Following on from yesterday’s post about Little Rosey, here’s another real life star who got to see himself in animated form. It’s Hammerman.
This one was produced by DiC Entertainment and Bustin’ Productions in late 1991 for ABC. MC Hammer has magic shoes that transform him into Hammerman, and he’s the Grandson of Soulman. At the end of each episode, a puppet version of the magic shoes would talk to the kids about the issues raised in the story.
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For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…
