How could you not know about this? Dan’s younger than you and he remembers! Is this another one of those things where British kids only got US TV imports ten years after they were made, so that all of my childhood TV memories come from the 1970s? It’s all The ADventures of huckleberyy Finn and The Red Hand Gang round here, mate…

[see also: benji, zax and the alien prince...]

Actually it’s probably more to do with the fact that we only had 4 domestic TV channels growing up so everyone watched the same things and childhood TV is now the only universal shared cultural experience for the 18-30 bracket. But I guarantee you, walk into any pub in England and sing ‘maybe tomorrow..’ at someone over 25 and they will join in with ‘i’ll wanna settle down’. Either that or, you know, glass you or something. Ahhh… alcohol abuse. There’s one grand tradition in no danger of dying out…

]]> By: Dan Bartlett http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/comment-page-1/#comment-105129 Dan Bartlett Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:10:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/28/dog-the-drifter/#comment-105129 I used to watch this when I was a kid, most British kids remember the AWESOME theme tune. After 10 or so years of forgetting it I found myself humming the theme some time last year and then hunted down the video online, much to my delight. I used to watch this when I was a kid, most British kids remember the AWESOME theme tune. After 10 or so years of forgetting it I found myself humming the theme some time last year and then hunted down the video online, much to my delight.

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