Postman pat tv#

Letters don't get delivered, but the local postman is always happy to help with any other matter which you need sorting out. Or perhaps he's supposed to be the institution of the Royal Mail itself, to which the same description could apply. It is of course possible that Postman Pat was intended to represent the archetypal Royal Mail postman: very pleasant, but doesn't actually do anything. Pat always got distracted by something else, something much more interesting, which could be anything from a freak weather condition to an imminent visit of the vicar's sister. There'll be a knock, ring, letters through your door!īut this never ever happened. Occasionally, he would drive up to the post box (which was, as far as I could tell, interestingly positioned somewhere a considerable distance outside the village) and get the letters out of it, then drive off again in his red van, but I don't remember a single instance in which he would actually post said letters through anyone's door. The problem with the programme - as far as I can remember I haven't actually seen it for several years - was that Pat never posted any letters. The writers of Postman Pat doubtless realised that this (which was probably the first draft of the programme) was a non-starter, and altered the formula accordingly.

Postman pat tv#

Despite the notorious thickness of TV executives during the 80s (I mean, they licensed programmes like He-Man: they'd have to be stupid), even they weren't stupid enough to give the 'go' signal to a programme which, every week, featured a postman just posting letters. It's perhaps just as well that he chose to spend his time in this manner, though, otherwise the programme would never really have got off the ground. He instead preferred to spend his time doing other (admittedly helpful) things in his small community of Greendale, such as stopping vicars going to London, accidentally sledging down hills, and, of course, catching STDs from the postmistress. I could try suggesting that Postman Pat rarely did the things that a postman usually does (such as, oh, posting letters, perhaps). Having got into the article, though, I'm really not sure what to do now. As far as I am aware, this is not an established part of Postman-Pattian lore, but it leads us into the article in a truly amusing way, don't you agree? I am reliably informed that when I was substantially younger than (and thus not as wise as) I am now, I went around telling people that Postman Pat had AIDS, and that he got it from Mrs. What I can tell you about Postman Pat is that I can't remember very many facts about him.

If you've got more than half a brain, you'll have guessed which one by now. With a website that seems to delight in immaturity as much as this one does, the time is long overdue for an article that focuses on a certain postman. Was Postman Pat as innocent as he seemed? Did Postman Pat kill JFK? - last updated 18th June 2002