When I See A Gerry Anderson Film Trailer On A Syfy Channel Show

Stingray DVD ft. Troy Tempest - A Review

Before I even got this DVD, Stingray was already one of those big, action packed puppet 'cuddles' that nuzzled right up to my chest whenever I had a bad day. But seeing Troy on the cover of one Stingray DVD I got - that's even better.

I rank this DVD 10/10 sea stars.

A T T Retro Review: Stingray With Troy Tempest

Stingray is just as awesome this year as it's always been! My favourite episode on the DVD was 'In Search Of Treasure' - Phones and Oink were so cute together. Although, I prefer Oink with Marina and Phones with his little puppy Bertie.

I rank this DVD a ten out of ten starfishes.

Party Palzooa Day 16: Good News, Everyone!

My Reaction To The New Captain Scarlet Box Set

JAMIE: Ladies and gentlemen, I present: New Captain Scarlet. In a packed new box set, with newly designed postcards of Captain Scarlet wearing only his underwear!

CHRIS: Oh my this is revolutionary! Marvellous!

ME: OH MY GOD! They got a new Gerry Anderson series re-release. I MUST! HUG!

DESTINY ANGEL!

Gerry Anderson? Aw YES!

Curious Thoughts - Anderson Blood

Now here's a thought: just by looking at the characters of the 2000 Max Steel series, which to me is very different from the Nerd Corps produced animated series we have today, I always think of two of Gerry Anderson's series, which I think may be in my head the moment I see them: his all time classic Thunderbirds, and his very final project made entirely with motion capture or CGI, New Captain Scarlet. It's like the people at the two animation studios decided to combine the two things together and make it into one big mix. Particularly, because of four of the characters in the show: Jason (the regular equivalent of M.Steel), Berto, Laura and Rachel.

Okay everybody, now let's see some similarities between these characters and a few of my favourite characters from Thunderbirds. The next time you watch both, DO try and find some similarities, will you?

First up is Jason McGrath, who can turn into M.Steel whenever it's time to spring into action. Jason shares some very questionable similarities with Alan, one of the Tracy Brothers and my favourite out of all the brothers, except there's a difference: Alan can pilot Thunderbird 3, and is caring and romantic over the cool skin of Tin Tin. Jason is just the same, except he doesn't pilot spacecraft and instead delves in extreme sports like rock climbing, swimming and surfing.

Now we have Laura Chen, the girlfriend of Jason. She does share some key similarities with the character Tin Tin, although I have to admit, both have slanted eyes and come from Malaysia, and both have silky black hair. While Tin Tin is sensuous and gentle around Alan and his masculine body, sometimes Jason and Laura like to cheekily fool around, like some mad couple in love, or Simba and Nala playing together like cubs again the moment Simba leaps into the water and drags Nala in during the second chorus of Can You Feel The Love Tonight.

Then there's Berto. Even though he's a 20 something and has a very young adult voice, unlike my favourite little scientist Brains, he rarely speaks with a trembling stutter. Berto spends his time around computers and technology, wheras Brains, known for his gracious experiments and the construction of all the Thunderbird craft, is responsible for not being quite the chilled out person ever. He also got laughed at for suggesting an airship one time, but if he says that to the Board Of Aircraft again, he'll get out a rifle shotgun and THEY WILL PAY!

And finally, there's Rachel. She shares some similarities with everyone's favourite FAB luxury woman Lady Penelope, except she's a mix of both the 1965 and 2015 Thunderbirds Are Go versions - mainly her early design for the CGI version. Where's Parker when you need him? "Oh no, milady!"

Anyway, Rachel shares some similarities with an I don't care at all version of Lady Penelope, because:

1.Rachel's name begins with R, Lady Penelope has two initials in her name.

2.Lady Penelope lives a posh, grand life of splendour, Rachel is just a spy working for N.Tek.

While these two are different in personality and looks, I'm sure Rachel will have the same soft, gentle, tender heart Lady Penelope has.

I mean, Max Steel is fine on both Kids' WB and Cartoon Network, and here in the UK, we're good with it airing on CITV for a while....

....

SO JUST STOP BANGING ON AS IF IT'S THE MOST HATED CARTOON EVER, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME, AND THAT'S WHAT'S INSIDE OUR HEARTS!!!

In My Blood

When Gerry Anderson first brought me (Slomo) into the world, I listed down all his shows on my screen eyes. I have the blood of a human, yet I still have circuits and wires inside me - yet, it's what makes me special. I don't belong to just one universe, I belong to many different worlds in one time.

Things That Make Me Happy - Part 13

1. Commenting on Gerry Anderson's blog posts
2. Listening to Alan Stivell
3. A magical shop
4. Using Gemini to create new worlds on everyday objects
5. My suggestion cups
6. Doctor Who on VHS
7. Freeing myself from my hot jumper
8. Mum playing with Mylo's 'Little Leggie'
9. The Anderson team being passed information about my character Joey
10. The paper Santa and Snowman on each end of the bridge

Things That Make Me Happy - Part 10

1. Gerry Anderson's Instagram page
2. Snuggly friendships
3. Mylo's new bed
4. Bluey Colour Wonder
5. Gerry Anderson Newspaper Cuttings
6. Red, the Virgin Media 1 mascot
7. Sly's Bicycle Bell spell
8. Mylo growling over his new bed
9. Magical water which allows people to turn young again, according to Syfy UK
10. Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90 airing on Syfy UK

Things That Make Me Happy - Part 9

1. 'Holes' by Mercury Rev
2. Sensual fantasies
3. Index notebooks
4. My pink file
5. My email from Gerry Anderson about my new favourite song
6. Feeling sympathy for Brains
7. Brains' sensitive skin
8. Alan's cuddly, soft skin
9. A Palmolive commercial featuring a baby elephant
10. Writing down my fantasies

Things That Make Me Happy - Part 2

1. Sweet Dreams, Maisy
2. Maisy At The Cinema
3. A picnic in the car
4. Grey, rainy days
5. Being wrapped in a blanket
6. Wearing warm pyjamas when it's cold
7. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
8. Doctor Who
9. Gerry Anderson and Thunderbirds
10. My Bluey and Sticker Dolly Dressing advent calendars

Tin Tin & The Amazing Birth & Other Anderson Favourites

Anderson Blood

Even after Gerry Anderson died in 2012, his blood flows inside his body, and inside his blood float all of his characters, including Slomo, Roger and Isambard, who have been sent to the Blood Realm following their creator's death.

What Would Maisy Do - MST3K & Gerry Anderson

Hey, Maisy,

I'm in need of your help because the first ever MST3K episodes mocked my love of Gerry Anderson, and I'm really upset. It's like...they hate it! And I hate them for doing it, and the show will lose more viewers if they found out Gerry Anderson's legacy would be ruined. How do you think I can balance this, Gerry Anderson, Doctor Who and you all at the same time?

Love,

Penny Flamingo.

I'm glad you asked, Penny Flamingo. Since I'm an expert at sorting out TV shows, the best way to balance all of this would be to use this method: the MSTGADW Method. What is that method and what's it got to do with balancing these shows, you ask? Let me explain in full detail:

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE - In order to prescribe your love for Mystery Science Theatre 3000 again, get out two notebooks. One would be for revenge on Tom and Crow for making fun of the puppets you love, and one would be for every single reference they made during each episode. For your 'Revenge File', try and list down three possible ways of getting revenge on the bots before the cows come home each day. For your 'Reference File 2563', list down every possible reference that they make and everything Crow, Tom and the host say in the voices of the monsters. I find it funny because it turns the monsters from fierce enemies to smoking, drinking adults who want nothing more to do with attacking people! Ha ha!

Gerry Anderson - Now this one is very easy. If you're a fan of both Barbara Ann Kipfer and Gerry Anderson, then this one's for you, and I heard how much you love making lists, Penny. All you need is a Google Docs file and a book. Use each letter from every word of the page to make things you are happy about, and as a bonus, try to make it themed around when Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray all aired together on YTV during its heyday in 1995. Or, you can use a notebook and decorate it with stickers.

Doctor Who - You already know the cuttings archive, it's the best site in Doctor Who history. You can use this and four exciting Doctor Who books to keep your love of the Time Lord - the joke book, the quote book, the Doctionary and Now We Are Six Hundred, plus videos of various continuity announcements and events based on the doctor from BBC Four, UK Gold, Forces TV, U&Eden or any other channel that hails the doctor like he's their son. Oh, and if you're asking, The Curse Of Fatal Death is one to look out for, because I like to believe that Father Time is always punishing The Master, and I find it very funny. And if you want to interact with the cuttings online even more, I think you should make collages of the cuttings on Pinterest Shuffle.

Anyway, I hope this answers your question, Penny! Enjoy your new activities!

Love,

Maisy

XXXXOOOO

Richard Culley Teaser

You've waited for this...for six whole months!

Mr Men.

The Ninja Turtles.

Thunderbirds.

Captain Scarlet.

Rupert.

Altogether, in one exciting catchup video.

Anderson Entertainment meets...

RICHARD CULLEY!!!

Coming December 4th.

Giant Monster FAB Party

Nothing To Wine About - A Sherlock Penelope File

Spy mission log:

So Tailmon, Agumon and I were at a wild party at Club Rainbow, and we were so partied out we might've had the time to take a little break. However, we noticed Chippy leaving with Cherry and followed her to see what was going on - and to our shock, we found a drowned tramp!

The next morning, I told my mummy, Sherlock Penelope, everything, and she went to the hospital to find out why the tramp had drowned in the river. I was disturbed by the sight of bloody bandages all over the victim's faces, but still, it wasn't something to worry about, not even the massive hooks holding meat.

While on our way to the harbour we met a homeless girl named Judo, who had an actual baby puppy in her pram alongside a bottle of stale wine. She said she used the stale wine to get wasted even though she was only six years old. Then we met local fisherman Maynard, who lived with his wife and his baby son. I had a good time helping them sort out the fish and cook them for their tea, but Penelope was wondering if Maynard was taking spy agents in for slavery.

Later, we reported all this to S.P.Y 'Quarters, and were assigned to search an abandoned pharmacist for clues since the tramp worked at the pharmacist years before he drowned. It was old, dusty and whitewashed from ceiling to floor, but then Lady Penelope had to grab me and drag me out of here since a huge rain of asbestos fell from the ceiling. Once we reported what we found back to Jeff Tracy, head of S.P.Y 'Quarters, we went home since the working day was over.

After a long, warm bath and a nourishing dinner, we went to sleep in our soft, cosy bed...however, Sherlock Penelope was having a hallucogenic dream about stale wine and the hallucinations it can give you. And they were pretty terrifying indeed! Sherlock Penelope woke up screaming and sick, and had to vomit for almost 2 hours before Parker could call an ambulance and take her to hospital. It was up to me to solve the case alone.

First I went to meet Mrs Tibble and the Tibble Twins, who were constantly fighting over which toy was theirs', or, who got to pet the baby budgies first. While they went to the old vehicle museum, Mrs Tibble explained to me that things haven't been the same since CBBC got Americanised by the government, who wanted programmes which aren't of the relaxing British source people wanted. This is also the result of too much airtime of Malory Towers on there, and CBBC turned it into a loud American sitcom, which took up too much airtime on the channel, like the cartoons on there, the same way Teen Titans Go took up all the schedule time on Cartoon Network every, single, day. And let me tell you the bad news: CBBC is slowly becoming a Boomerang/Pop ripoff, and they might even get the voiceover from Boomerang and Pop to do continuity announcements - in an American accent! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I was so shocked that I ran out of the house crying.

I then went to the locomotive museum and saw all of Gerry Anderson's hand made vehicles on display - the Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Gabriel...everything. Then I met Agent G.B. (or Ginger, from Chicken Run), who explained to me that Americanisation of British kids' TV wasn't my fault. We had a long talk about how the kids' TV industry was slowly turning to the American side thanks to too many budget cuts, and how PBS Kids will be shutting down soon. Upset by this news, I hugged Agent G.B. out of dispair.

American kids need less brainrot more than ever, and it was a generation that was trusted by parents and beloved by children in America for years and years and years. It has been around ever since I was born. And CBBC hasn't progressed well too. When CITV vanished in 2023, the trouble started. Don't you prefer the days when there were good shows instead of bad, cheap American cartoons?

Ditch the Americanisation.

Go British.

30 (Late) Years Of Fanderson

In 2011, Fanderson hosted a 30th birthday party - complete with a cake! Where's the cake? Unfortunately, some Anderson characters attended too. Let's take a closer look, Bluey's The Sign-style.

I was there when everyone came and attended the party. The group photos were taken first, first of everyone, then of each group of characters, show by show. Then we went to the tent to enjoy some food and drink. Let's just say Yung-Star got drunk on too much of Marina's 'Seaweed Wine'. Lady Penelope was there too, and so was everyone I knew - Parker, Brains, Alan, Tin Tin, Jeff Tracy, Marina, Oink, Titan, Captain Scarlet, plus everyone I knew was there.

Of course, we had to have the cake without ceremony, and everyone had a piece - even Zoonie, who dug into a hunk of the cake! That cake tasted of vanilla and buttercream - yummy! Then all night long we played party games and danced to loud, upbeat music until the next morning, when we were too pooped out to even dance a lot more, and we were all asleep. And Commander Shore? Let's just say that throughout the party he acted as drunk as Uncle Stripe was.

Also on this day, Torchy became best friends with Harold Hare after agreeing to appear in his 'Own Paper'. The Liverpool Echo reported on the forthcoming Terrahawks series, and Fanderson hosted a one day celebration of its own creation...

...THREE YEARS AGO?! Oh god, I - hang on, hang on....sssssshhhhh, I must be very quiet. I mustn't wake everyone up now.

Supercar & Thunderbirds