Talk:Captain Pugwash

message: When invention of history supersedes available source material, i.e. actual, available recordings, one must wonder about the motives behind the rewriting of history.  If it happens on an article about a children's TV series it presumably happens in a more disconcerting way to much other "history" within Wikipedia". 
1984, Brave New World: meet your early incarnations in Wikipedia.  Welcome to Newspeak / thoughtcrime.
(I worked in the industry (BBC) during the era of Captain Pugwash and the choice of names such as Master Bates, and many others in many other programmes, was well practised and well understood. Fast forward 50 years and a new generation of children swallow a diet of factual make-believe).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.118.68.234 (talk) 20:02, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sanitising" Master Bates? 

message: I don't remember Ben Dover being alleged, just Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.72.251.53 (talk) 21:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're right, and Snopes agrees. I've removed the Ben Dover reference and added a link to Snopes as a source for the urban myth. Mooncow (talk) 18:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ben Dover]]? 

message: Is the character of Wanka real? Even if the other "dirty names" are urban legends, that one is listed among the real characters. —Angr 05:17, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The character mentioned above was not real, and the IP contribution is WP:OR and irrelevant to the article Stephenb (Talk) 06:12, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

text: Trog was not Humphrey Lyttleton, it was his friend Wally Fawkes. Maproom (talk) 17:21, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

text: And, likewise, when people imagine there weren't 'obscene' (sic) names that is often wrong. 81.168.78.33 (talk) 19:32, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wanka? 

message: Where does "Pugwash" come from?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.25.106.209 (talk) 15:53, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article currently suggests the origin as Pugwash, Nova Scotia. Mooncow (talk) 18:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of Name 

message: The list of Television Episodes in the article does not correspond to episodes I know. Are they names of episodes in the new series? Mooncow (talk) 18:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episodes 

message: The following is unsourced information:
*Captain Pugwash appeared in a skit on That Mitchell and Webb Look as a patron in a bar who overhears a conversation regarding the quality of his former show.  It is also mentioned that he currently dates the actor who played King Rollo.
* John Ryan attended Ampleforth College which has a strong rivalry with Sedbergh School; as a tribute to this Captain Pugwash and master Mate wear red and black clothes which are Ampleforth's colours and Cut-throat Jake wears brown trousers and a yellow top which are Sedbergh's colours
While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 00:14, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: this sketch did appear in episode one of season one of that mitchell and webb look. clip is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bbVsLsDsJw  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.195.118.23 (talk) 17:01, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced material 

message: Is it really necessary to explain why "Flying Dustman" and "Roger the cabin boy" are funny? It rather spoils the jokes. Maproom (talk) 10:04, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, to cater for an international audience. "Dustman" isn't much used outside the UK ("garbage" or "trash" instead). Similarly Roger. After all, it takes an Australian to explain "pugwash" to a Brit, as that's not a common term in the UK either. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. At least no-one has explained "Seaman Staines". Maproom (talk) 10:47, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explaining jokes 

message: Category:Media franchises
75.80.129.37 (talk) 03:46, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: 75.80.129.37 (talk) 04:50, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

text: Question: How is a movie an Media franchise?  I don't understand that claim.  Please clarify and reactivate this request. —  (e • t • c) 13:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2014 

message: :Category:Media franchises
75.80.129.37 (talk) 06:36, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —  (e • t • c) 12:13, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2014 

message: Are there any surviving episodes from the original 87 black and white episodes?  The article refers to them as numbered episodes without titles and leaves them out of the section television episodes. I found a clip of one as part of a news story shown as an obituary to John Ryan on .
(can this be linked to in the main article?).
One controversy the clip puts to bed is that the original b/w cabin boy is called Tom (never Roger). The clip also comments on the source of the original mis-named (by a comedian) characters which had caused some distress to John Ryan.
I am old enough to remember the original b/w series, this was in a different age of innocence 'Carry-On' british humour and the play on words of the Master Mate character was probably un-intended and later regretted and could explain why these episodes are no longer available. Brian R Hunter (talk) 09:46, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 1957 TV episodes 

message: Please can you update the external link:
Captain Pugwash Interactive Storybook
New URL: http://www.outpost221.com/
Thanks. MRProtoss (talk) 00:15, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because Wikipedia doesn't provide links to websites violating copyright: "The Captain Pugwash Interactive storybook holds no rights to any material displayed here." AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:50, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

text: Not done:  As stated by AndyTheGrump, per WP:COPYLINK, external links to websites holding copyrighted material without permission aren't permissible. Do not let this discourage you, however! Wikipedia has a lot of policies, and getting to know them all comes with time. Cheers, and happy editing! ––Sirdog9002 (talk) 01:41, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2021