Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show S2E3 (1985) - FULL EPISODE

The one in which Rod accidentally swears at a six-year-old Spin Quiz contestant. But before we reach that groundbreaking moment, we're blessed with Grotbags's newest master plan of infiltrating the audience at the Pink Windmill and walking off with Emu unnoticed. This episode was originally broadcast on Friday, 26th April, 1985 - a significant date in Pink Windmill history, as pointed out at 23:50. (Though I'm sorely disappointed by the total lack of Paul Hardcastle with fake beard and cake.) This one's as fun as ever, but for some reason, everyone seems to be tripping over their words at one point or another (except the birthday boy himself, who has to be content with them opening his mic after he's started his link). I know it may sound like I'm over-egging the pudding here, but the show really could have been hauled off the air for less than Rod mistakenly saying the word "damn" on Children's ITV back then. It makes for a brilliant moment of live TV though, as communication with the Shetland Isles breaks down in more ways than one and Rod starts talking about running up and down a lighthouse to the bafflement of little Kirsty on the other end of the line. And, for the record, I still have no idea what she really said - anyone? Perhaps Kirsty's reading this right now and can enlighten us. I get the feeling that every so often someone - possibly musical director Colin Campbell - decided to inject something with a bit more class into the Kids' dances, and here that task is fulfilled admirably by the 1930s song Let Yourself Go, written by Irving Berlin and recorded by the likes of Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald, and a whole host of others. The swimming pool isn't mentioned in the credits, but I suspect it may be the same place where they shot Keep On Trying. It helps to give the whole number a bit of a Busby Berkeley feel, but with plenty more splashing and loads more fun. The extremely sharp-eyed among you may notice that the audience member who gets a quick dance with Rod is the very same audience member who goes on to win nowt but a cold chip from Grotbags during the Cauldron Game. What a roller-coaster of a day out young Eloise had. Just in case you were wondering what happened during the ad break of this very episode, by the way:   / 727677707613791   That's a well-deserved kick up the backside from Grotbags to the audience, who didn't exactly get into the spirit of things when asked to pounce on her to save Emu. In fact, look at the lad sitting right next to 'Gertrude'! That's a face that just screams, "Nope. Not having it." Anyway, elsewhere, Glebe High School in Sydney Harbour is the subject of the Twin Schools section, Rod and Emu help out with some overgrown budgies, and Odd Job John is building a rocket in that Boggle's Kingdom that was held over from the previous series (with new inserts featuring Prince Poorly). I love the bit where Boggle misses the door - I think that may be Rod's nod to Stan Laurel, who I know he was a fan of. Oh, and how quickly did you get the joke of referring to Abbie as "Miss National"? Or do I literally have to say "Abbey National" for you to twig? For overseas viewers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_N... Huge amounts of gratitude to Spencer (and family) for providing this recording. (To the best of my knowledge, the contents of this video have never been available commercially anywhere in the world. Please also note that I don't monetise any of my uploads. Nevertheless, if you are a copyright holder and have an objection, please don't hesitate to contact me.)