Toonhound - Stoppit and Tidyup

     "Hidden away, not too far from here, is the land of
      Do-As-You're-Told, where Stoppit and Tidyup live..."

    Do-As-You're-Told is a strange, colourful place whose inhabitants are named after
    all those little chastising phrases, comments, commands and demands directed
    at children by their overbearing parents. Stoppit is a small pink-red furball. He lives
    in the Do-As-You're-Told dump and has has a famously short temper. Tidyup is
    always neat and tidy, as his name implies, and he lives in a neat and tidy gherkin
    house with a neat and tidy garden full of more gherkins. He likes gherkins, does
Tidyup. He also likes Stoppit and knows that if his furry friend is throwing a fit then
    a good basketball-style bounce will usually calm him down.

    Stoppit and Tidyup's friends and associates come in a myriad of shapes and sizes
    and all bar-one feature in their respective episode titles:

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				Stoppit and Tidyup (1988) producers: CMTB Animation / Queensgate Prods Ltd animation: cel animation episodes:13 x 10min episodes
	"Hidden away, not too far from here, is the land of Do-As-You're-Told, where Stoppit and Tidyup live..." Do-As-You're-Told is a strange, colourful place whose inhabitants are named after all those little chastising phrases, comments, commands and demands directed at children by their overbearing parents. Stoppit is a small pink-red furball. He lives in the Do-As-You're-Told dump and has has a famously short temper. Tidyup is always neat and tidy, as his name implies, and he lives in a neat and tidy gherkin house with a neat and tidy garden full of more gherkins. He likes gherkins, does Tidyup. He also likes Stoppit and knows that if his furry friend is throwing a fit then a good basketball-style bounce will usually calm him down. Stoppit and Tidyup's friends and associates come in a myriad of shapes and sizes and all bar-one feature in their respective episode titles:
				Bee Have and Bee Quiet Say Please and Comb Your Hair Say Thankyou Go and Play I Said No Hurry Up Calm Down Don't Do That Go To Bed Clean Your Teeth Take Care Eat Your Greens Wash Your Face
	And the missing character? - A wee mean beastie called Not Now, who is actually I Said No's pet. None of these creations actually speak decipherable words as such. Instead they gabble, grunt, squeak and hum whilst series narrator Terry Wogan unravels the tale for viewers. Stoppit And Tidyup was (were?) created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain, the duo behind CMTB Animation who had previously brought us the plasticene delights of Berk, Boni and the strange inhabitants beneath The Trapdoor. Sadly, only one series of thirteen episodes were produced. Stoppit, Tidyup and friends were cel-animated, but the design of the show suggested it may have worked better still as a 3D stop-motion production, like its predecessor. The third hand in CMTB Animation was animator Steve Box who has since had independent success via Aardman Animation, animating Wallace & Gromit's dastardly nemesis Feathers McGraw and directing BAFTA-winning short Stage Fright. Both he Terry Brain were key animators on Aardman's Chicken Run feature. Trivia Hounds may like to know that it's Mr Brain who provides the myriad munster sounds in the series. Also, if you're touring Do-As-You're-Told look out for the Gherkin Forest, the Valley Of The Sit-Downs, and Say-Pardon Swamp.
			Collectors should seek out the twelve tie-in books from Price Stern Sloan Ltd, and a 1989 Grandreams Annual illustrated by Mr Box and Mr Brain themselves - that's a thumbnail, left, leading to a larger cover scan...
	Stoppit and Tidyup on DVD Stoppit and Tidyup 12 episodes / 66mins / R2 / 4 Front / April 2004 series devised by Charles Mills and Terry Brain written directed and animated by Charles Mills, Terry Brain and Steve Box narrator: Terry Wogan On the web 80sNostalgia http://www.80snostalgia.com '80sNostalgia' offers a cheeky show intro, plenty of series pics, character pics and sounds... 80sCartoons http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/ Similarly, Claire us an intro page, a page of images, character pics, and several WAVs, plus a link to a mini Q&A with creator Terry Brain - Coo... Jedi's Paradise http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/ And the reverse here from Jedi Man. No text, just a smart page of screen grabs to drool over... index » previous » next »
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