Bbc Mister Maker Magic Paintbox Games
Today’s Katie Hopkins wish fulfillment meme.(The Cyberman, in case you were wondering, is from ‘The Wheel in Space’, and yes, I think that is an accordion.)I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t even watch her on TV. When an appearance on This Morning or Loose Women is announced, I run in the other direction. I will not waste any more time on the stupid bint than is strictly necessary for a freelance journalist. I know she’s a pantomime villain who thrives on the Twitter hit count she gets from the media headlines (and the cheque from the follow-up interviews) and while I suspect most people get a sense of superiority from detesting her the same way they might have detested the, I think it’s a great shame that we live in a world where a woman can say detestable things – most of which, I suspect, she doesn’t actually mean – and make a respectable living from it. It smacks of horribly misplaced priorities and too much free time.
Still, for all the ranting about society at large, I do wish she’d shut the fuck up. As someone said last night, “If there were no Katie Hopkins, it would be necessary to – actually no. That would be fine.”Anyway, by and large I restrict my viewing to Holby and CBeebies, because I don’t have to worry about the sociological ramifications of either of them. Actually, CBeebies was on last night, largely because Emily was trying to entertain a grisly Edward with clips from Boogie Beebies, which hasn’t been on for years.——This is my favourite episode and I warn you that if you listen to that song in its entirety you are going to get a six-week earworm.
Even now I can feel it once more burrowing into my brain, to the extent that I may have to go and listen to to get rid of the damned thing. Part of the appeal of Boogie Beebies lies in Boogie Pete’s ‘TV presenter you wanted to be your best mate’ appeal, in the same vein as Chris Evans (if you’re really, really young or inherently masochistic) and Timmy Mallett. He’s got that chirpy, not-quite London vibe about him.
Still, it was Thomas who pointed out that Pete (Pete Hillier, now works for Stagecoach Northampton) was actually a combination of Mister Maker and the Tenth Doctor. Insofar as timings are concerned we’re in chicken and egg territory, but strictly aesthetically he does have a point.Not that Tennant’s the sort of chap to do frivolous dancing. Not at all.And yes, you can’t unsee that.
Mr Maker 2019
Well, it is a Sunday.——I haven’t done a video in ages. There was a in the first part of the year, amidst all the old Who watching and trips to the job centre. Somewhere along the line there was an acknowledgement that freelance writing is what I do now. Since then, any time I’ve not spent child-caring has been mostly working on a portfolio, or generating all those memes that occasionally do quite well on the internet. When the novel is finished, I will go back and look at a few of the dozen or so projects I’ve got stewing. But this one? Well, this one was Josh.We have made it a rule to try and attend our local church on a Sunday, whenever we can – they’re following a thirty week series called that takes you through the Old and New Testament, or at least the Hebrew-centred bits of it. The resources are a condensed version of the New International Version of the Bible and a selection of children’s adaptations. There are also DVDs and YouTube clips, at least some of which contain those things that are always great fun to watch. Services with our children can be a minefield: the church is extremely accommodating, and there’s no judgement or criticism, only wide-armed acceptance and great love, but we often have to take at least one of the boys outside to calm down.
Throughout all of this we are determined to stick to it, because if we can’t teach them to behave in public, who will?Still, there are some weeks when you don’t make it, and on this particular Sunday, the day after, everyone was exhausted, so we had a quiet morning at home. And that was when Josh – who, like most nine-year-olds, is normally ensconced in front of Minecraft or CITV – surprised me, largely by showing that he’s actually been listening during those fidgety children’s talks. I’d not been up long that morning when he revealed that he’d spent about an hour on. Mister Maker, for those of you unfamiliar with him, is the onscreen persona of Phil Gallagher, a sort of Mark Speight on Prozac who dashes around manically preparing a series of artistic creations.
He has a talking cuckoo clock (with no cuckoo), a gigantic arts and crafts cabinet and a huge following in the Far East. It’s a far cry from the leisurely paces of Tony Hart, but the boys enjoy it, as do I.Anyway, the joy behind the Magic Paintbox is its replay function, in which you can spend a while making an image and then review the drawing process in all its sped-up Flash-based glory, while Mister Maker himself shouts encouragement in the background. And when Joshua – completely unprompted – told me he’d made this story of the creation of the Earth, I knew it was too good to just leave on the website.
It was a story we had looked at very recently, as part of an Advent series that starts with the fall of man and ends as Mary and Joseph bed down in Bethlehem – it’s impossible to really appreciate the Christmas narrative without its wider ramifications, just as it’s impossible to really appreciate that iconic closing scene in Dirty Harry until you’ve watched it in context, or appreciate ‘Memory’ unless you’ve actually seen the whole of Cats. What struck me about this was how Josh had managed to get the whole narrative in there, and all the important points, while retaining an attention to detail that I couldn’t have managed at all. Suffice it to say that he’s a far better artist than I am.I ripped the replay video from the web using Movavi Screen Capture, which I knew would come in useful someday, and then Josh recorded his narration on my phone.
We knew it would work better with music, and The Truman Show – a deeply religious film on many levels – seemed an obvious choice. While I was uploading this to YouTube, Daniel was working on his own video, which I really ought to finish at some point, once I can work out what to do with his narrative. I may not get the chance to do videos much these days, but my children have, it seems, inherited their parents’ creative spark, and the knowledge that we did at least one thing right makes all the fighting and squabbling and sleepless nights utterly worthwhile.And on that note, we’re off to church.
CBeebies is the most-watched children's television channel in Britain. Since its launch in 2002, CBeebies has been the 's channel aimed at children aged 6 and under. As part of the BBC's motto to inform, educate and entertain the channel seeks to inspire children, aspiring to give them a lifelong love of art and the arts, science, classical music, cooking, gardening and ballet. Unlike other children's channels that broadcast cartoon after cartoon with constant commercials, CBeebies has no adverts and uses presenters both for the channel as a whole as well as many of their programmes. These presenters have become much-loved figures among the nation's parents and children, who often consider them part of the family.Since 2009 the channel has annually broadcast a starring many of these presenters as the highlight of their Christmas celebration. These pantomimes are regularly the channel's most-watched programmes of the year. Over 200,000 people have applied each year for tickets for the shows, although the cast sadly only give one or two performances each year.As with all good pantomimes, there are songs and dances, men (particularly Justin Fletcher) dress as women and women dress as men, someone ends up with a custard pie in their face and the such popular phrases as He's behind you!
And Oh no it isn't! Regular CastThe presenters below have appeared in many of the CBeebies pantomimes. These presenters are listed under the names by which children and parents know them. CBeebies PresentersAlex Winters was a CBeebies presenter between 2009-2015 while Cat Sandion has been a presenter on CBeebies since 2013.The tallest ever CBeebies presenter, Andy Day has presented CBeebies since 2007. He has also starred in Andy's Wild Adventures (2012), Andy's Dinosaur Adventures (2014) and Andy's Prehistoric Adventures (2016), the last two both using footage from, Dinosaur Planet and Walking with Beasts.Cerrie Burnell has presented programmes aimed at the youngest children since 2009, much of that time with Alex.
Though the fact that she was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow has attracted, children respond well to her expressive face and welcoming eyes and smile. She enjoys writing children's books.Called Sid, Sidney Sloane was a regular presenter from 2002-2013 and also appeared on Let's Play (2014) with Rebecca.
He also presented CBeebies in South Africa. Welsh CBeebies presenter Rebecca Keatley has presented CBeebies since 2014 and has also appeared on Let's Play (2014+). Show Me Show Me PresentersA BBC children's presenter since 1992, when he was the last presenter on the original CBBC Broom Cupboard, Chris Jarvis was one of the very first presenters on CBeebies in 2002.
Since 2009 he has presented Show Me, Show Me with Pui.Pui Fan Lee began her children's television career by playing and voicing Po in (1997). In 2002 she became one of CBeebies' first presenters.
Since 2009 she has co-presented Show Me Show Me with Chris. She has also written episodes of Old Jack's Boat. Being British of Hong Kong descent, Pui helped launch the channel in Asia. SwashbuckleA band of naughty pirates who star in game show Swashbuckle (2013+), Cook, Line and Captain Sinker, played by Joseph Elliot, Richard David-Caine and Ella Kenion respectively, stole Gem's jewels, Gem being played by Gemma Hunt.
The only way that Gem can get her jewels back is with the help of children winning various games. Other Programme PresentersKaty Ashworth has presented I Can Cook, a programme in which young children are encouraged to cook healthy food, since 2009. She also regularly presents CBeebies itself.Phil Gallagher will forever be called ' Mister Maker', having played Mister Maker since 2007 on art programme Mister Maker, although he has also had a recurring part on Grandpa in my Pocket (2009-2015) as Mr Liker Biker.Played by Ben Faulks, Mister Bloom stars in Mr Bloom's Nursery, a programme intended to inspire children to love gardening. He also regularly hosts CBeebies' annual ballet broadcast at Easter.Played by Katrina Bryan, Nina appears in Nina and the Neurons (2007+), a programme dedicated to encourage children to conduct experiments that enable them to explore the world around them with their senses.
Series have been dedicated to such themes as going eco, biology, engineering and sport.Steven Kynman is better known as Robert the Robot, first appearing on Justin's House (2011+). He has also provided voices for such programmes as Thomas and Friends and Bob the Builder as well as playing Shakespeare in CBeebies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016). He was also a puppeteer on The Muppets' Treasure Island (1996).Justin 'Mr Tumble' Fletcher OBE is best known for young children's programme Something Special (2003+), Gigglebiz (2009+) and numerous programmes on CBeebies, appearing as himself in Tikabilla (2002-7), Justin's House (2011+) as well as the CBeebies proms and pantos, he also has been a CBeebies presenter. He was the voice of Doodles and Jake in (1999-2003) and is the voice of Shaun and Timmy in Shaun the Sheep (2007+) including for the and spin-off Timmy Time (2009-2012). Jack and Jill (2009)PlotThe royal bananas have been stolen! While Jack and Jill go up the hill where they discover a wishing well, naughty Jingle Jangle Jester puts a banana skin down, causing Jack to slip, breaking the crown he wished for, with Jill tumbling after.
Although a fair proportion of conversations on websites like Netmums and Mumsnet are dedicated to how for a number of parents, especially single ones, this affection has turned into desire. Justin, Mister Maker and Mister Bloom especially have been considered sex symbols. He left in order to form, pursuing his dream of bringing inflatable obstacle courses similar to It's a Knockout and Ninja Warrior to the world. He is 6-foot 4. Pronounced to rhyme with 'Boy'.
Richard David-Caine joined CBBC's Horrible Histories team from series 7. In which he plays Justin, Mr Tumble, Granddad Tumble, Lord Tumble, Cliff Tumble, Cool Tumble, Baby Tumble, Fisherman Tumble, Aunt Polly, Aunt Suki and Penny Farthing. Playing characters including, but certainly not limited to, Captain Adorable, Anna Conda, Ann Teak, Arthur Sleep, Major Boogie, one of the Berrito Brothers, Dina Lady, DIY Dan, Doctor Doctor, Farmer Dung, Gail Force, Humphrey, Keith Fitt, King Flannel, Lost Pirate, Milkshake Jake, Nana Knickerbocker, Professor Muddles, Rapids Johnson, Simon Pieman, Will Singalot etc.