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"Mmmmmm, individually wrapped cheese product slices, Gromit!"

I do hope they manage to keep it in the UK... it's part of the charm of the series.

YouTwo, Gromit?

"Do we want to see Bob the Builder driving on the right-hand side of the road? That is what will happen if we don't watch out," he said.


I really don't get this logic. Just include a note to the new American animators: we brits drive on the left side of the road for some reason. Also we use an insane mixture of metric, standard, and completely nonsensical measurements. So instead of the cumbersome burden of saying "14 pounds" brits will just say one stone (unless referring to mutton in which case it's 8 pounds, which is of course entirely logical). Also trains are called lifts, crisps refer to the rear part of an automobile and no one in England is allowed to look the monarch in the eye, all characters must be depicted viewing her through a mirror as is tradition. And no word may start with the 'ha' sound or end with 'er', these sounds are highly offensive to decent subjects.

It's not that complicated.

watson.t.hamster: Just include a note to the new American animators: we brits drive on the left side of the road for some reason

American kids watch bob the builder, too. If Mattel's producing bob the builder, why should they cater to the smaller UK market? I'm not saying it'll happen, but Miles Bullough is, whoever that is.

SnakeMan: "And do you want our children thinking that the emergency services number is 911? If we let cheap American products come into the country we are selling our children short."

Isn't the Simpsons animation off-shored to South Korea?

watson.t.hamster: Also trains are called lifts, crisps refer to the rear part of an automobile

Spectacular.

cgraves67: SnakeMan: "And do you want our children thinking that the emergency services number is 911? If we let cheap American products come into the country we are selling our children short."

Isn't the Simpsons animation off-shored to South Korea?

I hate to paint with a broad brush, but nearly all high quality tv animation is produced in Korea. The few exceptions that come to mind are adult swim cartoons and south park, which isn't high quality at all.

penthesilea: I'm in the US and I'd hate for W&G or Shaun the Sheep to be put into an American company's hands. We'd hire crappy writers, dumb it down, add fart jokes/gross humor, and have the cheapest animators available put it together.

Then we'd scrap the whole thing when it didn't make eleventy brazillion percent in profits only to reboot it 5-10 years down the line with an edgier twist.

Have you watched the second season of Shaun the Sheep? The fart and poop jokes area already a little out of hand.

On a completely different note, I didn't know they were making a Shaun the Sheep movie. That just may be my kid's first trip to the movie theater.

mrswest: penthesilea: I'm in the US and I'd hate for W&G or Shaun the Sheep to be put into an American company's hands. We'd hire crappy writers, dumb it down, add fart jokes/gross humor, and have the cheapest animators available put it together.

Then we'd scrap the whole thing when it didn't make eleventy brazillion percent in profits only to reboot it 5-10 years down the line with an edgier twist.

Have you watched the second season of Shaun the Sheep? The fart and poop jokes area already a little out of hand.

On a completely different note, I didn't know they were making a Shaun the Sheep movie. That just may be my kid's first trip to the movie theater.

what, no love for 'A town Called Panic'?

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Please please relocate to the US. Hollywood, specifically. And then hire my husband as a miniature maker.

Not gonna happen though; they'll end up in Georgia or Louisiana or some other shiatty state which gives HUGE discounts to media productions...

Somehow, I was thinking of a crossover between "Wallace and Gromit" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

Bith Set Me Up: Somehow, I was thinking of a crossover between "Wallace and Gromit" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

Bith Set Me Up: Somehow, I was thinking of a crossover between "Wallace and Gromit" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

We can't stop here, this is rabbit country

"And do you want our children thinking that the emergency services number is 911? If we let cheap American products come into the country we are selling our children short."

911 is better than dialing 112 or 999. Also having red exit signs instead of the green running man exit signs.

All I could think was: "A Shaun the Sheep movie? YES!"

whizbangthedirtfarmer: All I could think was: "A Shaun the Sheep movie? YES!"

My son loves those shows. I'll admit it, they make me chuckle too.


/the washing time one was great

Wallace and Grommit encounter american 24 hour news channels

The were rabbit would have been hounded to death by nancy grace

macross87: whizbangthedirtfarmer: All I could think was: "A Shaun the Sheep movie? YES!"

My son loves those shows. I'll admit it, they make me chuckle too.


/the washing time one was great

Ah, The Bagpipe gets me every time.

Funk Brothers: "And do you want our children thinking that the emergency services number is 911? If we let cheap American products come into the country we are selling our children short."

911 is better than dialing 112 or 999. Also having red exit signs instead of the green running man exit signs.

0118 999 881 999 119 725

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Postman Pat has already moved to Ireland. The new creators promised not to make any noticeable changes but I'm not quite so sure.