Sometimes you stumble upon something that awakens a memory you'd forgotten you had. No, I'm not talking about Satanic ritual abuse pop-kids - think quirky, of-it's-time 70's kid's TV, the kind that would never get made nowadays. I give you Ace of Wands.
The series featured the adventures of enigmatic blow-dried stage magician and general mystic guy Tarot along with his elemental owl Ozymandias (street-name: Fred the owl) plus a selection of offbeat side-kicks. Amongst these was classic early 70's ethereal chick Lulli, whose telepathic link to Tarot was first discovered when her spooky mind-waves caused him to drive his Jag into her Beach-Buggy. I kid you not Blogettes, this is what life was really like back then...all running along the beach holding onto your floppy hat en route to solving psychic mysteries and infiltrating secret covens of maxi skirt-clad witches in Biba makeup, (some of whom would later reappear in George & Mildred and The Benny Hill Show), against a musical backdrop of freak-out fuzz guitar and free-form Hammond organ improv. In my view, we need to get back to this.
And the theme-tune! Opens with the line 'Jet White Dove, Snow Black Snake' ... see what they did there? Come on, that's early 70's GOLD baby! The music's composer now resides within the ranks of Status Quo, so it's not a story untouched by tragedy. But as the song says: Take what you can from yesterday, the rest beg, steal - or borrow. Wise words for Tarot Children everywhere.
Take heed.