Loved writing this song for Jackie Lee all those years ago it was my first big break into theme music and I still have very fond memories of those great 70s days. Ron Roker
God this takes me back . I still love this classic song from a great brilliant childhood children's TV series. A special time in place of when I was a young Boy watching Rupert the Bear .
This is such a happy song, but instead it made me cry as its nostalgia transported me back to my childhood when I would watch with my late mother. She's been gone for 19 years now, but every day, evokes a beautiful memory of her. Miss you so much mum. I will always love you. 💕
Hi 💗💖 I'm the same Rupert the bear was my favourite as a child 💗 brought a tear to my eye , the innocence of youth. My mum & dad are also are gone, listening to this Theme song , I can't help but have lovely memories of my childhood.🙏💖🙏🎶
My dad gave me a Rubert Teddy bear when I was 6, and he sang the chorus of the song and it went "🎵Rubert, Rubert the bear, everyone wonders and everyone cares, (then repeat)", and then he said that there were also many verses, and that it was a long song
OMG, the memories that flooded my mind when listening to this. It reminded me of being a kid and watching it with my mum and brother (who have both sadly passed away). I wished I could go back to those times, even just for a day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Now I'm in my late 40's, I realize that these Rupert series, -whether on telly or as I had them: on paper- helped us kiddies of that generation to grow up without hang-ups, or prejudicies about people different to us.
When I was 6, almost 7, I was given a stuffed Rubert teddy bear. And my dad told me the lyrics for the song, he sang it and it went "🎶Rubert, Rubert the bear, everyone wonders and everyone cares. Rubert, Rubert the bear, everyone wonders and everyone cares", then he said that that was the chorus, and that there were also many verses, it was a long song
@musical memory lane: When you put it that way it definitely lets me see it from a different perspective. Hearing the song was a nostalgic moment. Thanks for posting.
@Goat Man Oooh baby I know the difference between your and you're and that's good for you that English wasn't your first language. But You said " OmG YoU RaCiSt, what the matter? Never been to Africa ???" (Never been to AFRICA) So basically you're saying Africans look like that. ( 0:54 )
My hospital companion... along with Lamb shepherds pie - my feeling poorly comfort food and dustbin Lily- my friend! I loved Rupert... and my auntie... shame there was soo much jealousy in the family....
This theme song actually charted in the UK back in 1971 and reached number 14. It also finished at number 7 in Penguin's Best TV themes of all time. It ws sung by Irish singer Jackie Lee.
I started hearing this and I was going to say that I don't remember hearing this theme when I was a kid. Then a second later, I remembered this was from the 70's version with the puppets. I was thinking of the 90's cartoon they had on Nick Jr.
I used to love rupert the bear cartoon and especially the theme song, i always loved singing along to it, so catchy and happy,i still love it now after all these years,wonder who sang it? i would love to know!
I never used to watch it, but what was it on just before? Something came on just after this, which was why I had it on and why I remember the tune...what could I have been waiting for to start on tv, following this?
Wow, anyone notice the song skips a beat around 30 seconds? Fantastic. Dave Bennett did a video on songs that skip a beat. Music for kid's shows was so amazing back then.
I was hoping to find a drill 'n' bass remix. Seriously, I was around as a very young boy at the time, and didn't get the whole Rupert thing. Still on iconic tune I suppose.
Never liked this as a little boy but the TV series song sung by the great Jackie Lee, from Dublin like me ,I thought was great and its in my music collection
Omg. I played this for an American friend who didn’t know what I was talking about & had NO idea the horrifically racist image was going to pop up - I don’t know how I never saw those characters before! 😱
Yeah, I'm American and my husband is English. Rupert was aired in the US on Nick, Jr. in the 90s and I was telling him about the theme song we heard there. He said he didn't recognize it, but he grew up in England in the 70s. He just sent me this link because this was the tune he remembered, but he didn't even realize these images were in it until I paused it and showed him. Stunning, indeed. I think it doesn't register when you're a kid, so you're not going to remember them as such. When you're reintroduced to it as an adult it's very eye-opening and sad, actually.
@reynellie nah when u look at it in a different light rupert had the gollywogs interests at heart :) by puttung them in the show kids from racist backgrounds can see black people in a freindly and fun enviroment and be re educated that u can be friends with someone different , good always comes from bad if u look hard enough :D
@LukeSkyscraper Ohh now that is interesting, I don't recall seeing Gollywogs when I used to watch Noddy (the originals) Were they animated for the series at all? and that rollercoaster sounds way cool C: I wanna ride :D
Not sure why everyone's going on about Gollywogs, but I would just like to point out that they are just dolls, and shouldn't offend or humiliate anyone because they are inanimate. They are full of cotton wool.
I think, that there is nothing wrong with these 'gollywogs'. They are an animated representation of African people or other people of that ethnic background. What about Rupert? Is Rupert racist because he to is an animated representation, but of a bear? What if those people were white little girls with blonde hair and blue eyes. Would that be racist too? I think including people of other ethnic backgrounds is good for children to acknowledge other societies. That picture is harmless. :)
When I was 6, my dad gave me a Rubert Teddy bear, and he told me the song went like this: "Rubert, Rubert the bear, everyone wonders and everyone cares. Rubert, Rubert the bear, everyone wonders and everyone cares", and he said that that was the chorus, and that there were many verses too, that it was a long song
Thanks for posting. Years since I heard this. Dunno what all these guys are on about, as far as I know and am concerned, this indeed is THE Rupert theme
@N15man I used to have a collection of gollywog pin badges that u sent off for with robinsons jam when i was a kid and i never once looked at them badges as anything racist.Just a happy looking black man who was playing cricket and footy etc.Having issues over such things actually makes the woirld feel more racist and fake trying to pretend racism is not there when it clearly is . And if there wasnt racism then the hate would just be passed on to something else like hair colour or how rich u are
@@Alicethegoon-q6y I'd postulate that as all the other animals have human hands Edward has probably lost his fingers in a threshing accident. He's very lucky as the stumps now look like Elephant hands.
@@fjell6543 it’s unusual seeing these characters with human hands, we’re they just like uncanny valley creatures that don’t exist or just some person came up to make these abominations. The plain white hands look better in the comics than the annual covers with that creepy Rupert smile
@LukeSkyscraper Ahh well I had a couple of videos of the Noddy series, some of the very first ones I believe because it was when Noddy found his way there... Ohh and apparently they renamed Big Ears because it was ;offensive' to big eared people? :/ I'm sorry, but Big Ears obviously liked being called that -_- and he never took any offense to it. I think people should take his example and just bloody chill! C:
And? We're not going to cancel Rupert the Bear because of the illustrations, are we? Neither should we edit out. There are so many programmes and films gathering dust because of wokeness. This was that era. It's historical. Let's talk about it. Not hide it. Any one that finds it too offensive should just move on to the content that appeases them. Rather than ruin it for the largely positive reminiscing from people of all backgrounds that have been delighted by this piece of our childhood.
