Think Of A Number..

[Scarlett]

Do you remember Johnny Ball and Play School/Playaway and then all his maths programmes in the 80s? What a star he was- made maths interesting and fun rather than dull and difficult. Did you ever watch his programmes and did you like them? Or was it just me?

[woofgang]

well it wasn't me.....but then in the 80's I was in my thirties!

[Mattk]

Johnny Ball.....legend.

Love him.

[hc4361]

He was a favourite of mine until he sold his soul to the advertising companies.

[pixie373]

I remember him. And playschool- Big Ted, Little Ted, Humpty, Jemima and Hamble?

[snags]

Scared me sh!tless as a small child:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1093/860162339_a0570d9f19.jpg

[grasscarp]

Pixie, apparently somebody wrote in to Playschool to ask why Jemima never won any of the games!

[andy-hughes]

I think he looks like a caricature - ears, nose mouth, jaw, head, all too big to be natural - just like his daughter!

[netibiza]

I fancied him!!

[pixie373]

Didn't she win any? I never noticed that. Even i had, I'm not sure i would have been worried enough to write in!

[pixie373]

I fancied Simon Groom from Blue Peter- my first ever crush!

[grasscarp]

I went out with a Magpie presenter for a year or two.

[pixie373]

Ooh! I liked the one with curly black hair. Was that Magpie? No idea what his name was.

[flipnflap]

which one, grasscarp?

[andy-hughes]

It wasn't Pete Brady was it? Or Mick Robertson?

[flipnflap]

curly black hair was Mick Robertson

[pixie373]

Yes, just googled it. It was Mick Robinson i liked. Are you telling us, grasscarp? :-)

[grasscarp]

One of you has named him.

[pixie373]

Only one of us? Mick Brady then? ;-)

[pixie373]

...Pete Brady...

[grasscarp]

this is very delicate as one of us was married at the time, and I wasnt.