It's absolutely mind-blowing that this was made *42 years* ago! It only seems like yesterday and it hasn't dated that much. 42 years before this show would be 1938! (just before WWII had started & Hitler was 5 years in office in Germany) and the war had only ended 35 years ago where people were flying around in Spitfires and Lancaster bombers listening to Glen Miller on the Wireless, That's just so crazy
@baggierols73
Жыл бұрын
That's put it in proper perspective 🙂
@NOTODIVERSITY123
Жыл бұрын
The Austrian painter was correct .we are bieng invaded by people he warned us about...
@The-Battle-Brother
Жыл бұрын
@@NOTODIVERSITY123Now you know how Native Americans Australian Aborigines, South Africans, Indians etc. felt when Europeans landed on their shores. The difference is, of course, that non Europeans are not trying to exterminate Europeans...
@FoobsTon
5 ай бұрын
@@baggierols73 Yes. I find Metal Mickey often puts the second world war into historical context.
@simracer1256
2 ай бұрын
Are you on smack?
@TheNzfroggy
7 жыл бұрын
Home sick today. Off work with the flu. Just what I needed. My childhood shows which I'd not seen for years and loved!!!
@greatestytcommentator
2 жыл бұрын
Beware... in 3 years time.. Android Robots will not rule the Earth and the FLU will be a Global Plague that will shut down the planet... Love From 2022 ❤️
@TS-1267
8 ай бұрын
... ARE YOU WELL 🤒🤮😷
@johnsimmons831
6 жыл бұрын
Saucy jokes and references to booze in a kid's show! Thank god for the '80s!
@philiprhodes5537
4 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah id go back there in a heartbeat😎👍
@ianmangham4570
11 ай бұрын
Like Depache Mode on cctv singing Master and Servant 😅
@jeraldinetyson9351
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites shows in the 80s on ABC. Loved it then and still love it now. Thank you so much, I feel like a kid again....
@NathanLittel
3 жыл бұрын
Best bits: The LWT intro. Granny calling Mickey Fluffy completely automatically the first time they spoke, like she'd known him all her life. The completely appropriate nicknames for every character. Great memories!
@stevenwade7466
Жыл бұрын
Yes she called yes fluffy.
@colinclarke4285
Жыл бұрын
Didn't mickey call one of them 'fruitbat'?
@marcse7en
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in 1981, and recording it on my new Sharp VHS VCR! Mickey's voice sounds like the Cylons from "Battlestar Galactica!" Probably created using a Vocoder?
@davidprice5563
Жыл бұрын
Or the Cylons did an ET - made a visit but "accidently" left him behind.
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
We had a Sanyo Betamax machine, good old days of LWT , Play Your Cards Right on a Friday followed by The Incredible Hulk, Tiswas on the Saturday morning and wrestling on the Saturday afternoon
@Shazza-kz1ku
2 ай бұрын
Brings back so many memories good old days
@baggierols73
Жыл бұрын
The older son thinks Mickey will get working in 1989. Yeah, just in time for the House Music, necking those MK fizz bomb sweets, like Acid 😆
@rajnirvan3336
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant memories of Saturday afternoon
@geosword6
Жыл бұрын
Hayley / Lucinda was a heartbreaker for the day wasn't she? Beautiful.
@the_unrepentant_anarchist.
Жыл бұрын
I was more a fan of Janey to be honest! 🍄
@matthewashman1406
Күн бұрын
Yup open my 10 yr eyes
@treborif
Жыл бұрын
My daughter loved this in the 80's - being named Hayley - Love how MM calls her Stringbean and Granny my little Fruitbat ..
@Lady_Jay
8 жыл бұрын
thank you for uploading this took me right back to being a kid
@ianmangham4570
4 жыл бұрын
😃🙋♂️🇬🇧
@sarahfranklin8443
Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite shows when I was a kid. I loved Mickey but was also a bit scared of him! Still got the MM annuals I had for Christmas in the early 80s 😊
@jaminesonymorgan8428
4 жыл бұрын
This was the simple times no Internet no Facebook no email or cell phone's just sitting in front of the TV and watching this All Time Classic in todays world you'll be Very Lucky if you can get this program in the DVD stores or places like United Video or Video Ezey they just look at you silly and say i haven't heard of it
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
I never knew that the Americans knew of this tv show, I'm assuming you're American as you said "cell phone" and not the correct "mobile phone"
@universalkaos4568
3 жыл бұрын
Man I remember this as a kid in NZ I vaguely remember an episode where they were watching a penalty goal that went in & they weren't happy bout it,but metal Mickey rewinded it & made the goalie save it Something like that Stretching my memory as a kid,when I forget things I did last week lol
@countzer0408
3 жыл бұрын
Same here man. I must’ve been 7 when this came out and I loved it.
@thisnthat3530
2 жыл бұрын
There was an episode where Mickey was menally controling Steve in a soccer game but he'd read the Rugby rule book by mistake. They had to quickly locate the correct book before the game was lost.
@matthewashman1406
Күн бұрын
Chur
@a100267
2 жыл бұрын
Seem to remember loving this as a kid. Watching it now I've no idea why.
@bradthurkle7217
4 жыл бұрын
This show was great. Loved the intro song to very catchy. You never forget.
@squishmallowfan025
Жыл бұрын
When I was still living in the UK I used to love this! Many many sly jokes that went over our heads as 10 year olds. Took me years to realize Metal "Mickey" was Mickey Dolenz working at the BBC.
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
? BBC it was LWT London Weekend Television that's commercial telly not the corrupt BBC
@awayoflife4110
7 жыл бұрын
Steve: Daleks move. R2-D2 moves. Even Basil Brush hops about.
@stephenchecksfield632
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a child great programme certainly a blast from the past and very funny 🤣
@robertcrookall5991
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see the musical number which Mickey did with a bunch of household appliances - I think it may have been a part of a Christmas episode, if I'm not wrong. It was a lovely catchy song, "we are machines ... we are made of steel and iron ... we work for you..." something like that, and all the machines could speak and sing :-). I'd also love to see the episode where they are stranded in a small house that's snowed under, with a girl who has diabetes, and has no insulin - Mickey volunteers to sacrifice the insulin in one of his internal systems to save her from going into a coma,, but at great risk to himself - so the family vote on whether they should do it or not. It's a beautiful episode because it shows the personalities of the family in a deeper way, as each give their reasons for their vote.
@od1koneod171
7 жыл бұрын
One of the sillier premises, yet holds up better than most 1980 sitcoms!
@Exparcelman
4 жыл бұрын
...Better than most 2000’s sh!tcoms.
@mikerophone235
8 ай бұрын
Omg I have not thought about this show in years...that theme tune 🎵
@barryrutter5936
7 жыл бұрын
i use to watch this the late irene handel good actress missed alot she was nearly 80 when this was on she died 1987
@awayoflife4110
7 жыл бұрын
She was so talented. RIP Irene Handel. [I don't mean 'Rust In Peace'].
@madabbafan
3 жыл бұрын
She was probably the biggest name in this. Followed by Lola Young (Janey) who is now in the House of Lords
@lillianflorence6056
Жыл бұрын
Love of ada, good in that to
@lillianflorence6056
Жыл бұрын
Cancer
@scrappymoodnz
7 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh I used to love this!
@gemmaselby5584
3 ай бұрын
I Was In Love With Steve !! ❤ Gran (My Little Fruit Bat) And, Gran Calling Mickey .. Fluffy !! Boogie-Boogie. Early 80's 🇳🇿🤖
@smilodontiger5675
3 жыл бұрын
I always had the hots for Lucinda Bateson ever since I saw her in 'Watch All Night.'
@davidmarks509
2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Great fun show.
@therestingrancor8259
3 жыл бұрын
'It's me knee's, they're giving gip!' Love my little fruit bat❤️❤️
@the_unrepentant_anarchist.
Жыл бұрын
The actress who played Janey, Lola Young, quit acting and became a University lecturer and author, and wound up with a lifetime peerage, and is now Baroness Young of Hornsey! Also, two years before she starred in Metal Micky- a kids programme- she played a prostitute in the crime drama 'Out'. 🍄
@heidifedor
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Michael Dolenz is actually Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. That was the name he used when he lived in the UK, worked as a director and producer foe British television.
@jazmorrison9030
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@jazmorrison9030
2 жыл бұрын
Wish more then 13 episodes was made no story realy of what happened to Mickey and the family it was like it was axed from tv
@ianmangham4570
11 ай бұрын
@@jazmorrison9030The robot is in a lock up in Battersea London
@HarvestHome2000
Ай бұрын
I knew I was getting old when, while watching this back in the early '80s, I realised that I fancied the mother as much as the daughter!
@ariescustom
2 жыл бұрын
I used to love buying Metal Mickey Fizzbombs from the ice cream van.
@StrawberrySunday212
2 жыл бұрын
Atomic thunderbusters. They were amazing
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
@@StrawberrySunday212 yes I remember fizzy Alantic Eyes I'd buy from Woolworths reminded me of Atomic Thunderbusters
@Magpiesplusmore
6 жыл бұрын
I still love this show.
@ttealeaf5
4 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia at it's peak
@JonnyContagious
2 жыл бұрын
Script is so much better than I remember.
@RoodeMenon
Жыл бұрын
I saw this only once in 82 or 83 and thanks to an FB suggestion im here. After seeing the head rotate, its confirmed this is that show. Wow.
@benjaminclasper3066
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the day 1970’s 1960’s nostalgia and beyond.
@yute-hube779
Жыл бұрын
_"Come here give us a kiss"_ 🤣
@Randy_Batswinger
Ай бұрын
Oh my Lord, I haven't thought about Metal Mickey for donkey's years!! Irene Handl!! 😂😂 🤖🤖🤖
@awayoflife4110
7 жыл бұрын
Ken:Stand back. Steve:*moves closer to Metal Mickey*
@thisisengland.9099
8 ай бұрын
Watching this as an adult, Micky seems to have a lot of 'Spike Milligan' about him. I could almost imagine him writing the lines and voicing him 😂. I was obsessed with Metal Micky as a kid. I always wanted a robot because of this show. To be completely honest, I still do!! 😂
@tarotbyamber7233
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this when I was about 4, seems like yesterday
@rinalore
Жыл бұрын
I🤞🏻wish.🤦🏻♀️#Bob Dylan was💯right/write, the times sure did a'changed.
@jonnyhuckerby2437
5 жыл бұрын
I thought those kids were the coolest in the world when I was about 5.
@penpalbots4722
4 жыл бұрын
Right?!
@battywattywoo
4 жыл бұрын
In this first series, Steve was as beautiful, for a boy, as Hayley was for a girl.
@nickthelick
5 жыл бұрын
Love the posters on the wall too! LoL!
@fredflintstoner596
2 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
@kezadrone
7 жыл бұрын
The on off sound a jack plug being moved about in the socket loose. Haha.
@centrevezgaming4862
4 жыл бұрын
I remember this such nostalgia.
@beecher92099
11 ай бұрын
Mickey seems to have the same voice as the original Battlestar Galactica cylons!
@thetrap7346
Жыл бұрын
12 years ago I was undergoing a daft punk kick & I searched “daft punks first song” & metal mickey popped up. Genuinely confused. Now everything makes sense, I guess.
@nickthelick
5 жыл бұрын
WOW! Do I remember this!?! OH YEAH!!! I must've been 3 to 4 years old at the time, my little fruitbats! =oD
@nickthelick
5 жыл бұрын
I LOVED The Monkees re-runs, so I naturally fell for this too...
@alexdevlin6328
4 жыл бұрын
Used to love this when I was a kid. They should rerun this. Absolutely classic.
@vinnysamways63
4 жыл бұрын
You mean repeat. Why have we all turned into Yanks?
@revinhatol
3 жыл бұрын
@@vinnysamways63 He's a yank, so that makes sense.
@jazmorrison9030
2 жыл бұрын
Only 13 episodes was made
@jazmorrison9030
2 жыл бұрын
@@vinnysamways63 they could return Mickey after be found in a garage
@alexdevlin6328
2 жыл бұрын
@@revinhatol I'm not a yank
@johnrambo3239
4 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia is addictive
@greatestytcommentator
2 жыл бұрын
Kaffeee Burk... carrying the Torch for Irene.
@penpalbots4722
4 жыл бұрын
So many memories!
@neilr4867
2 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: he's a Cylon
@gan9e
Жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for the popularity of the film Star Wars ( and all things space etc ) three years earlier then you'd be currently watching a video called "Beige Ted" about a man named Teddy who wore a cardigan which happened to be an off brown colour...
@benjaminclasper3066
2 жыл бұрын
Television and film was amazing back then Much better than crap nowadays.
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
What do you mean? we have diversity and inclusion nowadays
@MLB9000
Жыл бұрын
If they remade this today I think they'd cast Kathy Burke as the Granny
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
Granny would have to be a person of colour immigrant lesbian of non binary conforming gender
@angelacooper2661
5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this when growing up. I was between 10 and 12 1/2 and enjoyed it despite being much younger than the Wilberforce kids. Whatever became of the characters?
@jaminesonymorgan8428
4 жыл бұрын
Metal Mickey ALF Different Strokes Powers of Matthew Star Buck Rogers ARTO MAN Knight Rider Street Hawk Incredible hulk Mind Your Language Bangkok Hillton todays world you will be very lucky to see any of these on TV or Sky the 1980s showed them all.
@lindathomas5500
Жыл бұрын
I used to love metal mickey as a kid, I was 12 when it started lol
@FanVarious
7 ай бұрын
Never seen it in my life - but just enjoyed this first episode.
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
Should be remade for today's modern audience, it's not diverse enough
@philnewton-england7795
Жыл бұрын
All thanks to Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees 👍🏼
@cestusfr
3 жыл бұрын
Who knew Johnny Rotten would become Gandma when old. ^___^;
@juliepownall1063
2 жыл бұрын
Loved metal Micky ..mint
@maryamchaudhary1102
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. Which episode does Mickey make one of the boys play for Man United?
@thorielcriafer1001
6 жыл бұрын
How many know this was directed and produced by Micky Dolenz of the Monkeys?
@williamgottlieb8723
5 жыл бұрын
I am seeing this for the first time at this moment because I just remembered reading an article in the early 1980s about Mickey Dolenz, which said he was involved with this program.
@nickthelick
5 жыл бұрын
He was the whole reason I watched it back then... even as a 3 / 4yr old! =oD Of course, my mum and sister had to make that clear to me first (regardless, I loved watching it anyway! Mum & sis basically told me Metal Mickey WAS Mickey Dolenz)! As I was loving the Monkees re-runs too... Which would've made me part of the 2nd generation of Monkees fans. I THINK The Monkees uesd to be on at around 10am (on Saturdays) maybe 11am... something like that anyway... (On a different note, damn, I miss those Fizz Bomb sweets! I loved them too...mmmm! Another different note, occasionally there would be slightly more 'adult' humour hidden in the show. I've already caught a couple of 'risqué' lines... I think!?! I remember having a Metal Mickey robot toy too... *sigh*
@MrMittens1974
5 жыл бұрын
Dolenz also produced the classic kids show 'Luna'.
@sockington1
3 жыл бұрын
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and I assume you mean The Monkees
@davidmichaelphilipsmith9072
Жыл бұрын
If I had known this existed, I'd have watched it.
@rinalore
Жыл бұрын
Me too. I'm in🇨🇦Canada and I don't ever remember seeing this and at the time we were still under🇬🇧Britishy rule. I don't know why the🇨🇦#CRTC didn't push this. If you don't mind me asking are you by chance in North America,🇺🇸USA perhaps?
@jaminesonymorgan8428
4 жыл бұрын
This Program Metal Mickey last time it was on TV here in New Zealand was 1990 and after that we Never saw it again because ALF started and finished at the same time this century you will be very lucky to see it on Sky TV but Cable TV is different all together in todays world in New Zealand here it's going Down hill.
@joerhorton
4 жыл бұрын
10 year old me in 1980 "This show is great, I love it!". 50 year old me in 2020 "Oh my god, I used to love this show when I was a kid, wait, what is this pile of stinking ****!".
@elviskline99
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@Chillmax
2 жыл бұрын
Bit harsh! The big difference between then & now is that actors actually 'performed', now they mustn't do that much at all, apparently that's natural, although not very funny! If you look at most Light Ent. shows then, on all stations, they have a very similar feel, because that's just how it was. I do feel this needed a little more rehearsal & the opening scene could've been smoother. Maybe have a few G&T's & the years will slip away & you can have a laugh again ;-).
@joerhorton
2 жыл бұрын
@@Chillmax I am talking about how crap Metal Mickey is now as an adult than a child, not a performance of Macbeth 🤣
@battywattywoo
3 жыл бұрын
Please can we get seasons 3 & 4 available on KZitem, DVD, Amazon Prime or Netflix? I've tried the Viewired site, but that kept leading me to dead ends, so I hastily cancelled.
@garrydavis3475
4 жыл бұрын
Good old days
@cyberneticinterfacemodular3996
3 жыл бұрын
1980 to 1983 it was on television.
@jaminesonymorgan8428
4 жыл бұрын
1980 i was 8 years old another alsome Program was Mind your Language i just wish it was the 1980s all over again today's program's are going down hill i hate to see what kind of Programs will be on TV in 2025 it just mite be worse than what they have on TV Now and the Longest Running English TV Programme in history is coronation Street and and by the ratings it looks like it will be on TV Forever.
@hudcofudco
4 жыл бұрын
"By Your Command" lol
@Tony-1971
3 жыл бұрын
A reference to another great tv show from back in then.
@lucaschapman2188
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Buck Rogers 🤘🏻
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
@@lucaschapman2188Battlestar Galactica
@jamespotter3660
5 ай бұрын
How old were the 'kids" supposed to be. It's a bit like Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered hills.
@BD4-ManchesterIsRed
6 жыл бұрын
The 6 people who deemed it necessary to dislike are pathetic 😂
@simonmoore2380
5 жыл бұрын
DJ Time Almost as pathetic as labelling anyone who doesn’t like what you like as pathetic, in fact.
@Realpoweronearth
4 жыл бұрын
@@simonmoore2380 everyone has their own opinion
@angryscottishidiot
3 жыл бұрын
And anus. They just seem too eager to display one over the other and most the time they both stink the same.
@BD4-ManchesterIsRed
3 жыл бұрын
@@simonmoore2380 Do you always do this?
@greatestytcommentator
2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Gran playing Mrs. Cornelius in the Great Rock n Roll Swindle?
@maximillianramirez1189
2 жыл бұрын
My childhood 👍
@kevanhubbard9673
Жыл бұрын
Vaguely remember it but I think I'm mixing it up with elements of Rent a Ghost.
@latchmere100
Жыл бұрын
Rent a ghost. Brilliant.
@ianmangham4570
11 ай бұрын
Repeat after me! He's alot of fun he's alot of fun HE WEIGHS A HALF A TON 😅🤘🚀
@TheRealKaiProton
2 жыл бұрын
Can anyone else remember the Metal Mickey record that was made.
@saleemsuliman3062
5 жыл бұрын
My childhood was something miss u mom
@zombiezool
11 ай бұрын
i found this programme by accident. i thought it was maybe an american one and was lwt how did i miss watching this.
@lindadurrant43
4 ай бұрын
Omg this is still so funny😂😂😂😂
@bucksboyblue
4 жыл бұрын
There are 4 completely able-bodied people in that room yet between them all they can't pick up a few pairs of shoes and a couple of shirts!
@martinworld7214
4 жыл бұрын
Have you got kids of your own ? it's crazy how hard they find it picking up shoes & shirts !
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
I know they should have at least one disabled child and a child that's non binary conforming gender we need more diversity and inclusion
@BunkerMonkeyUK
2 жыл бұрын
Hugh Bonneville could play the Dad if rebooted lol
Micky Dolenz, formerly of The Monkees pop group, was brought in to produce and direct the series
@SharreIWright
14 күн бұрын
Ahhh The Monkees they're only the band the Beetles could have been
@Dinvadbhatmarathi98
Жыл бұрын
So mickey actually worked on electricity but were is the robot now itl be worth a fortune now
@chriswaring5565
8 ай бұрын
THEY DON'T MAKE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT ANYMORE USED TO WATCH THAT AT MY GRANDMA,S IN BARNSLEY ON SATURDAY'S AFTER WORLD OF SPORT😊
@greatestytcommentator
2 жыл бұрын
How old was Irene Handl really ... in this?
@jasonkey3494
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Catherine Tate watched the first scene with Gran and her grandson playing darts?
@danielwilliamson6180
Жыл бұрын
0:34 He said the 'F' word!
@PeterRapley-gv5vt
Ай бұрын
Two things. If anyone is thoroughly modern, it'll be London Weekend Television and their style of light entertainment, and secondly, I used to have the hots for Georgina Melville.
@lyndonbrock8684
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Mickey used to eat copcop sweets.
@stephenroney6490
6 жыл бұрын
At 2.18 is that a Glasgow Rangers scarf?
@elviskline99
6 жыл бұрын
I think it's a Millwall scarf, I seem to remember it getting mentioned in a later episode
@greghunter8935
3 жыл бұрын
Of course we are the people
@latchmere100
Жыл бұрын
AI, eat your heart out.
@nord1486
2 жыл бұрын
Lucinda Bateson was fit…there doesn’t seem to be much about her on the net
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