One things that's amazing about these old shows is how completely unexciting they are. The pacing is so sedate and comfortable. No wonder kids all have ADHD now.
God, I remember this now; funny how I had forgotten all about this and then it all comes back to me seeing this when I was 5. Seeing this now in one's forties makes you realize just how shite children's programmes can be that you liked as a child(!) haha
ha! id forgotten all about this show! some1 was singing the theme and it drove me nuts trying to figure out wot it was! ah childhood memories, i was born in 77 not sure when i used to watch it though.
Fucking loved The Flumps. Perkin was the moody one. As a child I'd don a bobble woolly hat and watch the show when it was on at lunchtime weekdays, or if I was allowed to stay home from school sick or if Mum let me stay home after lunchtime from Primary School....thems the days! Mum used to call me Pootle an all!
I bought a video in a charity shop , for 50p ..all the episodes..bargain..anyway, this is the best episode..i watched it whilst tripping once, and had laff at the umpty song...lol
This button moon, pidgeon street, rainbow, why don't you, wombles, aand many many more programmes watched on a black and white tv that you had to physically tune to get one of the only 3 tv channels
My cousin and I were playing on Xbox, and we got into an argument. He tried to call me overweight, or fat, and instead stutters and calls me Flumpy. And from then on, my name on everything is Flumpy. Let it be Loyal Flumpy, iiFlump, FlumpTheWorld, anything. I also use it as a verb to describe raunchy things like "I would flump all over that girls chest." and "Flump YEAH!"
There's probably a good reason it says "gay" as Gay Soper was the narrator of this fabulous 70's children's series. Poor Perkin! It's not nice to be "umpty"!
Ha i remember this im 44 now!! the bloody flumps... It was a little bit boring. The show ended up being cancelled as two of the flumps were eaten by the Wombles of Wimbledon!!
The DVD release is poor quality - really washed out colours and wobbly jumpy film. This is far better (apart from TH-cam fuzziness!). My kids think this story is great - Thank you!
This simply made me cry. I associate this particular episode with my Grandma - remember so vividly watching it with her as a small child.
Wonderful to hear on my 43rd birthday and how could you dislike the flumps
Suddenly, I'm a 7yr old, school-skiving little sod again. They need to bring this back, with Jane Horrocks doing the voices.
HALEY
HALEY
These old fashioned kids shows are so more relaxing and slow paced compared to modern mad stuff. I remember this show fondly.
I loved this show when I was a kid, they should bring it back
My birth year 1976! I remember sitting down as a two year old watching this in 1977!
Can relate to this episode more now as an adult than back then when i was a kid lol
One things that's amazing about these old shows is how completely unexciting they are. The pacing is so sedate and comfortable. No wonder kids all have ADHD now.
Try watching Jamie and the giant torch........ On LSD
shot do you mean by unexciting
Did you not watch it all the way through? You missed the laser battle.
Wonderfully put
If you're too 'grown-up' to enjoy The Flumps, I say you've grown too far :)
Me, the sofa, jam sandwiches and the flumps. Ahh ! happy memories. Thanks
- i couldnt remember the name of this......
24 years later . - and still very great.
thanks
God, I remember this now; funny how I had forgotten all about this and then it all comes back to me seeing this when I was 5. Seeing this now in one's forties makes you realize just how shite children's programmes can be that you liked as a child(!) haha
omg this is one of my earliest memories
Born 76, dont know when i first saw it but the music stayed with me and now i think there well funny!! dont mess with the flumps!!
holy cow, this rolls back the years..
Great memories, this was one of the earliest shows I remember watching. Thanks for uploading this
just looked these up after a pal from when i was a kid reminded me of them. used t watch wen i was a kid. loved it. stil use the word umpty:)x
My mum remembers this and she loves it
oh God
i'm old. i even remember this
The quality of British TV is directly related to the amount of clarinet in the theme tune. (true fax!!!)
xD
My god, I had forgotten Flumps! Remembered Bagpuss, and found them on the suggestions!
ha! id forgotten all about this show! some1 was singing the theme and it drove me nuts trying to figure out wot it was! ah childhood memories, i was born in 77 not sure when i used to watch it though.
Done this, Rentaghost, Chocablock and Fingerbobs. Time for some Bod...
My absolute fave back in the seventies
LSD?
there amazing :)
@TributeToThePast yep i remember watching the flumps as a child and experiencing a craving for laddu's....great memories thanks:)
These old shows had great scripts.
This takes me back - used to love these
And if that theme music's familiar then it was used in the recent TV ads for Autotrader...
"The porridge is too loud!" LOL. I wake up like Perkin most mornings, unfortunately.
Ah Man i well love this programme, i have all those hats too.
A realistic warts and all portrayal of Northern life back in the seventies.
Poor, cold and forever wingeing
Fucking loved The Flumps. Perkin was the moody one. As a child I'd don a bobble woolly hat and watch the show when it was on at lunchtime weekdays, or if I was allowed to stay home from school sick or if Mum let me stay home after lunchtime from Primary School....thems the days! Mum used to call me Pootle an all!
Sure it wasn't necessary for the swearing!!!
I remember watching this :( I am now 34 years of age :(
Its all Good :D
I'd forgotten Perkin. Excellent stuff.
I used to watch this and I’m only 13!!!
It's the bloody Flumps!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ON DVD WITH MY DAD
I bought a video in a charity shop , for 50p ..all the episodes..bargain..anyway, this is the best episode..i watched it whilst tripping once, and had laff at the umpty song...lol
i remember this one !
this is amazing
fond memories!!! - I'm Humpty - brilliant!!!!
heh heh heh - blast from the past with a kick arse tune to match! :)
fond memories!!!
God, I'm practically a fossil for remembering when this was on TV.....:(
aww I loved the Flumps
My childhood right here
Ahhh... baby memories!
the flumps i remember these
It's used on the Autotrader ad's mate!
@Skraboing649 ...lol...ACTUALLY...it's both...it starts with trombone, then the clarinet kicks in at 0:06....;p
I love the flumps
@drav6 I just looked those up, and they really do :) I think my dad might have brought some of those back from his travels to India once or twice...
I cant stop laughing at the umpty song!!! :)
Thanks Auto Trader
I`m umpty as well!
They are all brothers and sister and posie being the girl and has a flowery name.
Pretty much The Flumps was a family of Hairy Yorkshire testicles which wore hats and had kind of mundane adventures in an allotment.
Wow..... BABE
You made me laugh. I never laugh.
ahem cough cough
Shut up
Maggie and the ferocious beast
Where's part 2 goddammit!
@Dhekelian Some of the stuff these days is great and influenced by these sort of things.
In The Night Garden was influenced by Oliver Postgate
If only the blow would wind, said Pootle
hope ur feeling better!
Pootle and Posey are dope.
They should have American voices their all the right shape and size!
never forget the mother fucking flumps
so cute
This button moon, pidgeon street, rainbow, why don't you, wombles, aand many many more programmes watched on a black and white tv that you had to physically tune to get one of the only 3 tv channels
oh perkins where have yaa been!
“Pootle” 😂
I feel 'Perkin' too every day. My hubZand is 'un-Perkin', which is a PAIN!!!!
Much better than the Wombles.
Божечки
My cousin and I were playing on Xbox, and we got into an argument. He tried to call me overweight, or fat, and instead stutters and calls me Flumpy. And from then on, my name on everything is Flumpy. Let it be Loyal Flumpy, iiFlump, FlumpTheWorld, anything. I also use it as a verb to describe raunchy things like "I would flump all over that girls chest." and "Flump YEAH!"
This Show started in 1977 not 1976.
You Have Anymore Coming In Soon? =)
WICKED ! :o)
the next great dnd meme
@MsPeachy3 How could you forget Perkin and Pootle?!
testicles with hats straight after pebble mill at 1,
Flumps get bread.
like the shrewsbury town fan
this is proper kids tv. not like the teletubby night garden crap our kids have to watch these days
I get mixed up between The Flumps and The Klumps.
Hipsters!
Cool
im guessing two people are scared of the flumps then?
I'm here because of seananners
Same
There's probably a good reason it says "gay" as Gay Soper was the narrator of this fabulous 70's children's series. Poor Perkin! It's not nice to be "umpty"!
agreed x_x
you are very very very funy like you gise very much
This tune has rolled around my head for the last week - now I've remembered what it was - get the fuck to hell ya furry twats!
..dad the flump
A 20-minute programme? Children had a lot of time on their hands back then.
pootle and perkin sound exactly the same, but posie doesnt. Are pootle and perkin related ?
that's exactly how i react when i stub my toe
don't F with the Flumps
Some of them are uploaded, like this /watch?v=utXbpKrWRBs
flashbacks
Ha i remember this im 44 now!! the bloody flumps... It was a little bit boring. The show ended up being cancelled as two of the flumps were eaten by the Wombles of Wimbledon!!
The DVD release is poor quality - really washed out colours and wobbly jumpy film. This is far better (apart from TH-cam fuzziness!). My kids think this story is great - Thank you!
@thesunreport It's trombone, but yeah...the theory holds :D
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