In addition to Kasper the hand puppet, the beginning of the Hello, hello, hello educational program seemed to scare the children of the time.
Kasper doll and Matti Rani photographed at the theater museum in November 2001. AOP, Mauri Ratilainen
Actor Matti Raninin interpreted by Kasper became familiar to TV viewers in the 1960s and the long-nosed and hat-headed character is still remembered. Although Kasper happily barked “trai, trai, trallallaa”, some of the child viewers found the hand puppet scary.
Iltalehti readers say that Kasper still brings his emotions to the surface even in adulthood.
“Matti Ranin’s Kasper was terrifying. I still can’t look at Kasper’s picture without being horrified.”
MakiljaMimmi
“I was afraid of the program with the hand puppet Kasper.”
Wind71
The appearance of the hand puppet is still remembered as terrifying. AOP, Mauri Ratilainen
In addition to Kasper, the same audience seemed horrified by the program Hello, hello, hello, where children were taught English under the leadership of police characters named Stan and Dud. The first episodes of the language course were seen on television in 1975.
They were seen in the roles of policemen David Mitchell and Neil Hardwick.
This is how English was studied under the guidance of police figures. Yle Archive
In addition to Kasper, Iltalehti’s readers also remember the teaching program vividly even decades later.
“The scary ones were the Kasper doll and Neil Hardwick’s Hello, Hello, Hello…”
Marge
“Hello, hello, hello” and “Kasper”
Jouhan
“Kasper was scary and the English Hello, hello, hello, it came to sleep.”
miccc
Television and theater director Neil Hardwick was also the screenwriter of the Hello, hello, hello series. Photo from 2010. Jarno Juuti
In addition to Kasper the Puppet and Hello, hello, hello programs, Moominlaakso stories also sparked discussion among Iltalehti readers. How well do you still remember Ghost Ship and the purple ghost creature?