First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on June 6th 2021

Episode thirty five of VISION ON SOUND finds regular guest contributor PAUL CHANDLER returning to talk about his passion for those pop bands who were primarily manufactured for television programmes.

So we talk about cartoon bands such as The Archies, and Josie and the Pussycats (In Outer Space!) - as well as briefly considering the cartoon variants of The Jackson Five and The Beatles - and briefly ponder upon those puppety television icons Pinky and Perky. We discuss the whole strange phenomenon of costumed bands such as Animal Kwackers, The Banana Splits (including their appearance in a Horror Movie), and The Wombles - adding a slight touch of credibility by segueing into memories of Gorillaz, KISS, and, um, Lordi.

The more human end of the scale is covered by our conversation moving on to The Monkees, The Partridge Family, and Flintlock, alongside S-Club-7 and the Spielbergian possibilities of Supergrass, before we move on to the more recent era and shows like The X Factor and its ilk.

PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content sometimes has to be removed for the podcast edition. All the spoken word content remains (mostly) as it was in the broadcast version. Hopefully this won't spoil your enjoyment of the show.