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Pat Sharp's Fun House Turns 26 Today!
It's wacky! It's fun! It's cr-a-a-a-zy! It's outrageous!!
We can hardly grasp it! The TV icon that raised us through the 80s is turning an amazing 26 years old today!
Yep way back in 1989, we were first introduced to one of the most loved places frankly in the world, The Fun House! It had everything, fun messy games (loved the gunge!), head to head school battles, questions, go-carts and of course (the guy who puts the fun into Fun House) Pat Sharp and his twin cheerleaders Mel and Martina. What more could we have possibly wanted??
Running for an impressive ten years, Fun House was THE kids show of the 90s and was the one place every kid wanted to visit and make as much mess as possible.
For those not in the know, Fun House consisted of two teams from separate schools who would battle it out in and around the Fun House to earn points. After each game there would be a series of questions that could also earn extra points for each team.
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Hope everyone is making good use of the sunshine as well as of course catching the odd Wold Cup game or Wimbledon match...did someone say Pimms? :)
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SPOTTED! Our Exclusive Pat Sharp Fun House T-Shirt on Burkatron.com
As you know, we LOOOVE working with fashion and lifestyle blogs and of course getting to see our very own designs getting the styled up treatment and getting to look their best. Who wouldn't right?
Spotting our latest blogger feature, we just had to let you guys in on the action and take a look at who has been the rocking one of our exclusive designs on our very own corner of the internet!
Spotted on the amazing Burkatron.com which is run by the creative and super stunning Caroline Burke! Caroline took our very own Pat Sharp Fun House T-Shirt to the streets of London, coupling this 80s design with some amazing daisy shorts, blue mesh bomber jacket, summery sandals and feather bag. What a look!
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 51!
Mrs Foley's baby boy! It's only gone and become the weekend.
So, like a friendly proprietor of fine baked goods. Let us bake for you a cake full of creamy celluloid pleasure, we'll sprinkle on hundreds and thousands of mega movie moments as the aroma of retro cinematic decadence fills your nostrils. Tasty.
SATURDAY 11th MAY
The Princess Bride (1987)5* 3:10pm-5:10pm (2 hours)
A cynical youngster becomes entranced by his grandfather's magical tales, which revolve around a stable-boy's heroic quest to rescue his lost love from the clutches of an evil prince, with the aid of a vengeance-seeking Spanish swashbuckler and his hulking sidekick. Rob Reiner's comic fantasy adventure, with Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk and Fred Savage.
My Girl (1991)Sky Movies Drama & Romance 3:45pm-5:30pm (1 hour 45 minutes)
Pat Sharp Talks Twins, TV and T-Shirts!
February 1989 will be remembered for a number of interesting reasons. The Soviet army withdrew its last troops from occupied Afghanistan; Sky TV launched in Europe; Salman Rushdie had a $3m bounty placed on his head and the first GPS satellite was launched into space.
But here at Truffle Towers, the big news of February 1989 was the launch of the best kids TV game show that has ever been! Set in a zany obstacle course, Fun House delighted us young telly addicts with it's fast paced Grand Prix, gungey games and the tag hunt finale around the house.
Fun House became an immediate hit, propelling it's host Pat Sharp into TV stardom. Pat hosted each of the 146 episodes of the show's 11 year run and has since appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Come Dine With Me and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out O Here!, famously messing with Lorraine Chase's teddy and causing "Tedwardgate".
Today, Pat hosts the afternoon show on national Smooth Radio, runs an online presenter academy (www.presenteracademy.co.uk) and spins his wheels of steel DJing at events all over the world.
We're lucky enough to work directly with Pat on our range of Pat Sharp T-Shirts and Fun House T-Shirts and thought you TruffleShufflers would be as interested as we were to hear some of Pat's memories of working in kids TV in the 80s and 90s.
TS: Let's get the obvious questions asked first Pat... What was the best and worst thing about owning such an impressive mullet?
PS: I think the best thing about the mullet was the fact that twenty years later, people still remember it and talk about it! Not many people can say that their haircut from the 80's is still a talking point!
Re-run the Fun! Fun House is BACK (with Pat Sharp too of course!)
If just hearing the words Fun House brings back that rosy glow of childhood nostalgia then boy do we have a treat for you!
Hosted by the legend that is Pat Sharp along with his faithful sidekicks, the unforgettable blonde cheerleader twins Melanie and Martina, it featured frankly amazing games that any kid would give his right arm to play, not forgetting of course the excellent final go-cart battle....
A game! AND a race! A real wacky place!The show had a very credible ten year run from 1989 to 1999 but just when you thought that it was doomed to only live on in your childhood memories forever, we're bringing it back in T-Shirt form!
