Subscribe to RSS 2.0Rentaghost. No.
Unfunny
I could believe one SnowBlog commenter might have fond memories of Rentaghost, but not two. That's like 25% of you or something. Could this be the rosy-tinted rear porthole of nostalgia that everyone now seems to view their childhood TV through? Similar to the effect that made me think Marine Boy was excellent until finally it was reshown and I realised it didn't even make sense (though I still want OxyGum and Jet Boots). My memories of Rentaghost are of thinking how cool the idea of ghosts was - basically they were like indestructible superheroes (c.f. original Randall & Hopkirk, which I loved) - and being so disappointed that all they did was bicker in overly loud voices and make mistakes*. I will admit it was good to start with, but it outstayed its welcome by quite a number of years as far as I was concerned. Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry that backs me up:
*Now that I come to think of it, it's the same objection I have to Torchwood.
Comments: 2
I failed to comment on previous post, but I used to like rentaghost as a child (does that make 33%) and if I can remember it then Rob must have been quite grown up at the time so maybe it was too childish. I remember it to be more like pantomime than anything else. What with the men in the horse costume and all.
Posted by: Emma H on February 7, 2009 06:56 PM
EmmaH, I was eleven when it started, so even then probably a bit old. Whereas you'd have been no more than about five by the time it finished, so maybe you were less likely to feel it was beneath you.
Posted by: Rob on February 7, 2009 10:25 PM