| The BBC TV show for young kids Jigsaw ran from 1979 to 1984, a show about puzzle solving that featured one of the most puzzling characters of all, Mr. Noseybonk. He was a bizarre and creepy mime character wearing a manically scary grinning mask with a massive phallic nose. Mr. Noseybonk wasn't the only surreal character in the show, he sat alongside the real mad inventor Wilf Lunn and the bizarre superhero duo the O-Men, but it was the sinister mime that stuck in children's minds and lived on in their nightmares. I guess this is what happens when the BBC allow pretentious artists to get involved in making TV shows for kids. |
| It could be claimed that Mr. Noseybonk, (just the name says it all) operated on different levels. Surreal and silly humour for the kids and then the "adult" under-tones that are plain to see to anyone going back and watching this creepy character in action. Take this YouTube clip as prime example. Here Mr. Noseybonk is in a greenhouse, and is growing some plants from seeds labelled "nosegays". What grows, very quickly, are Noseybonk like noses or penises depending on your age and how you view these things. | |
Weird Retro Fact: Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport who played the bizarre comic superheroes the O-Men both came from a background in surrealist and avant garde theatre. McCoy went on to play the 7th incarnation of Dr. Who, and Rappaport featured as the character Randall in the darkly twisted amd genius kids movie Time Bandits (1981).
