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Old 10-14-2012, 10:24 PM   #22
Mithalwen
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Originally Posted by Lalwendë View Post
And the classic series made by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin - Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog - I'd venture to say that if you randomly sampled 100 middle aged Brits to find out which animation they felt a strong sentimental attachment to, anything by Postgate/Firmin would be mentioned by the majority,
Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's programme ever.... love the Firmin Postgate stuff - it was the noise of cartoons proper that irritated my Mum so these missed the cut...and now Ishall have the mouse song as an ear worm all day...
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