Toonhound - Aubrey

    Aubrey was orange. He was also an inventor of sorts. No, scrap that, he was
    actually a 'creatician'. That is to say, he created things - large creations,
    contraptions and inventions to solve his problems. Sadly for Aubrey his ideas
    were somewhat mightier than his skills and his poorly constructed designs
    regularly let him down, with ironic consequences. Still, he certainly deserves
    an 'A' grade for effort...

    Like that keen green dog Roobarb, Aubrey put together his creations in
    his garden shed, whilst the wildlife looked on with great disinterest. Roobarb
    was a Bob Godfrey production and in fact the Aubrey series felt very
    Godfrey-like too, with it's felt pen look, plain backgrounds and eccentricities.
    That's not too surprising, actually, because Aubrey's film maker was
    Derek Phillips who was working for Bob Godfrey's Movie Emporium
    at the time. Indeed he was cameraman on Henry's Cat...

    Aubrey, Roobarb, and Henry share many character traits. Each is bursting
    with ideas and concepts, but each invariably fails because of a specific
    shortcoming. Aubrey is let down by poor draughtsmanship, Roobarb is
    over-eager, whilst Henry is just too darned lazy to fulfill his potential...

    Trivia Hounds will see that the Bob Godfrey connections continue with Stan
    Hayward who was one of Aubrey's story advisors. Stan also wrote the Henry's
    Cat series. He and Aubrey's second story advisor Ted Rockley had worked
    with Derek previously on the 1978 short film called "When I'm Rich"...

    Derek Phillips' later series include "Crazy Crow" from 1991, and "Little
    Brrrm" which was produced in 1994 (and shouldn't be confused with
    Ragdoll's remote-controlled car Brum...)

     Aubrey on DVD

     Aubrey
     6 episodes / R2 / Contender / July 2004

    made by Derek Phillips
    copyright D.P. Films

    story advisors:   Stan Heyward,Ted Rockley
    painting:            Nancy Walker


    On the web

      Little Gems
      http://www.thechestnut.com/aubrey.htm
      The Gems present us with two episode guides and plenty of
      top-quality screen grabs, including the image I've adapted at the
      top of this page. Many thanks Gems!


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			Aubrey (1983) producers: D. P. Films animation: cel animation episodes: 39 x 6mins


	Aubrey was orange. He was also an inventor of sorts. No, scrap that, he was actually a 'creatician'. That is to say, he created things - large creations, contraptions and inventions to solve his problems. Sadly for Aubrey his ideas were somewhat mightier than his skills and his poorly constructed designs regularly let him down, with ironic consequences. Still, he certainly deserves an 'A' grade for effort... Like that keen green dog Roobarb, Aubrey put together his creations in his garden shed, whilst the wildlife looked on with great disinterest. Roobarb was a Bob Godfrey production and in fact the Aubrey series felt very Godfrey-like too, with it's felt pen look, plain backgrounds and eccentricities. That's not too surprising, actually, because Aubrey's film maker was Derek Phillips who was working for Bob Godfrey's Movie Emporium at the time. Indeed he was cameraman on Henry's Cat... Aubrey, Roobarb, and Henry share many character traits. Each is bursting with ideas and concepts, but each invariably fails because of a specific shortcoming. Aubrey is let down by poor draughtsmanship, Roobarb is over-eager, whilst Henry is just too darned lazy to fulfill his potential... Trivia Hounds will see that the Bob Godfrey connections continue with Stan Hayward who was one of Aubrey's story advisors. Stan also wrote the Henry's Cat series. He and Aubrey's second story advisor Ted Rockley had worked with Derek previously on the 1978 short film called "When I'm Rich"... Derek Phillips' later series include "Crazy Crow" from 1991, and "Little Brrrm" which was produced in 1994 (and shouldn't be confused with Ragdoll's remote-controlled car Brum...) Aubrey on DVD Aubrey 6 episodes / R2 / Contender / July 2004 made by Derek Phillips copyright D.P. Films story advisors: Stan Heyward,Ted Rockley painting: Nancy Walker On the web Little Gems http://www.thechestnut.com/aubrey.htm The Gems present us with two episode guides and plenty of top-quality screen grabs, including the image I've adapted at the top of this page. Many thanks Gems! index » previous » next »
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