Connections is an eighties gameshow about things that are the same as other things, where points don't seem to matter and contestants are replaced every two minutes or so anyway.
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The Brollys live in a weather house and teach weather facts to a weather-obsessed boy, which sounds boring because it is. But we are middle-aged men who don't even know how clouds work.
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A collection of stuffed animals with incredibly boring descriptive names live together under the watchful eye of Old Bear, so-named because he's old, and a bear. See what I mean?
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In what is now a New Year's tradition for When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger, we watch a clumsy butler trip over a tiger rug whilst getting completely hammered. Have we actually rewatched it, or is this a repeated episode? Who can tell any more...
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Nothing says "Christmas" like weird human-animal hybrids offering suspicious tea to evacuees via furniture-based dimensional portals.
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If we could have watched toy adverts whenever we liked in the 80s, we probably wouldn't have spent so much time looking in catalogues. Well, not at toys anyway.
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We delve into another showcase of toys from the past, like rummaging through your attic or garage but without the awful smells of dust and damp cardboard.
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We embrace nostalgic capitalism in the spirit of the season, as we start a month of watching adverts for old toys and games we definitely wanted and probably got. Because we were spoiled and awful.
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A sensible dog teaches a naughty dog life lessons and morals, in a boring cartoon which is boring.
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Grotbags got her own show because everybody prefers the villain. But in a way, Emu was also the villain, attacking celebrities and throwing Rod Hull into freezers. I wish Grotbags *had* eaten him.
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The Mouse Factory is not about a factory that produces mice, nor is it about a factory operated and owned by mice. Titles are misleading sometimes, don't trust anything.
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Pardon My Genie is probably a pun, but if it is one, it isn't a good one. Which is thematically appropriate.
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KID: "Mum, can we have Sesame Street?"
MOTHER: "We have Sesame Street at home!"
The Sesame Street at home is the Letter People.
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A sexy catalogue model teddy bear goes travelling, mainly to show off his bare bear chest and medallion. This show is real.
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Despite being a bit formulaic, The Mighty Orbots appears to have been a good cartoon, which is hard to make fun of and that makes the creators pretty selfish I reckon.
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Whether you love or hate the cartoon adventures of Jem and the Holograms, by the end of this episode, the word "hologram" will have become meaningless.
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The Double Deckers are some kids who live in a bus and are also a band. One of them might turn into a stuffed tiger, that is not actually made clear.
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Think of a number. No, not that one. It's rude.
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Pac-Man is the first tv show to be based on the Pac-Man arcade game. The second one is Most Haunted.
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Three famous American sport players fight crime using their sporting abilities, but one of them is too famous to actually turn up in person.
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A load of sleepy-eyed stop-motion aliens exist, and do things, I expect. Molly's Gang is very forgettable is what I'm saying.
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A panda is rescued from a crate and does magic with maths, endangering his young human friends with hilarious consequences.
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We settle in to watch some sheep dog trials, which is a lot less exciting than it sounds. Or more exciting, depending on your stance on farm work vs legal dramas.
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How should we pronounce "Dino Boy?" Is it "Dino Boy," or "Dino Boy?"
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This week we see what happened when the BBC had access to computer graphics. And a joystick.
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