Thingee
Thingee is a puppet which was used as an unofficial ambassador and icon for New Zealand children's television during the 1990s, appearing in multiple television shows such as The Son of a Gunn Show, and also children's programme, What Now. He appeared on T-shirts, dolls, puzzles and advertising all over New Zealand. He is rumoured to have been voiced by After School camera operator and director Alan Henderson.
Appearance
Thingee was usually presented as a grey humanoid thing with large bulbous eyes, a large toothless snout and a domed head. In a similar manner to the Rainbow characters Zippy and George, he was generally shown from the shoulders up, with one arm.
Character history
According to Stephen Campbell, one of the creators, both Thingee's name and species were accidental. The puppet was originally based on a duck, and the name used as a placeholder until they thought of a proper one.
Thingee first appeared on After School in 1987. Viewers first saw what was believed to be perhaps the egg of a dragon, Thingee existed in egg form for several weeks on the show until he hatched. Thingee first teamed up with Jason Gunn in 1988 when Jason took over as host for After School. Jason and Thingee continued working together in 1989 on After 2.
Podcasts:
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by Ninety Pound Wuss
The New Age
by: Ninety Pound Wussthe eye of the tiger. the eye of the tiger.
olay! olay! olay! olay!
messin' with this spirituality is like playing with a bull.
tuggin' on it's horn.
it's over man, you're through.
for where's your red flag?
not heeding the stop from above.
punch a bull with ignorance.
watch that red flag.
olay! olay! olay! olay! olay!
1, 2, 3, 4.
this new age fun you think is cool.
it's causing you to be a fool.
what's the car, the ____. self oreiented.
that's what, that's who.
and now you're standing in the ring.
full of demons and sins.
unsatisfied is how you stand before God.
cleanse yourself through Jesus Christ!
unsatisfied is how you stand before God.
cleanse yourself through Jesus Christ!
grace abounds were peace is found.
through Christ alone we have fellowship with God.
to know ourselves in only oneness with the Lord and prosper in eternity now.
don't be deceived by the new age.
cleanse yourself though Jesus Christ!
cleanse yourself though Jesus Christ!