Wallace & Grommit

Subject: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 02:55 PM

Yesterday, I picked up the three Wallace & Grommit shorts on a DVD. I have than on VHS, but was glad to get the DVD, with all the other features involved. It was real cheap, and it made me wonder how many people know (and love) wallace and Grommit. I would at least hopt that they are more popular in England than they are in the Untied States.

And fans around?

Chicken Run was a real dissapointment to me, but that's how people know Aardvark productions over here..

Jerry

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Den
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 02:59 PM

We love Wallace and Grommit, don't we lad. The new feature film is coming out soon.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 03:04 PM

Yeah, I can hardly wait...

Joe... I'm getting sloppy... this shoulda been BS (unless someone knows a song about Wallace and Grommit..

Jerry

If you post to this thread, let me know which side of the pond you're on. Anyone what says Lad ain't from around here.. :-)

We say Bub..

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Firecat
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 03:20 PM

I love Wallace and Gromit!!

I saw a trailer for the film "The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit" when I went to the pictures a couple of weeks ago. It looks brilliant and is out this autumn (in the UK. Not sure of the US release date)

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 03:33 PM

Wallace and Grommitt are wonderful, in all of their episodes. We thought Chicken Run was pretty good, too (especially if you've just watched Stalag 17 or The Great Escape). Our household is in the US.

SRS

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 03:44 PM

USA ....the three Claymation vignettes are near perfect. Obsessive attention to detail, great character and plot development ... mystery ... intrigue ... inventive Rube Goldberg gadgetry that appeals to young and old ...Nick Park is an artistic genius.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,MetchosinYesssss! Does anyone know if Angry
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 03:45 PM

A fan here too! Does anyone know if Angry Kid is in any way connected to Wallace and Grommit?

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: sian, west wales
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 05:40 PM

Love 'em.

Didn't think much of Chicken Run but Creature Comforts are a hoot!

siân

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 05:56 PM

I liked Chicken Run, but then I love The Great Escape which it was based on....

And to think, they started out as adverts.....

LTS

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 07:15 PM

Two more fans (Sheryl and I) reporting in from the DC area.

-- Gary

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: CarolC
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 07:26 PM

Love Wallace & Grommit.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 08:03 PM

Brilliant

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: michaelr
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 10:22 PM

GroMit, please -- one M only. I'm a big fan. Chicken Run was cool, too.

Quote from one of the chickens: "My whole life flashed before me. It was very boring!"

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Alba
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 10:40 PM

Fan of Wallace and Gromit. Really liked Chicken Run.
My Fav from Chicken run:>)
"We die free or we die trying"
"Are those the only choices?"

Jude (coming to you from Maine USA)

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 10:44 PM

I've seen that DVD, a friend from England owns it. Excelent!

Chicken Runs was OK. The plot was weak but the scene where the chicken is in "solitary" bouncing the ball like Steve McQueen, is very very funny!!

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:59 AM

Wallace & Grommit! OHBOYOHBOYBOYOHBOY!!

Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 03:45 AM

Cracking animations, Nick!

RtS
( "Creature Comforts" etc repeats on BBC4 this week as part of Animation festival)

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 04:37 AM

Add me to the list. BIG fan!

..xx..e

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 05:57 AM

Chicken Runs? isn't that what you get after a dodgy chicken biryani?

If the plot of Chicken Run was weak, blame the person who wrote 'The Great Escape' ~ it is the same film but with chickens and a plane instead of McQueens' motorbike (GE trivia - it was McQueens' own motorbike, and was a British Triumph, painted to look like a BMW which the German Army rode. He would never have been able to do the jump if he were riding the BMW, it's too heavy and unstable).

I'm going to have to put it on and watch it now..... love that knitting chicken!

LTS

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: robomatic
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 06:38 AM

BMW unstable????? No one told me, but that would explain why I went down on gravel near Elko Nevada in the late 70's!

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,John J
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 06:43 AM

It was a (plunger or a sprung hub?) Speed Twin I think.

John

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Noreen
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 08:46 AM

Metchosin, www.aardman.com has info and other stuff about all the aardman characters, including Angry Kid - so the answer is yes.

I like 'The Wrong Trousers' best.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Mooh
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 09:05 AM

"Me too," said Mooh.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 09:40 AM

The wrong trousers, definitely. The penguin's disguise is an all-time classic...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Den
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 10:44 AM

Metchosin, yes Angry Kid is an Aardman Production. The same people who do Wallace and Gromit.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 11:21 AM

"They didn't give me this medal for being a Yank minder y'know...."

LTS

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 11:24 AM

"The Wrong Trousers" is definately the best so far.

Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,Les B.
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:03 PM

Wow - I saw the thread title and was instantly hungry for cheese and crackers. It's great that another feature is on the way!

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 01:19 PM

In 1990 I crossed the pond and didn't sleep a wink. Being able to watch a Wallace & Grommitt in the wee hours made a hard night bearable.

I've often wished I could get these films here in River City. I think I'll go look now.

Thanks for posting!

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 01:30 PM

I'm back. I looked on eBay, but the pix I saw there showed brash colors and garish art. The Wallace & Gromit I saw on the plane seemed gentle and old-fashioned. For example, they lived in a house with flowered wallpaper in subdued colors.

Have the Wallace & Gromits changed style in recent years? I don't want to be zapped by raw reds and blazing yellows.

The movie I saw involved a felonious chicken (or was it a penguin disguised as a chicken? I remember it putting a rubber glove on its head to simulate a comb. What movie would that have been?

I'm pretty sure that was in 1990.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 02:05 PM

That was The Wrong Trousers, Leeneia. All three short features are on one DVD. I doubt that the colors have been changed since 1990. Maybe the air in the plane made them seem softer...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Metchosin
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 02:18 PM

Thanks Noreen and Den, I rather suspected they might be related. For those who want a Wallace and Gromit hit, with a bit more adult content and a bent edge, check out Angry Kid its as good as it gets. LOL

I think my favourite is Tourette's Syndrome, although with some its hard to choose.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 02:21 PM

Leenia, Gift set on eBay..VHS tho

The price is right.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 02:26 PM

"A Close Shave" is tied with "The Wrong Trousers" for 1st place.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Metchosin
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 02:29 PM

Burger, burger.....big old car freshener!

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Peter T.
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 06:30 PM

Does anyone know when the film is actually coming out?

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: ranger1
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 08:09 PM

I have a stuffed Gromit that one of my best friends gave me as a birthday present when I was really depressed. It cheered me up considerably. My favorite movie is A Close Shave. I love Shaun the Sheep's sweater that Gromit knit for him!

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Naemanson
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 09:45 PM

Sign me up for the fan list. Unfortunately my wife has trouble with English anyway and English acented English is too much for her. So I'd have to say she is not going to be a fan once I introduce her to the movies. She loves the Studio Ghibli films though.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 10:21 PM

We have a lovely friend from Japan in her mid-30s. One Christmas, she came over to meet my Mum and Dad who were visting and we decided to show our favorite shorts and Holiday specials. We just about did the poor girl in. She loved the first 2 Wallace & Gromit shorts but when Gromit is made to feel unloved and packs his little doggie bindle and heads out for greener pastures .. oh my did she weep and weep! Happy ending or no, she said it was just too sad to bear.

The we showed her Rudolph the Reindeer and when all the other Reindeer were laughing at him.. she turned on the faucets again. By the time Rudolph and friends got to The Island of Misfit Toys.. she was sobbing uncontrollabley and wanting to know WHY Santa wouldn't rescue those poor unloved toys and WHY the other Reindeer were so mean. We had to stop the tape, calm her down and tell her it was all gonna come out alright in the end before she would consent to continue the story. Poor Gal. Good thing we didn't show her The Little Drummer Boy, huh?

Poor ole Gromit. I gotta admit, I cried too when he left home. My Alsatian reminds me a lot of Gromit.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: CarolC
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 10:28 PM

Oops. Forgot to mention which side. Left side of the pond.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,darkriver (sans cookie)
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 11:21 PM

Muh whole family is W&G fans.

Especially love "The Wrong Trousers."

Jerry, ditto about the penguin. Have you figured out yet where he hid the gun?

doug

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: sian, west wales
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 08:33 AM

I went to see 'Valiant' last night. Not a Nick Parks creation, and again the story line could have been better, but some really great characterisations and slapstick.

You seen it yet, Liz?

siân

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Firecat
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 11:54 AM

sian, Valiant is brilliant!! I loved it! Mind you, I'm a Hugh Laurie and John Cleese fan so that might have something to do with it.

That's the one where I saw the Wallace and Gromit trailer.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 01:30 PM

For the reallllll old-timers, my appreciation for the old George Pal Puppetoons made me an easy target to enjoy Wallace and Gromit. I have a very rare video of Puppetoons which I got with a lot of effort many years ago. They stopped producing the video, just as they did Song Of The South, because it did present blacks in a distorted manner.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Den
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 02:37 PM

Peter, its scheduled for theatre release in October of this year.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: sian, west wales
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 04:39 PM

Jerry, thank you for giving me a rare opportunity to feel young. Or, at least ... not so old. I've never heard of the Puppetoons! At least there are still a few things 'before my time'!!!!

siân

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: RangerSteve
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 05:41 PM

Also a fan. The toy railroad chase was hysterical.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 06:17 PM

Well, A Grand Day Out is on UK tv tonight - BBC1 I think, at 2200hrs. I love it when the mice put on sunglasses as the rocket blasts off from the basement.....

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jos
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 07:02 PM

and then The Wrong Trousers is on tomorrow. - oh, today, it has just gone midnight here.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Scoville
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 09:56 PM

I loved Chicken Run but of course, before Pixar came along, all the recent animated films in the U.S.A. sucked.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Peter T.
Date: 01 May 05 - 08:09 AM

Anyone know if there is a recording of that horrible music that plays when Gromit is muscled out of his own home by the nefarious bird?
yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Firecat
Date: 01 May 05 - 01:06 PM

The Wrong Trousers is on BBC4 tonight at 10pm, and A Close Shave is showing on Monday at 10am on BBC1 and 10.30pm on BBC4.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 01 May 05 - 08:38 PM

Naemanson - We're also huge Studio Ghibli fans too! 8-)

-- Gary

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: mandoleer
Date: 02 May 05 - 04:21 PM

I've got the first three W & Gs on video. They're the only reason I keep the video player. Pity the TV doesn't work. Might pick up a working set free some day. Don't need a licence if you're only watching pre-recorded videos. By the way, there's a rapper side called Shaun the Sheep in Southport. The Americans may not have seen those Shaun the Sheep rucksacks that I think you can still get here....

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 03 May 05 - 08:20 AM

Well I do hope in the new outing Gromit gets some respect. He's such a good boy. Drat that Penguin for ever making him feel he wasn't.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 May 05 - 10:55 AM

Haven't seen 'Valiant' yet, but then I don't much care for pigeons (except as squab, in a pie....).

LTS

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 03 May 05 - 11:02 AM

Has there ever been an actor (assuming Gromit is male) who could say more with their eyebrows? Not even James Dean could emote that heavily with them.

Makes me think of a wonderful James Thurber story where the husband gets fed up listening to all the intellectuals at a cocktail party arguing about who was the greatest actor or actress of all time. Out of frustration, he says Donald Duck. And the more people ridicule him, the more he defends his choice to the point where he has such a big fight with his wife on the way home that it ends up in divorce. I'm not that extreme, but Gromit can act circles around William Shatner, John Wayne and George Segal.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Dani
Date: 03 May 05 - 12:05 PM

Have only seen the 3 on DVD, but we love them. "CHEESE, Grommit!" They are sweet and loveable and so well-done. Even my high-tech daughters are charmed.

Loved Chicken Run as well.

Southern US.

Dani

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,Ewe Sheep
Date: 03 May 05 - 07:00 PM

WHy do you like them so much? From personal experience, I'd prefer to work in a Welsh leisure centre to spending any more time with those two.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 04 May 05 - 04:15 AM

WENSLEYDALE

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 04 May 05 - 09:51 AM

Wensleydale? You sure you don't mean Mazomanie?

Gromit is almost as cute as Joe Offer.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Donuel
Date: 04 May 05 - 10:46 AM

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/wallace.jpg

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 04 May 05 - 01:04 PM

Great photo, Donuel! Funny, I don't remember the train being the Mudcat express. On the topic of all things Wallace and Gromit, I have a Playstation2 Wallace and Gromit game...

Jerry

No Wallace and Gromit jammies yet, though..

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: mandoleer
Date: 04 May 05 - 03:34 PM

You know, that's the only thing wrong with Wallace and Gromit. The Wensleydale. Why not a proper tasting cheese like Lancashire?

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 May 05 - 03:44 PM

Eyebrows - only person I know of who uses his eyebrows in such a fashion - Roger Moore.

LTS

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: JedMarum
Date: 04 May 05 - 11:39 PM

We're big Wallace & Grommit fans here in Dallas ... we have a 3 VHS tape collection ... watch 'em all a time or three each year.

And always choose moments in real life to bring back our favorite quotes:

"It's the wrong trousers Grommit!"

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Peter T.
Date: 12 May 05 - 04:38 PM

I note that a 30 foot tall Gromit was displayed at Cannes today.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Micca
Date: 12 May 05 - 06:59 PM

Yes Peter, apparently a New Feature length Wallace and Grommet Film, called (I think) "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is nearing completion and was being "launched" at Cannes

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 12 May 05 - 11:52 PM

Sorry someone couldn't come up with the music on the radio in "The Wrong Trousers" for you, T. I looked but came up empty handed.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Peter T.
Date: 13 May 05 - 02:37 AM

perhaps best - it is singularly gruesome. yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: GUEST
Date: 13 May 05 - 08:01 AM

Well, that was my thought, and why would anyone want a recording of it, but there's no accounting for taste; one man's trash is another man's treasure and all that.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 May 05 - 04:10 PM

They use music as a Weapon of Morale Destruction these days, a kind of torture. This would count as a pretty extreme example.

Subject: RE: Wallace & Grommit
From: Wesley S
Date: 13 May 05 - 05:01 PM

I own a Gromit coffee mug. I guess you could put tea in it....

{ I supected the penguin from the start }