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Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
2011-02-13 17:48:08

You might want to try browsing TV Cream and see if anything rings a bell; this sort of thing seems to be their forté.

If it helps, the description of iced bread with sprinkles sounds like fairy bread, a treat that’s popular in Australia, so this might be an Australian show.

pikafan (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2011-02-13 21:06:47

I may be wrong about this but the talking backpack sounds like Dora The Explorer (any episode) and the girl being pushed underwater by a friend sounds like what Dawn did to Leona at the end of the season 11 episode Hot Springing A Leak from Pokemon. But those two scenes are probalby not what you are looking for.

Edited by pikafan
PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
2011-02-13 21:22:18

Lift Off. Australian TV series, 1992-1996. Quasi-educational, many surreal interpolations, talking backpacks and talking elevator.

Wikipedia.

Official web site, with pictures that might look familiar and episode guide that includes "Kim and Poss enjoy swimming in the pool at the Stinson's until Kim is pushed under. Kim comes to terms with her fears with Lotis' help and dives under water." (Lotis is the talking elevator.)

Youtube clip, just to prove we're not both imagining this.

Edited by PaulA
Mazz Since: May, 2012
2011-02-13 23:22:30

I just watched the clip and I'm still not sure I didn't imagine it. Holy Surreality, Batman! o_o

Scarab Since: Jan, 2001
2011-02-14 08:01:48

Holy crud, it really happened! I TOLD THEM I WASN'T CRAZY!

Thanks, you lot are seriously awesome, even if you may have unintentionally reawakened memories my subconscious was trying to block out. In retrospect I'm faily sure now that I recall Australian accents. My own personal Brown Note. This is a... very pointless concern solved. Ta very much.

...I wonder if I can find that sequence with the backpack spitting everything out...

Edited by Scarab
pikafan (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2011-02-16 04:00:45

The backpack spitting everything out sounds like the backpack backpack scene(s) in Dora The Explorer.

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