The opening titles to Storybook International, a CITV show from the 80’s. It served as a signal that the next 20 minutes would be spent watching a tedious badly-dubbed foreign-made morality tale, and wondering why He-Man couldn’t be on every night.
Which is why I’ve used the flamboyantly-dressed herald of disappointment as the avatar for Friday’s Short Stories. It seemed appropriate.
Ramshackle Charm 
Rubbish! The Story Teller was awesome. I seem to remember lots of goldfish being ridden by princesses in a white wonderland. Plus He-Man was gay…….
Dude! As if a burly man with long, shiny blond hair, furry speedos and a big magic sword could be construed as gay! OK, he was maybe not as straight as… what was it… lots of goldfish being ridden by princesses in a white wonderland, but c’mon!