Morning All.



How about TEDDY BEAR - Elvis Presley

Good Morning again -



Suggest - TEDDY BEAR - Elvis



SIMON SMITH & HIS AMAZING DANCING BEAR - Alan Price Set

DANCING BEAR - The Mamas and the Papas

BEARS - Lyle Lovett

ME AND MY TEDDY BEAR - Rosemary Clooney

POLAR BEAR - Queen (never released as a single, so may not be possible)

Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear by Alan Price set

Teddy Bear by Elvis

Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson from DISNEY JUNGLE Book

Morning All,



The bear(bare) necessities Jungle Book/Phil Harris





Have a good day everyone

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Feeling decidedly lurgified this morning - not good. Still, I'm mainlining Lemsip (other cold remedies...) and am confident that all will be well for the big adventure tomorrow.



So how about playing



RUNNING BEAR by Johnny Preston



Or THE BEAR NECESSITIES from Jungle Book



Back later



Deebee X

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC - Henry Hall

#7 #8 Great minds! Share?



X

THE EAGLE AND THE BEAR - Kris Kristofferson

ME AND MY TEDDY BEAR - Peter Gabriel

Morning all



Can we have the theme from 'Help it's the Hair Bear Bunch', please.



So don't yell, help, help, here come the bears...

Morning Simon,



Thanks so much for playing 'Isn't She Lovely' yesterday, it really made mine and my daughter's day! Squeals of delight all round.



Not sure if I know many songs about bears...I suppose Rupert is out? I shall go on a bear hunt...back shortly.



Mcw x

Teddy Bears Picnic by Henry Hall and orchestra featuring Val Roseng singer

Morning Simon, morning all



Howz about:



HONEY HONEY - ABBA



HONEY - MOBY



SYRUP AND HONEY - DUFFY



WILD HONEY - U2



Good day all



JbG

'the love I've lost' Teddy Pendergrass ( Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes)



best i can do for a soulie tune :-D

I nearly forgot one of the old-school Radio 2 classics



HONEY - BOBBY GOLDSBORO



Featuring the fantastic lines,



She wrecked the car and she was sad

And so afraid that I'd be mad

But what the heck.



WHAT THE HECK???

#7 #16 elaine - #2 #10



Are you reading my mind?



Love



BP

ODE TO A KOALA BEAR - Paul McCartney

HONEYBEAR - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Hi all,



How about;



PATCHES - DICKIE LEE



Cheers,



Kev

A TASTE OF HONEY - The Beatles

#20 Billy Im disabled takes me ages to type messeges

Or (tenuous Goldilocks link coming up...)



TOO HOT - KOOL AND THE GANG



Cheers,



Kev

Rupert and the Frog Song by P.Mcartney

Have had a thunk, how about:



RAINBOW by MARMALADE as Bungle was a bear in Rainbow and Paddington Bear's favourite food.... marmalade sandwiches!



Mcw X

#25 elaine -



It's the great minds saying

HONEY HI - Fleetwood Mac

Simon, you could use this as background 'bedding' music to the theme introduction perhaps...



Trail of The Lonesome Pine by Laurel and Hardy!



:-) Just a thought! x

WINNIE THE POOH - Carly Simon (Theme song from movie)

That's me thunked out.



Have Nicetimes everyone.



Love



BP

Morning all.



The Bear Necessities you say!



Interesting?



No day would be complete without a U2 suggestion so I give you "The Sweetest Thing". Closest you get to a cuddly toy with me!



GB

READY TEDDY - Buddy Holly (or Elvis Presley)

BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE - Jethro Tull (Back to the Rainbow suggestion earlier)

BARNEY - Loretta Lynn (Barney Bear was in many MGM cartoons)

Stretching it a bit perhaps, but CONVOY - CW McCall (lots of references to the police as "bears").

BOBO ON THE CORNER - Beastie Boys

Hi Everyone, First post so be gentle!

How about the theme tune to Rupert the Bear,

Or the version by the Toy Dolls....

Meanwhile, on a different tangent:



HUG YOU, SQUEEZE YOU - STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE



I WANT TO HUG YOU - JOHN LEE HOOKER



HIP HUG HER - BOOKER T AND THE MG'S (Simon, would make a fab bit of background music, if you fancy a change from the Morris dancing...!)



Anyone else find any good hugging toons?



JbG

#40 Hi David. Welcome to the madhouse! :-)



Cheers,



Kev

A small return to a topic yesterday - someone was asking for new music recommendations. Have you heard the Mt. Desolation album? Very fine indeed. In fact, MR M played one of the tracks on Drivetime (this being my introduction to them).

#40 David - welcome!



#43 Andrew - thanks for the auggestion (you had to be there..). Will add it to my "must listen to" list.



I'm currently listening to a band called Annie Hall - albums are Carousel, and Cloud Cuckoo Land. All I know is they are Italian but sing in (and sound and feel) very english.

Hooray



At last I've caught up with the topic on the same day



Please may I suggest Cuddly Toy by Roachford



Off to have a marmalade sandwich ...

Or if I may go off on a tangent The Pina Colada Song by RUPERT Holmes

Well if we are going down the Paddington/marmalade route, it has to be



LADY MARMALADE - Patti Labelle or All Saints

Or there's the other sort of bare ... Naked in the Rain by Blue Pearl

morning



running bear-jonny preston



rupert the bear-jacky



sexy eyes-dr hook(one wears an eye patch)



simon smith and his amazing dancing bear-alan price



bear nessesities-jungle book

well done on who evey gets 50

its me well done 2 me off 2 work soon

3 word thursday



funny old weather

Howdy all!



Sorry for the late start - meetings, meetings, meetings.



SO excited about tomorrow!



Deebee, please get better! I will bring some fishermen and their friends just to keep you topped up!



Love the "Me and My Teddy Bear" suggestion from Billie. One of my faves when I was little and it was the B side to the "Silver Bells" Terry / Aled CD last Christmas! Guess which one got played the most!



Half day at work today so heading off now on the continuing quest for Pudsey ears! Will poop back later.



A-G

Hi Everyone and, of course, Simon and The Team,



Just pooping by to wish everyone a fabby day tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing all the tales. I'll be thinking of you all.



Good luck on the Pudsey ears hunt, Alex.



~ xxx

Good Afternoon Each! Still strapped for time, so the only suggestion from me is that we should put aside fake Harry for a bit, and give the real one a rare airing with...



'Mama, Look A BooBoo' by Harry Belafonte





And I would just like to express my admiration for all of the bloggers and bloggpoppets giving up their time for C.I.N. tomorrow, and wish you all the very best. Safe journeys all.

Hi Everyone and, of course, Simon and The Team,



Just pooping by to wish everyone a fabby day tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you all.



Good luck on the Pudsey ears hunt, Alex.



~ xxx

#56 I'm getting deja vue



;o)

Update on my lurgy. I gave up at work and came home earlier and went to bed. Feeling a bit better now, and I might go for a bit more sleep this afternoon. I'm not normally this pathetic, but I REALLY want to be up to full strength for tomorrow so that I can fully enjoy the day. And I get the feeling it's going to be quite hard work, as well as being great fun. So I don't want to be flagging half way through the afternoon. Although I'm sure the adrenalin and excitement will keep me going!



Deebee X

hi all its got to be the bear nessesities from the jungle book wouldnt it be great to have a jungle book double in one week

Afternoon all



See we've got the jumping blog back again!



Just want to say good luck and have a great time to all CiN volunteers for tomorrow - hope you get better soon, Deebee and McW and have a great day.



Tortie x

Repeat after me, al - bu quer - que

#58 - Deebee - Doh! don't know what occurred there - could be doing with a delete button - I thought the mods would've impounded it as it was a repeat. Hope you're feeling better soonly my lovely and that the lurgy doesn't spoil your day tomorrow. Take extra care. Message me with all your happy tales :) x



#61 - Hot dog, jumping frog - Al-bu quer-que



~

#58 Deebs, know how you feel! The L*msip is keeping me feeling vaguely human, and I'm just contemplating taking out the dog, to get some fresh air and blow away any cobwebs. Hope that an afternoon of rest will have you soon feeling tip top tomorrow. See you at the station!



Mcw x

#61 I couldn't think how to spell it and don't, at the mo, have time to look it up!



x

#63 - Hope you're feeling better tomorrow my lovely - take extra care - I hope the fresh air does the trick :) x



#64 - I knew what you meant :) x Hope you're well. Will try to get some time on FB to message you.



Toodle-oo for noo xxx



~

Well that's interesting... I've been wondering all week what you lot have been going on about, all this Albuquerque (I did look it up!) nonsense. I've been blogging at work (shh - don't tell the boss) with no problems at all. But this afternoon I'm at home on my laptop. Hot dog indeed...



Mcw - we'd better make sure we sit next to each other, so we don't spread our germs around too much. I'm just having a cup of tea and a chocolate brownie (for energy), then I might take a leaf out of your book and take the dog for a walk.



And I've just spoken on the phone to a lovely lady called Alex :o) We have Pudsey ears and badges. We're good to go!!



Deebee X

Hello All,



Jumping blog!



I would like to wish all the CiN bloggers all the very best for tomorrow, I certainly admire what you are doing and hope you have a good day

Jumping blog indeed!! Maybe it gets indigestion after lunch.



Pudsey ears? Check.

Pudsey badges? Check.

Pudsey bandana? Check.

Pudsey cookie cutter? Check.

Pudsey t-shirt? Uh uh. None to be found.



Not sure of purpose of cookie cutter. Well, of course I know what it's FOR, but not sure why I thought I needed one for tomorrow!!



Hope the rest of you play nicely tomorrow whilst we're gone. Don't forget to phone!!

Hi again.



I was fortunate to get 2 tickets to the R2 Christmas Quiz which is next Wednesday evening. CLP is quiz master and our own esteemed leader is a panellist together with Ken Bruce and others. Deebee and Misstoedipper are also going.



Unfortunately, Mr P can't go with me so I have a ticket spare. Would a blogger care to join me? I don't bite!



Let me know and I will provide full details.



A-G

#69 Alex, Next Wednesday Hmmm. Unless something happens first, or there are too many emergencies, I'm getting a new grandson next Wednesday.



I don't think disappearing to something like tat would be looked on to kindly :)

Afternoon All



Albuquerque!

#70. I think grandson has to take the priority Alex!

May I speak to all the bloggers who are doing CiN tomorrow?



You'll all be full of happycitement and be looking forward to Nicetimes.

Well, I'm sure you will have Nicetimes. I imagine it will be hard work but thoroughly rewarding.



Well done all of you for volunteering. Take Care of yourselves and ENJOY.



Thought I'd get this in now in case you're all too busy to read later.



Lots of Love



BP

#70 AlexH



I think you dropped this



h











A dropped h!



HA HA!

I’d like to make a confession. Children in Need has never really got my interest or touched me. Somehow the sight of Terry Wogan (who I’m not a big fan of) and all the other celebs parading on primetime TV didn’t actually connect with me, nor shed any light on where the money is going and how it will be of any benefit. Not sure if the reason was their bad communication, or my ignorance, or just being male. Sorry, it’s just the way it is.



But I know it’s a controversial thing to say on this blog, and I wanted to be honest, so please bear with me (no Pudsey pun intended), and read my story below.



Last night I was travelling back from the England game at Wembley. You know the feeling – a damp November night, dark and rainy, 85,000 fans filling the nasty northwest London streets , being funneled onto crowded platforms, waiting for trains which were late, cancelled, or already too packed to get on. An overwhelmingly male environment, without trouble but a bit sombre. England had lost to the French, it’s 10.30, and we all just wanted to get home and to a warm bed.



In the packed train carriage, as most people just read the recycled battered copies of Metro or the Standard or texted and phoned the usual messages of ‘’I’m on the train, see you in about an hour”, the voices of two very drunk men rose above everything else. Not just drunk – institutionally, aggressively, clinically alcoholic, recognisable in their voices, etched on their faces. As the train rumbled on, their post-match analysis of the efforts of Fabio, Stevie G and Crouchy continued to be fuelled by the cans of cheap lager in their hands, and punctuated – no, actually glued together - by the f-word and c-word, one after the other after the other, spat out with casual venom for the players and manager, and total disregard for the other passengers, young and old, French and English.



Sitting next to one of these men was a small boy, around four years old, all togged up in the latest Chelsea and England football gear. As the abusive language continued, the boy yawned a series of tired yawns, hardly able to keep his red rimmed eyes open in the harsh fluorescent lighting, and finally slumped over to the side, reaching out with one arm, to cuddle up to his dad. His dad, who continued his vile and incoherent ramblings.



The boy announced he wanted to go the toilet, almost certainly the result of spending all evening consoled by supersize cups of Diet Coke, while his father and his mate had downed the pints. They laughed and teased him, and said he’d “have to tie a knot in it, if it’s big enough”.



A few minutes later, the father’s mate taunted him with a song, asking “Who thinks Chelsea fans are c _ _ _ s?”. Rising from his half-sleep in his father’s lap, the four year old opened one eye , lifted his hand, and gave the middle-finger salute across the carriage.



Finally, we reached the end of the line, the carriage still full. The two men stood up, the father holding his son over his shoulder, the way that all dads do, the little boy putting his arms around his dad’s neck, the way all small children do. As the train slowed down and and came to a halt, the men wobbled and lurched from side to side, other passengers steadying the father with his precious cargo to prevent any further damage that evening.



They disappeared down the platform, the boy’s red England hat drawing less attention in the crowd than the accompanying cries by his side of “Eng-ger-land, Eng-ger-land, Eng-ger-land”.



This morning when my alarm went off and the daily routine began, waking up my own children for school, watching them eating their breakfast, their sugar-free playtime snacks carefully packed in their bags, polished shoes ready by the front door, and the usual banter about teachers, science lessons, and various friends, I wondered where that little boy was waking up, and thought about what would happen to him today, tomorrow and during the rest of his so-called childhood, and I said a quiet and intense prayer.



Call me a snob, call me naïve, call me blinkered or a do-gooder, but today I realised why this week’s events are critical, and have made my first donation to Children in Need.



(Sorry for the long post)

#75 No need to apologise ... what a touching story and good for you x

#75 JbG - I'm crying

#77 Sorry to upset you Billie. I thought long and hard before posting this. But decided it was worth sharing, to put things into perspective.

#75. John, you have really moved me and big tear is rolling down my face.



I and, I am sure, many others here have similar tales of scenes we have seen that made us count our blessings. I am giving ups days pay tomorrow for the memory of a little boy called Craig who I knew many years ago. His life was doomed from the outset and, with the right help, it could have been so different for him. That's why I am doing this.



Thank you all so much for your good wishes for tomorrow. I am very excited but also nervous about meeting everyone.



Thanks for your story John.

#75, John, I am truly moved by your post

Hi all



John, thank you for sharing such a moving story.



Alex G, sorry i can't be with you and everyone tomorrow.



Hope you all have a good evening.



csn. xx

John B, what a moving story and so eloquently written. It is very sad that such a young child is subjected to such behaviour, and it is sadder still to know that he probably is not alone in his plight.



x

#75 JBG thanks fpr sharing your story so eloquently. How sad and how worrying x

#83 that'll be "for". I blame it on typing through the tears x

MCW & Debee - hope you are still around to read this. Hope you both feel better tomorrow and are able to enjoy the day. Looking forward to hearing all about it.



Well done to all bloggers who are giving up their time to help. Look forward to speaking to one of you tomorrow.



Mo x

Final comment for now - well done Billie Blogger!



Once I get started, it's difficult to stop me LOL x

Well done Billie

Well done Billie!

Nice one, B-P

And well done to Deebee!

Well done Billie and Deebee!

Well done Deebee

Just looked at the webcam. Looks like a bottle of wine and some glasses in the bottom of the picture!

Glad I got home early. Sally traffic just mentioning big delays stretching out most of my route home. Hope not too much damage as a result of the accident x

Missed DeeBee mensh. Was it a toon? x

WooHoo! Well Done John B Good!

You're having a good week JBG x

Well done Deebee & JbG



Missed all the mensh for Elvis, wasn't concentrating tonight and it's JbG's fault!

get this out the way

yes?