tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post112911734633027770..comments2023-10-26T10:17:54.935+01:00Comments on red mum: Where are the Mini Pops now?Red Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471648634218431820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-9001754585234333562007-07-20T00:47:00.000+01:002007-07-20T00:47:00.000+01:00I stumbled upon this 2 year old post - in trying t...I stumbled upon this 2 year old post - in trying to find some 'mini pops' to download! It came up in conversation at the office today - and I couldn't resist. I would have been about 7/8 in their heyday - and let me tell you - I thought they were the coolest and luckiest kids alive!<BR/><BR/>But I also thought that about anyone who had 2 cabbage patch dolls ;)<BR/><BR/>It's really interesting to see this other perspective - that I had no understanding of then.<BR/><BR/>Now I want to find them more - particularly videos - to see what I see in them now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-1129279058778449362005-10-14T09:37:00.000+01:002005-10-14T09:37:00.000+01:00Doris, I nearly always have my camera to hand, I c...Doris, I nearly always have my camera to hand, I carry it in my bag all the time, its one of the benefits of digital. So I was watching the programme in bewildered awe and knew that I would write about it so I started snapping the screen. Thats why some of the pics have a dark band on them.<BR/><BR/>I don't plan to watch a programme to take pics its more how interested I am while watching it. And I do like to illustrate posts when I can, preferably with my own stuff. In cases like this I'll use TV screen captures to do it.<BR/><BR/>I was also flummoxed that the participants didnt see anything wrong with it at all. There was one who seemed quite sensible but was still defending it. Bizarre stuff but maybe she felt compelled to defend something having put so much time into it, particularly after the publicity they got.<BR/><BR/>And yeh Emma something like this wouldnt be broadcast or you would hope. Although the American little miss beauty pageants are more than a little scary, though I suppose it is some of the mothers who are the most scary.Red Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471648634218431820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-1129274122171754502005-10-14T08:15:00.000+01:002005-10-14T08:15:00.000+01:00Any memories I have of a mini pops program are haz...Any memories I have of a mini pops program are hazy at best, in fact I don't remember one at all, though I must have watched something because I certainly remember my album with that Sheena Easton song. And I loved that album. I don't recall them touring Canada either, but I remember listening to them with my cousin on my Mickey Mouse record player. Ach, those were the days. <BR/> But what was with the TV they gave them to watch themselves on? You'd think they would have provided a big screen and if they couldn't spare that expense, they should have at least been able to put the TV on a table instead of a stool. And yes, I think it is all slightly sad and if they weren't talking about kiddie porn in the early 1980s in Canada, I'm sure they would today. You can't escape it in the news these days. <BR/>Sorry about the babblerama. Not even sure if this makes sense, too tired to check.Emma in Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058142553612290594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-1129247869957466862005-10-14T00:57:00.000+01:002005-10-14T00:57:00.000+01:00On the technical side how do you do it.... do you ...On the technical side how do you do it.... do you take photos of the TV when something controversial like this is on?<BR/><BR/>I too saw the prog.... and thought it was the only way to reshow it by criticising the whole thing. <BR/><BR/>It was fascinating to see that the adult children really didn't see the implications of the other side of it all. Scary. And I too wondered about Joanne... and what was going on with her face. I hope she is alright. <BR/><BR/>To have that sort of exposure as a kid and then not to have it materialise into much more must be quite crushing or a lot to deal with. As obviously the one who died might have felt.<BR/><BR/>I didn't watch the programme when it first came out as I was a bit older and found it distasteful even then.Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073379610501763461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-1129117483358167882005-10-12T12:44:00.000+01:002005-10-12T12:44:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com