> > > Thunderbirds is a British television show that Americans have never heard of but which pretty much any New Zealander in their late twenties or early thirties grew up on and loves still.
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> If you were just a few years older and grew up in the Midwest, you would have remembered Thunderbirds, Fireball X-Something, and The One With The Mermaid Puppet. They were on WGN just before that station started to carry Star Blazers.

The one with the mermaid puppet was Stingray. That was my favourite. The mermaid herself was Marina. She didn't have a tail, she was just basically a normal person who could breathe underwater. She swam around underwater fully clothed in an evening gown and didn't get wet.

Brunnen-"which is not even marginally weird by the standards of those Gerry Anderson shows"G