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davrecon-3

A short question for those who know better....

Not having watched the Thunderbirds as a kid and knowing practically nothing about them, it seems to me that much of the GA culture evolved from such earlier works that I've never seen, like that show & Capt Scarlet, etc.

Yesterday I caught the last half hour of the movie remake of " Thunderbirds" (a positively dreadful movie) and found they kept repeating the phrase "FAB"...

What does that actually mean???

Thanks, Dave H.

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SHADO

Re: A short question for those who know better....

According to Sylvia Anderson (I think), FAB is simply short for fabulous.

Jeff

davrecon <[hidden email]> wrote:

Not having watched the Thunderbirds as a kid and knowing practically nothing about them, it seems to me that much of the GA culture evolved from such earlier works that I've never seen, like that show & Capt Scarlet, etc.

Yesterday I caught the last half hour of the movie remake of " Thunderbirds" (a positively dreadful movie) and found they kept repeating the phrase "FAB"...

What does that actually mean???

Thanks, Dave H.

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George Mullins

Re: A short question for those who know better....

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Rob Neal

Re: A short question for those who know better....

It's been acknowledged by Gerry Anderson and many others that FAB
meant absolutely nothing at all. It was merely a "groovy" word of the
Sixties culture. I suspect there was also a possible link with early
merchandising, as Century21 had quite a long relationship with Lyons
Maid ice cream, and they had a FAB lolly...
Rob

--- In [hidden email], George Mullins <georgecatzi@...> wrote:
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> From what I remember, "FAB", also pronounced "Fab", was short for
fabulous, originally, but then later came to mean "Fully Acknowledged
Broadcast".
>
> That's what I remember.
>
> davrecon <davrecon@...> wrote:
>
> Not having watched the Thunderbirds as a kid and knowing practically
nothing about them, it seems to me that much of the GA culture evolved
from such earlier works that I've never seen, like that show & Capt
Scarlet, etc.
>
> Yesterday I caught the last half hour of the movie remake of "
Thunderbirds" (a positively dreadful movie) and found they kept
repeating the phrase "FAB"...

>
> What does that actually mean???
>
> Thanks, Dave H.
>
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TRT

Re: A short question for those who know better....

Feh. It was also rumoured to mean "For All Brothers", it was just
FAB, short for fabulous, and reminiscent of Roger, AOK and other
radio tags which come and go out of fashion.

On another note... Doctor Who on Saturday; USS Valiant... Sky Base or
what?!

Another homage to the genius of Derek Meddings.

Grant.

On 25 Jun 2007, at 12:53, Rob Neal wrote:

> It's been acknowledged by Gerry Anderson and many others that FAB
> meant absolutely nothing at all. It was merely a "groovy" word of the
> Sixties culture. I suspect there was also a possible link with early
> merchandising, as Century21 had quite a long relationship with Lyons
> Maid ice cream, and they had a FAB lolly...
> Rob
>
> --- In [hidden email], George Mullins <georgecatzi@...> wrote:
> >
> > From what I remember, "FAB", also pronounced "Fab", was short for
> fabulous, originally, but then later came to mean "Fully Acknowledged
> Broadcast".
> >
> > That's what I remember.
> >
> > davrecon <davrecon@...> wrote:
> >
> > Not having watched the Thunderbirds as a kid and knowing practically
> nothing about them, it seems to me that much of the GA culture evolved
> from such earlier works that I've never seen, like that show & Capt
> Scarlet, etc.
> >
> > Yesterday I caught the last half hour of the movie remake of "
> Thunderbirds" (a positively dreadful movie) and found they kept
> repeating the phrase "FAB"...
> >
> > What does that actually mean???
> >
> > Thanks, Dave H.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
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richard curzon

Re: A short question for those who know better....

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I thought the FAB loly was created to tie into Thunderbirds (1964-6), and was aimed at the young female fans.

Rick

Rob Neal <[hidden email]> wrote:
It's been acknowledged by Gerry Anderson and many others that FAB
meant absolutely nothing at all. It was merely a "groovy" word of the
Sixties culture. I suspect there was also a possible link with early
merchandising, as Century21 had quite a long relationship with Lyons
Maid ice cream, and they had a FAB lolly...
Rob

--- In [hidden email], George Mullins <georgecatzi@...> wrote:
>
> From what I remember, "FAB", also pronounced "Fab", was short for
fabulous, originally, but then later came to mean "Fully Acknowledged
Broadcast".
>
> That's what I remember.
>
> davrecon <davrecon@...> wrote:
>
> Not having watched the Thunderbirds as a kid and knowing practically
nothing about them, it seems to me that much of the GA culture evolved
from such earlier works that I've never seen, like that show & Capt
Scarlet, etc.
>
> Yesterday I caught the last half hour of the movie remake of "
Thunderbirds" (a positively dreadful movie) and found they kept
repeating the phrase "FAB"...

web links.
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