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Where would we be without Charlie the Cat, The Green Cross Man or Tufty the Squirrel to help us through our early years.
Nearly 25,000 readers of this website voted in a national poll, organised to mark the 60th anniversary of the Central Office of Information, the government department which is responsible for the films.
Charley Says, featuring the voice talents of Kenny Everett which was later sampled in a hit single by The Prodigy, came out well on top, with nearly 10,000 votes. The animated cartoons feature a little boy and his wise cat, Charley. He starred in six government films in the 1970’s warning children of the dangers of matches and strangers with puppies among other things. Charlie was closely followed in second place by Tufty the Squirrel. The BBC yesterday published the runners up to the poll.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Wednesday, 29th of March 2006 Permalink
Only a week or so ago 30gms reported on Dorian Lynskey’s History of 20th century music interpretation of the London tube map. It must be open season on Harry Beck’s masterpiece because BoingBoing have a link to a PDF of a missed fundraising opportunity for TfL. Stations have been re-branded with high street sponsorship by Paul Speller to transform the commonplace to the curious. I suspect that Paul’s tongue is firmly in his cheek but perhaps this is a portent of things to come - it’s not unusual to see big ad campaigns take over entire tube stations. How long before ‘Mind The Gap’ has a backing track from Missy Elliott and Madonna? Link.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd of February 2006 Permalink
You have most probably already seen the transparent desktop thing, Link. And you may have even chanced across the toy cars parking thing, Link. But now there’s a new way to waste your time. Grab a glossy magazine, a camera and have fun. Link.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Monday, 23rd of January 2006 Permalink
Okay well I’m not quite sure that Barely Legal Magazine was a paid product placement in Sideways (it appears apparently 1hour and 13 minutes into the movie for a stunning three seconds). But if you want to find out what products are featured in what movies, go to Brand Hype. Its searchable index lets you discover just what movies are in bed with what companies like Cast Away with its multiple appearances of Fed Ex packaging… The movie was even shot in FedEx’s buildings in Moscow, Memphis and LA with a cameo by company CEO. What I want to know though is how they get the people to tell me that Converse were featured in The Life Aquatic for 6 seconds. I mean, who gets out the stopwatch to time this?
Jennifer Kabat
Posted on Thursday, 19th of January 2006 Permalink
