2012-02-29, 11:22 AM
Candle Cove
NetNostalgia Forum Television (local)
Skyshale033
Subject: Candle Cove local kids show?
Does anyone remember this kids show? It was called Candle Cove and I must have been 6 or 7. I never found reference to it anywhere so I think it was on a local station around 1971 or 1972. I lived in Ironton at the time. I dont remember which station, but I do remember it was on at a weird time, like 4:00 PM.
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
it seems really familiar to me ..i grew up outside of ashland and was 9 yrs old in 72. candle cove was it about pirates? i remember a pirate marionete at the mouth of a cave talking to a little girl
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
YES! Okay Im not crazy! I remember Pirate Percy. I was always kind of scared of him. He looked like he was built from parts of other dolls, real low-budget. His head was an old porcelain baby doll, looked like an antique that didnt belong on the body. I dont remember what station this was! I dont think it was WTSF though.
Jaren_2005
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Sorry to ressurect this old thread but I know exactly what show you mean, Skyshale. I think Candle Cove ran for only a couple months in 71, not 72. I was 12 and I watched it a few times with my brother. It was channel 58, whatever station that was. My mom would let me switch to it after the news. Let me see what I remember.
It took place in Candle cove, and it was about a little girl who imagined herself to be friends with pirates. The pirate ship was called the Laughingstock, and Pirate Percy wasnt a very good pirate because he got scared too easily. And there was calliope music constantly playing. Dont remember the girls name. Janice or Jade or something. Think it was Janice.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Thank you Jaren!!! Memories flooded back when you mentioned the Laughingstock and channel 58. I remember the bow of the ship was a wooden smiling face, with the lower jaw submerged. It looked like it was swallowing the sea and it had that awful Ed Wynn voice and laugh. I especially remember how jarring it was when they switched from the wooden/plastic model, to the foam puppet version of the head that talked.
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
ha ha i remember now too. do you remember this part skyshale: you have to go INSIDE.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Ugh mike, I got a chill reading that. Yes I remember. Thats what the ship always told Percy when there was a spooky place he had to go in, like a cave or a dark room where the treasure was. And the camera would push in on Laughingstocks face with each pause. YOU HAVE TO GO INSIDE. With his two eyes askew and that flopping foam jaw and the fishing line that opened and closed it. Ugh. It just looked so cheap and awful.
You guys remember the villain? He had a face that was just a handlebar mustache above really tall, narrow teeth.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
i honestly, honestly thought the villain was pirate percy. i was about 5 when this show was on. nightmare fuel.
Jaren_2005
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
That wasnt the villain, the puppet with the mustache. That was the villains sidekick, Horace Horrible. He had a monocle too, but it was on top of the mustache. I used to think that meant he had only one eye.
But yeah, the villain was another marionette. The Skin-Taker. I cant believe what they let us watch back then.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
jesus h. christ, the skin taker. what kind of a kids show were we watching? i seriously could not look at the screen when the skin taker showed up. he just descended out of nowhere on his strings, just a dirty skeleton wearing that brown top hat and cape. and his glass eyes that were too big for his skull. christ almighty.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Wasnt his top hat and cloak all sewn up crazily? Was that supposed to be childrens skin??
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
yeah i think so. rememer his mouth didnt open and close, his jaw just slid back and foth. i remember the little girl said why does your mouth move like that and the skin-taker didnt look at the girl but at the camera and said TO GRIND YOUR SKIN
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Im so relieved that other people remember this terrible show!
I used to have this awful memory, a bad dream I had where the opening jingle ended, the show faded in from black, and all the characters were there, but the camera was just cutting to each of their faces, and they were just screaming, and the puppets and marionettes were flailing spastically, and just all screaming, screaming. The girl was just moaning and crying like she had been through hours of this. I woke up many times from that nightmare. I used to wet the bed when I had it.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
i dont think that was a dream. i remember that. i remember that was an episode.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
No no no, not possible. There was no plot or anything, I mean literally just standing in place crying and screaming for the whole show.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
maybe im manufacturing the memory because you said that, but i swear to god i remember seeing what you described. they just screamed.
Jaren_2005
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Oh God. Yes. The little girl, Janice, I remember seeing her shake. And the Skin-Taker screaming through his gnashing teeth, his jaw careening so wildly I thought it would come off its wire hinges. I turned it off and it was the last time I watched. I ran to tell my brother and we didnt have the courage to turn it back on.
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
i visited my mom today at the nursing home. i asked her about when i was littel in the early 70s, when i was 8 or 9 and if she remebered a kids show, candle cove. she said she was suprised i could remember that and i asked why, and she said because i used to think it was so strange that you said im gona go watch candle cove now mom and then you would tune the tv to static and juts watch dead air for 30 minutes. you had a big imagination with your little pirate show.
NetNostalgia Forum Television (local)
Skyshale033
Subject: Candle Cove local kids show?
Does anyone remember this kids show? It was called Candle Cove and I must have been 6 or 7. I never found reference to it anywhere so I think it was on a local station around 1971 or 1972. I lived in Ironton at the time. I dont remember which station, but I do remember it was on at a weird time, like 4:00 PM.
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
it seems really familiar to me ..i grew up outside of ashland and was 9 yrs old in 72. candle cove was it about pirates? i remember a pirate marionete at the mouth of a cave talking to a little girl
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
YES! Okay Im not crazy! I remember Pirate Percy. I was always kind of scared of him. He looked like he was built from parts of other dolls, real low-budget. His head was an old porcelain baby doll, looked like an antique that didnt belong on the body. I dont remember what station this was! I dont think it was WTSF though.
Jaren_2005
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Sorry to ressurect this old thread but I know exactly what show you mean, Skyshale. I think Candle Cove ran for only a couple months in 71, not 72. I was 12 and I watched it a few times with my brother. It was channel 58, whatever station that was. My mom would let me switch to it after the news. Let me see what I remember.
It took place in Candle cove, and it was about a little girl who imagined herself to be friends with pirates. The pirate ship was called the Laughingstock, and Pirate Percy wasnt a very good pirate because he got scared too easily. And there was calliope music constantly playing. Dont remember the girls name. Janice or Jade or something. Think it was Janice.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Thank you Jaren!!! Memories flooded back when you mentioned the Laughingstock and channel 58. I remember the bow of the ship was a wooden smiling face, with the lower jaw submerged. It looked like it was swallowing the sea and it had that awful Ed Wynn voice and laugh. I especially remember how jarring it was when they switched from the wooden/plastic model, to the foam puppet version of the head that talked.
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
ha ha i remember now too. do you remember this part skyshale: you have to go INSIDE.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Ugh mike, I got a chill reading that. Yes I remember. Thats what the ship always told Percy when there was a spooky place he had to go in, like a cave or a dark room where the treasure was. And the camera would push in on Laughingstocks face with each pause. YOU HAVE TO GO INSIDE. With his two eyes askew and that flopping foam jaw and the fishing line that opened and closed it. Ugh. It just looked so cheap and awful.
You guys remember the villain? He had a face that was just a handlebar mustache above really tall, narrow teeth.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
i honestly, honestly thought the villain was pirate percy. i was about 5 when this show was on. nightmare fuel.
Jaren_2005
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
That wasnt the villain, the puppet with the mustache. That was the villains sidekick, Horace Horrible. He had a monocle too, but it was on top of the mustache. I used to think that meant he had only one eye.
But yeah, the villain was another marionette. The Skin-Taker. I cant believe what they let us watch back then.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
jesus h. christ, the skin taker. what kind of a kids show were we watching? i seriously could not look at the screen when the skin taker showed up. he just descended out of nowhere on his strings, just a dirty skeleton wearing that brown top hat and cape. and his glass eyes that were too big for his skull. christ almighty.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Wasnt his top hat and cloak all sewn up crazily? Was that supposed to be childrens skin??
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
yeah i think so. rememer his mouth didnt open and close, his jaw just slid back and foth. i remember the little girl said why does your mouth move like that and the skin-taker didnt look at the girl but at the camera and said TO GRIND YOUR SKIN
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Im so relieved that other people remember this terrible show!
I used to have this awful memory, a bad dream I had where the opening jingle ended, the show faded in from black, and all the characters were there, but the camera was just cutting to each of their faces, and they were just screaming, and the puppets and marionettes were flailing spastically, and just all screaming, screaming. The girl was just moaning and crying like she had been through hours of this. I woke up many times from that nightmare. I used to wet the bed when I had it.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
i dont think that was a dream. i remember that. i remember that was an episode.
Skyshale033
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
No no no, not possible. There was no plot or anything, I mean literally just standing in place crying and screaming for the whole show.
kevin_hart
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
maybe im manufacturing the memory because you said that, but i swear to god i remember seeing what you described. they just screamed.
Jaren_2005
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
Oh God. Yes. The little girl, Janice, I remember seeing her shake. And the Skin-Taker screaming through his gnashing teeth, his jaw careening so wildly I thought it would come off its wire hinges. I turned it off and it was the last time I watched. I ran to tell my brother and we didnt have the courage to turn it back on.
mike_painter65
Subject: Re: Candle Cove local kids show?
i visited my mom today at the nursing home. i asked her about when i was littel in the early 70s, when i was 8 or 9 and if she remebered a kids show, candle cove. she said she was suprised i could remember that and i asked why, and she said because i used to think it was so strange that you said im gona go watch candle cove now mom and then you would tune the tv to static and juts watch dead air for 30 minutes. you had a big imagination with your little pirate show.
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