tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post3934305375641256036..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Candy and AndySteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-90455677305982596612023-03-06T22:37:19.273+00:002023-03-06T22:37:19.273+00:00Similar experience ....altho may be a weird sympto...Similar experience ....altho may be a weird symptom of the menopause...remembering the uncanny weirdness from the past! I was convinced this was a Canadian thing, because I lived there til I was 5 years old, but must have been a present from my English grandparents. <br />I must have pored over the 1968 annual for hours, trying to understand what the hell was going on, before I could read. The annual disappeared when we moved back to Britain..probably the excuse my parents needed to get rid of it! <br />Those dolls haunted me, I found them mysterious and fascinating as a young child. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-34185815361846241892019-04-08T06:25:50.677+00:002019-04-08T06:25:50.677+00:00I have been haunted by memories of a Candy and And...I have been haunted by memories of a Candy and Andy Annual. At night I used to shove it under the bed as it was too scary to look at. I was convinced that plastic arms would shoot out of the bottom of the bed and drag me underneath it to some plastic hellsville run by those 2 plastic creeps. I would always jump onto the bed in case! Childhood memories I'd rather forget. I forgot about the pandas but the weird faces of those two will live on in my brain.Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700066427043753790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-71396845395401968002018-09-24T02:31:25.982+00:002018-09-24T02:31:25.982+00:00I LOVED Candy and Andy...I think my book had red s...I LOVED Candy and Andy...I think my book had red slippers on the front.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295624431714012643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-46580375213090749852018-08-31T18:31:23.412+00:002018-08-31T18:31:23.412+00:00Oh wow... I had no idea, and managed to miss havin...Oh wow... I had no idea, and managed to miss having any conscious memory of C and A, despite hand-me-downs and jumble sales.<br />Nowadays, this would be called the "uncanny valley" effect: that's the point between things looking not lifelike at all and looking far TOO lifelike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-4208891308603269502018-07-13T03:10:26.777+00:002018-07-13T03:10:26.777+00:00I, too, had a Candy & Andy annual at the age o...I, too, had a Candy & Andy annual at the age of around six and should have found the domestic scene somewhat difficult to understand (to put it mildly). Instead, I think I must have simply accepted this unusual household! The Christmas image of the Bearandas' sitting room festooned with paper garlands instantly came back to my mind, as did the nightmarish Santa, 'though I think, in retrospect, Candy & Andy(with their sinister smiles) were themselves more disturbing than old Father Christmas!!<br />Many thanks from a reminiscing 53-year old.Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-90271547968902177222016-09-11T18:29:49.966+00:002016-09-11T18:29:49.966+00:00I'm still haunted by Candy and Andy. I remembe...<br />I'm still haunted by Candy and Andy. I remember loving the book until I realised that they were not real - more like an composition of prosthetic caramel limbs. It was if I had seen the face of Lucifer himself and had to bury the book at the bottom of my toolbox so that it would never resurface. As an adult, I can see now that it was a product of the dark side of 1960's/1970's psychedelic culture; essentially the 'bad trip', which other media followed, ranging from Dr Who, Space 1999, Sapphire and Steel, Chocky, The Tomorrow People and Children of the stones - all of which I loved, but presented a very specific type of psychological horror. The effect of Candy and Andy was not unlike Freud's analysis of 'Das Unheimliche' or 'The Uncanny' as it's known, whereby the viewer is uncertain whether a particular figure in the story is a human being or an automaton. Suffice to say, the book still resides at the bottom of my toy box and long may it remain there.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07507960862728696523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-29211795432579725202016-04-07T14:08:19.734+00:002016-04-07T14:08:19.734+00:00OMG...l remember my Candy and Andy Annual... I act...OMG...l remember my Candy and Andy Annual... I actually loved it and often think about it.I can't remember any animals in it but l was very young..l often wish I'd still got my book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232874690186902930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-80208034689272069912016-03-04T18:51:55.361+00:002016-03-04T18:51:55.361+00:00Brilliant to see this. I used to get old annu...Brilliant to see this. I used to get old annuals passed on from some older kids down the road as an early '70s pre-school kid.. I've spent 40-odd years with vague memories of some kids living with pandas in a comic, and it being somewhat scary.. The odd time I've mentioned it over the years nobody has ever heard of anything like.. I'd sometimes wondered was it just some weird dream I'd had! Just thought of it again and done a bit of interweb and arrived here. Cheers for solidifying the memory!Boo Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924878068373247575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-60541931108883395962015-08-05T08:58:53.876+00:002015-08-05T08:58:53.876+00:00Sort of "Bride of Chucky meets Issi Noho"...Sort of "Bride of Chucky meets Issi Noho"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404773746478831159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-53104220153928827782012-10-01T22:46:30.127+00:002012-10-01T22:46:30.127+00:00Kavin - I think it's a great pity that social ...Kavin - I think it's a great pity that social workers are so uptight about other species adopting children these days. There must be hundreds of kids in care homes who would give anything to live with two kindly pandas. <br /><br />We've passed laws about discrimating on the basis of race and sex, but pandas are still treated like second class citizens. It's a disagrace.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-65584089344523425322012-10-01T16:35:55.291+00:002012-10-01T16:35:55.291+00:00This came under attack, from local authority, Yes ...This came under attack, from local authority, Yes the idea 2 children, with 2 Pandas for perents..Caused alot of panic..<br />The Comic was even withdrawn from many newsagents..kavin Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15046272310039169782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-57042614774823368472012-10-01T16:35:16.636+00:002012-10-01T16:35:16.636+00:00This came under attack from the local authority. Y...This came under attack from the local authority. Yes the sight of 2 children, with 2 Pandas for perents, Athough they had a Mini called Stripey, Who had a mind of its own... Yet the whole thing was distubing indeed..Somehow Gerry Anderson must had relised this mistake..<br />The Comic was even withdrawn from many Newsagents, By looking at it, You would think, "THEY LOOK AS THOUGH THEY HAVE ADUCTED OR SOMETHING"kavin Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15046272310039169782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-55848003997506989392012-10-01T16:30:55.661+00:002012-10-01T16:30:55.661+00:00This came under attack, from local authority, Yes ...This came under attack, from local authority, Yes the idea 2 children, with 2 Pandas for perents..Caused alot of panic..<br />The Comic was even withdrawn from many newsagents..kavin Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15046272310039169782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-61305794315225686332012-06-07T16:54:51.299+00:002012-06-07T16:54:51.299+00:00I am 48 as well and still have my battered matchbo...I am 48 as well and still have my battered matchbox rainbow striped mini with it's number plate of 'Candy 1' which I played with lots as a small child, and until about 20 years ago also had a small plastic mum panda. I couldn't quite remember what the show was all about, but I do now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-64829865048913250022012-03-15T12:05:16.075+00:002012-03-15T12:05:16.075+00:00I am too young to remember them...however i have b...I am too young to remember them...however i have been traumatised by finding a candy and andy book amounst some donations....the scary part is that on one page...andy is actually a REAL boy....freakyRach Grangerhttps://www.facebook.com/#!/rach.grangernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-34603290478857503722010-12-04T22:35:16.743+00:002010-12-04T22:35:16.743+00:00Am also 48 and I've never quite forgotten Cand...Am also 48 and I've never quite forgotten Candy & Andy and the Bearandas either. Part of me was beginning to wonder if I'd imagined the whole thing!!!<br />CaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-5452948210052232292010-09-15T00:43:26.221+00:002010-09-15T00:43:26.221+00:00I am now 48 & the disturbing thing is I never ...I am now 48 & the disturbing thing is I never forgot Candy & Andy. I even remember when they joined foces in the Jack & Jill comic which was really their demise! In 1971 I remember thinking 'this would make a charming tv series'. Perhaps what kept me enthralled was exactly that it remained a purely visual series of stills in a weekly comic & I was in the land of "what might have been?" Nonetheless even today I have fond memories. Something very English about the thing with a little psychidellia & futurism! I must admit though Andy's facial expression always gave me heebi jeebies. I never knew if he was happy, sad or Chucky's brother. Wish FANDERSON would do an article!Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-88794774981714298202009-12-05T09:30:21.321+00:002009-12-05T09:30:21.321+00:00I'm speechless. Apart from being a completely ...I'm speechless. Apart from being a completely insane concept, it's also one of the worst things I've ever seen.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-84150468157380051432009-12-05T01:54:52.414+00:002009-12-05T01:54:52.414+00:00OK. You want freaky Gerry Anderson? The pilot fo...OK. You want freaky Gerry Anderson? The pilot for "The Investigator." I hope you can see it in the UK!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBp_GBHxtSMMike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-79939476709084734382009-12-04T08:10:32.180+00:002009-12-04T08:10:32.180+00:00Yes, there should be a pilot episode.
I'd pa...Yes, there should be a pilot episode. <br /><br />I'd pay good money to see that!Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-55430297836720191582009-12-04T04:36:23.336+00:002009-12-04T04:36:23.336+00:00Obviously the books wouldn't be on Netflix--Bu...Obviously the books wouldn't be on Netflix--But there has to be a pilot somewhere.<br /><br />Will have to watch some Captain Scarlet instead. *sigh*Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-26581931993189050382009-12-03T15:11:34.212+00:002009-12-03T15:11:34.212+00:00Oooooh, good. I'm always looking for something...Oooooh, good. I'm always looking for something new for pizza night with the kids. Netflix, here I come!Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-46213071461110950102009-12-03T14:34:43.802+00:002009-12-03T14:34:43.802+00:00Holy cow. Anderson fan too. I'd vaguely hear...Holy cow. Anderson fan too. I'd vaguely heard of Candy & Andy and seeing this is, like you say, creeptastic. Bury it! Ha!Mike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-75527668199578808032009-12-03T00:10:54.176+00:002009-12-03T00:10:54.176+00:00Creeptastic is an excellent word. I'll be usin...<i>Creeptastic</i> is an excellent word. I'll be using it from now on!<br /><br />Brett, you're quite right. Funnily enough, I've been to the <i>Prisoner</i> village and it is a very weird place. There is a man who actually lives in "the village", wears the clothes, drives the jeep and occasionally inflates the <i>rover</i> balloons. When I was at university, we got in touch with him and were invited up there for a day. It was a deeply weird experience.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-28527124225509062742009-12-02T20:34:05.137+00:002009-12-02T20:34:05.137+00:00There is a word for this: creeptastic. Luckily I&#...There is a word for this: creeptastic. Luckily I've never seen such a thing, certainly not one intended for children.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615345242334094697noreply@blogger.com