tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post8915524231948413166..comments2024-03-15T00:12:05.602+00:00Comments on The REAL 1970s: Follyfoot and the Dreaded Sunday Afternoons...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-84270667992169935332021-01-18T01:04:49.056+00:002021-01-18T01:04:49.056+00:00Gillian Blake was superb. You will have read my vi...Gillian Blake was superb. You will have read my views in the blog post, but the memory of her performance as Dora has lasted throughout my life. Definitely one of the finest performances I have ever seen. Dora was real.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476860681853867684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-65547219809888110172021-01-17T20:37:54.407+00:002021-01-17T20:37:54.407+00:00I was madly in love with Dora and her teary eyes (...I was madly in love with Dora and her teary eyes (and I think I still am)bogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325496407300814456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-91503970164198740152019-07-24T13:14:51.866+01:002019-07-24T13:14:51.866+01:00I hated that show. I was a horse mad ?10 yr old Au...I hated that show. I was a horse mad ?10 yr old Australian. It was bleak, damp and gloomy. Even though they occasionally showed a horse, it was depressing and crap. I just never understood why she was so gloomy. She was living with horses for Gods sake. She should have been over the moon. I blame her for all the problems in my life. (Joke) Dasbiggirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016296954814818508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-41066435703138264942018-07-25T02:32:53.924+01:002018-07-25T02:32:53.924+01:00Oh yes I did! That music really made me sad. Dora ...Oh yes I did! That music really made me sad. Dora must have loved it.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476860681853867684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-79425133765060764562018-07-24T14:28:56.648+01:002018-07-24T14:28:56.648+01:00You thought Folly Foot was bad! - you obviously di...You thought Folly Foot was bad! - you obviously didn't see the endless repeats of the Black and White Robinson Crusoe.... with that horrific theme music!!!<br /><br /><br />Mind in Motionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966531230434821954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-4753850304132994092018-06-07T03:16:49.696+01:002018-06-07T03:16:49.696+01:00The book 'Dora at Follyfoot', published in...The book 'Dora at Follyfoot', published in 1972, follows the 'Cobbler's Dream' template more than the series. The Colonel is still the Captain and not Dora's uncle, Dora is not from a rich family, and while certain characters have disappeared and Paul is now Steve this is not the Follyfoot TV series in total and is all the better for it. A weak sequel to 'Cobbler's Dream' simply because it's written for children and lacks some of the harsh realities, it's still a good read. And Dora who didn't cry in 'Cobbler's Dream' at all only cries once here. Morgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-1504987243488808942018-06-02T01:12:35.392+01:002018-06-02T01:12:35.392+01:00Yes, it's great how things like that can help ...Yes, it's great how things like that can help simply by appearing at the right time in our lives. As you know Follyfoot did not inspire hope in me at all, but there's a real-life lightning tree not far from me which is pulling through marvellously and I do find it inspiring.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476860681853867684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-17629671900600970562018-06-02T01:06:37.777+01:002018-06-02T01:06:37.777+01:00I was substantially older than the target audience...I was substantially older than the target audience for this show, be it child or early teen. But the Lightning Tree became a symbol of hope for me. Lightning trees have long been a source of fascination in folk circles, but this was the first time I had come across one and it was a small thing that helped to pull me through some very bad times in the early 70's.Sara Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-81477402029124649122018-05-14T14:54:31.093+01:002018-05-14T14:54:31.093+01:00The reason the show didn't gel was that Dora a...The reason the show didn't gel was that Dora and Steve were supposed to be 17 or 18 and the actors were in their early 20s. There is a big difference in looks and general manner between those ages and so Dora and Steve came across like emotionally stunted 20-somethings rather than teenagers. It was very disengaging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-16523551042749819522015-07-23T11:04:35.401+01:002015-07-23T11:04:35.401+01:00I'd forgotten all about Follyfoot. Like Black ...I'd forgotten all about Follyfoot. Like Black beauty, it was 70’s TV show that I watched as a kid, but probably wouldn’t have admitted that to my friends at the time!Artois52http://www.artois52life.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-58072794693598658242014-07-17T01:03:39.394+01:002014-07-17T01:03:39.394+01:00Grief! The lightning tree is fascinating. I was lo...Grief! The lightning tree is fascinating. I was looking at pics when I wrote this blog post, and one of the branches appears to have been stuck on! I don't mean to be hard on Follyfoot. It just has miserable associations, and I wish it had stuck to the Cobbler's Dream template a bit more. Slugger's Mrs would have been wonderful to have around and the added poshness (Dora's background) simply underlined the "horsey set" image.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476860681853867684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591686.post-66684375779185888892014-07-17T00:58:31.258+01:002014-07-17T00:58:31.258+01:00It was a kind of diluted version of Cobbler's ...It was a kind of diluted version of Cobbler's Dream, but it had a wide fan base - one girl interviewed on TV said she was 5 when it debuted and she watched every episode. I think you're a bit hard on it. If you liked horses, it had horses, if you liked stories with a message, it had them, it had romance, it had the harsh facts of life. I think it could have stuck closer to the original book, Dora's background did become too grandiose perhaps, but it was one of the best 1970s drama series. The production team were apparently terrified of the producer. If he roared up to the location unexpectedly in a taxi, they always thought somebody was for the chop. He was a real perfectionist.Peternoreply@blogger.com