Top10 Obscure (Swedish) TV children’s shows in the 60s & 70s
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It is in children’s shows on TV that our culture’s and sociaty’s most bizarre expressions take form. Adults creating something that is to entertain a child. The result in normally a twilight zone between childhood and adulthodd – with phsychadelic characters and plots. Shows like Teletubbies or Doctor Snuggles are prime examples where directors and creatives have gotten a little bit too freedom or too high on drugs. During the 60s and 70s a whole genration of kids were brought up watching the testament and beginning of the modern world. Here are 10 hand-picked children’s shows that aired in Sweden during this time – to illustrate the fantastic essence and bizarreness of children’s programmes.
1. Kalles klätterträd- Kalle’s Climbing Tree
Kalle does not like to play with other kids. He wants to fly away.
2. Hemlige Arne – Arne- the secret one
Arne does all the things all Swedish people only wish they dared to do.
3. Vilse i pannkakan – Lost in the Pancake
”Lost in the Pancake”
This is a show that raised a whole generation. The story is about a kid who does not want to eat his pancake because there are people living in it. His parents do not let him leave the table before he finished it. No comments needed.
4. Boktipset – The Book Tip
Can it be more 70s?. A hippie telling stories in a rainbow sofa!
5. Tummen – The thumb
This might be the cheapest productions ever made.
6. Nisse och Klara
Scary sibling in an attic…
7. Ika I rutan – Ika on the screen
“Ika on the screen”
I have nothing. It is just so good and weird.
8. Carl Bertil Jonsson
Carl Bertil is like Robin Hood. He takes the rich people’s Christmas presents and gives them to the poor.
9. Farbrorn som inte ville bli stor – The man who did not want to grow up
“The man who did not want to grow up”
The man is 35 and he works in an office and dream about being 10 again. Fantastic!
10. Rädda Joppe, död eller levande- Save Joppe, dead or alive
In every episode the kid misplaces Joppe and they have to find him again.
