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[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What’s the ‘come outside’ plane? Was that a wwii thing?

e: these responses are diametrically opposed. Was it a children’s thing or an NSFW adult thing? I am so confused now.

[-] Rugnjr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It was an old UK children's TV program. Featuring a white plane with polka dots on it flying about the country. Wonder if they still do it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Outside

[-] Dis32@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Mrw I found out she didn't really fly the plane much to my surprise 😭

[-] cloudless@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

The dog did.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No it was a viral advertising campaign during the 60s for the baudy CarryOn films.

It encouraged people to strip down to their undergarments and leave their houses if they saw the plane, and if you didn't and someone saw you, then you got "dobbed" on which is sort of like teabagging but more civilized

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

I read the Wikipedia link and I still don’t understand what this is. It doesn’t ring a bell from my childhood.

[-] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

It’s a children’s’ TV show - a lady and her dog, flying around and visiting various places, often related to nature. You can find some of the episodes on YouTube. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhOnau-tupSD15TezN59asHKmBlGx6rF

We have most of them downloaded because unlike today’s children’s TV, kids can watch it without developing epileptic seizures and ADHD. I’m only half joking.

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