Toonhound - Crystal Tipps and Alistair

    Rainbow bright tales and anecdotes here with frizzy-haired Crystal and her grey
    grinning dog Alistair. Crystal and Alistair are the best of friends. Together they
    hatch spectacular peacocks, throw custard pies at one another, poke each
    other with extended tickling sticks and float high in the sky in giant bubbles.
    Crystal even has her own big-propellered biplane. In Crystal and Alistair's world
    life is big, bright, splashy fun with ne'er a grown-up in sight, and every day is
    a big-hair day...

    "Crystal Tipps and Alistair" was created by Hilary Hayton and produced by Q3
    of London, who also brought us Fingerbobs. Fifty 5min episodes were made
    as well as an additional 20min special called "Crystal's Christmas Special"
    in which she and Alistair escape the snows of winter for sunnier climes,
    where they encounter Santa Claus off on his holidays too!

   "Crystal Tipps and Alistair" is rightfully famous for its incredible sense of design.
    This Pop-Art world is influenced by the likes of such contemporaries as
    Yellow Submarine and Terry Gilliam's "Monty Python" animation There's a real
    amalgam of materials here with backgrounds incorporating photographs and
    material swatches. The characters are cut-outs and prone to exaggerated
    poses and actions. The film makers to simply let the pictures tell the
    story and accompany the images with an equally-expressive score from
    composer Paul Reade.

    Many "trendy" theorists attempt to apply 70's drug-enhanced suggestiveness to
    the proceedings but, clearly, these films are simply about having fun - not
    only for the characters in the films, but for the filmmakers too, who seem to
    be revelling in the thrill of animation-for-animation's sake. How very different
    to today's animation world, with its over-reliance on 'branding' and 'target
    audiences' and 'demographics'. And how ironic that Crystal Tipps has
    become such an iconic figure now, with a plethora of T-shirts and apparel
    proving so popular of late...

    Hilary Hayton created at least two more tv series - stories about a cat called
    "Doris" and those Puppydog Tales , with Victoria Wood.

     Crystal Tipps on DVD

   The Complete Crystal Tipps and Alistair
     50 episodes / 255mins / R2 / Contender / June 2004

      created by Hilary Hayton

      designed and written by
      Graham McCallum and Hilary Hayton

      director:       Richard Taylor
      producer:     Michael Grafton-Robinson
      animation:   Maggie Clarke
      music:        Paul Reade

      On the web

      Stian's Crystal Tipps Pages
      http://www.geocoties.com/EnchantedForest/...
      From Stian, who brought "Pigeon Street" and "Raggy Dolls" to the web, this
      developing site features an introductory main page, details and pics from
      four Crystal Tipps episodes...

      Crystal Tipps World
      http://members.tripod.com/crystaltipps/ctipps/hi.html
      Here are three fun slider puzzle games, and - fabulously - a whole episode
      online in a series of screen-grabs, with more content promised soon.
      You'll also find some nifty pages on "The Magic Roundabout" here...

      Jedi's Paradise
      http://www.jediman.free-online.co.uk/...
      A great page of grabs here from Jedi Man...

      80sCartoons
      http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/crystal.html
      Claire's gots pics too, with more promised in time...

      Double:Take
      http://www.double-take.co.uk
      Double:Take have clip rights to Crystal Tipps, as well as Hilary
      Hayton's "Doris" and "Puppydog Tales"...

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			Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1972) producers: Q-3 London for the BBC animation: cut-out animation 50 x 5mins CRYSTAL'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1972 / 1 x 20mins special

	Rainbow bright tales and anecdotes here with frizzy-haired Crystal and her grey grinning dog Alistair. Crystal and Alistair are the best of friends. Together they hatch spectacular peacocks, throw custard pies at one another, poke each other with extended tickling sticks and float high in the sky in giant bubbles. Crystal even has her own big-propellered biplane. In Crystal and Alistair's world life is big, bright, splashy fun with ne'er a grown-up in sight, and every day is a big-hair day... "Crystal Tipps and Alistair" was created by Hilary Hayton and produced by Q3 of London, who also brought us Fingerbobs. Fifty 5min episodes were made as well as an additional 20min special called "Crystal's Christmas Special" in which she and Alistair escape the snows of winter for sunnier climes, where they encounter Santa Claus off on his holidays too! "Crystal Tipps and Alistair" is rightfully famous for its incredible sense of design. This Pop-Art world is influenced by the likes of such contemporaries as Yellow Submarine and Terry Gilliam's "Monty Python" animation There's a real amalgam of materials here with backgrounds incorporating photographs and material swatches. The characters are cut-outs and prone to exaggerated poses and actions. The film makers to simply let the pictures tell the story and accompany the images with an equally-expressive score from composer Paul Reade. Many "trendy" theorists attempt to apply 70's drug-enhanced suggestiveness to the proceedings but, clearly, these films are simply about having fun - not only for the characters in the films, but for the filmmakers too, who seem to be revelling in the thrill of animation-for-animation's sake. How very different to today's animation world, with its over-reliance on 'branding' and 'target audiences' and 'demographics'. And how ironic that Crystal Tipps has become such an iconic figure now, with a plethora of T-shirts and apparel proving so popular of late... Hilary Hayton created at least two more tv series - stories about a cat called "Doris" and those Puppydog Tales , with Victoria Wood. Crystal Tipps on DVD The Complete Crystal Tipps and Alistair 50 episodes / 255mins / R2 / Contender / June 2004 created by Hilary Hayton designed and written by Graham McCallum and Hilary Hayton director: Richard Taylor producer: Michael Grafton-Robinson animation: Maggie Clarke music: Paul Reade On the web Stian's Crystal Tipps Pages http://www.geocoties.com/EnchantedForest/... From Stian, who brought "Pigeon Street" and "Raggy Dolls" to the web, this developing site features an introductory main page, details and pics from four Crystal Tipps episodes... Crystal Tipps World http://members.tripod.com/crystaltipps/ctipps/hi.html Here are three fun slider puzzle games, and - fabulously - a whole episode online in a series of screen-grabs, with more content promised soon. You'll also find some nifty pages on "The Magic Roundabout" here... Jedi's Paradise http://www.jediman.free-online.co.uk/... A great page of grabs here from Jedi Man... 80sCartoons http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/crystal.html Claire's gots pics too, with more promised in time... Double:Take http://www.double-take.co.uk Double:Take have clip rights to Crystal Tipps, as well as Hilary Hayton's "Doris" and "Puppydog Tales"... index » previous » next »
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