I Is For... "Is It A Kind Of A Dweeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuummmmmmm?"
For a short time at the very tail-end of the 1970s (and I apologise in advance for that terrible pun, which you won't have realised is a terrible pun just yet, but... oh, just read on...), Matthew Butler was quite possibly the most famous four year old in the nation. The reason for this is that he spent his Saturday mornings not actually watching television, but participating in it. For he was the legendary youngster who appeared every week on the Chris Tarrant-led gunge tank fesitval that was "Tiswas", wearing an oversized rabbit costume and 'singing' a very off-key and dodgily-pronounced rendition of Art Garfunkel's horrendously drippy "Watership Down" theme 'Bright Eyes'. "How canta light that burrrds so bwightly suddenly burd so peeel?", enquired young Matthew every week. The question posed by 'Art' was quite probably never supposed to be answered in the first place. However, seeing as the main competition to "Tiswas" was John Craven introducing "a look at some of Britain's disappearing wildlife" and Noel Edmonds holding a telephone, many viewers decided that they would keep watching, no matter how dimly the lyrical light may have been 'burding'.

Update! Matthew Butler, or Matthew Lewis as he is now known, recently got in touch to say thanks for the mention and to say how much he liked the site. A true gentleman, and someone that certain failed early 1990s pop stars could learn a lot from. He also sent in this scan, which explains exactly where he is now...

Thanks again Matthew!