M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Apples55 posted:When my oldest nephew was very young (he is now a 27 y.o. NYC cop), as the train fan in the family, I would get shanghaied to sit with him and watch Thomas videos... at least George Carlin played Mr. Conductor!!!
I was partial to Ringo as Mr. Conductor.
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The following comes under the heading of "Had to be done"...
It's like watching two different shows. Ringo has stage presence even in a group setting; and not that Ringo's was awful, but George's narrating was better. The production more polished too.
A couple decades ago I had only "watched" Thomas in passing a few times, without sound, kinda because I saw Ringo. Then I heard George's voice and eventually figured out it was the same show. I figured if they were doing it, it was likely worthwhile, George made the sale though. I didn't really figure out the ties to the books, or that I had some old prints, until about 8 years ago when I stumbled onto those old books at Mom's.
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