On which channel was this J. R. R. Tolkien inspired 1977 animated musical television special written by the same writer responsible for "The Wind in the Willows" broadcast?
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The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1987 American animated musical television film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It is an adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame. Set in a pastoral version of England, the film focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters (Moley, Ratty, Mr. Toad, and Mr. Badger) and contains themes of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie. The film features the voices of Charles Nelson Reilly, Roddy McDowall, José Ferrer, and Eddie Bracken. The screenplay was written by Romeo Muller, a long-time Rankin/Bass writer whose work included "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "The Hobbit", and "The Flight of Dragons", among others.
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The Hobbit (1977 film) The Hobbit is a 1977 animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass, a studio known for their holiday specials, and animated by Topcraft, a precursor to Studio Ghibli, using lyrics adapted from the book. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday, November 27, 1977.
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Adventures in Wonderland Adventures in Wonderland is a live-action musical television series based on Walt Disney's animated "Alice in Wonderland". In the series, Alice (played by Elisabeth Harnois), was portrayed as a girl who can come and go from Wonderland simply by walking through her mirror (a reference to Wonderland's source material Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass").
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It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown is the 25th prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on May 16, 1983. It, along with 1982's "A Charlie Brown Celebration", inspired the Saturday Morning series "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show".
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Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (originally aired as Carnival of the Animals) is a combination animation/live action television special, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and directed by Chuck Jones. Premiering on CBS on November 22, 1976, and consisting entirely of new animation, this prime time TV special represented Bugs Bunny and company's first foray into prime time television since the early 1960s. "Carnival of the Animals" was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons – "Rabbit of Seville", "Long-Haired Hare" and "Baton Bunny" – and set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of musician Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on the music of Camille Saint-Saëns and the poetry of Ogden Nash.
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Meriadoc Brandybuck Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured throughout his most famous work, "The Lord of the Rings".
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The Squirrels (TV series) The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms "Rising Damp" and "Only When I Laugh". It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of the soap opera "Brookside", was also a writer for the series.
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Soul Music (TV series) Soul Music is a seven-part animated television adaptation of the 1994 book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Channel 4 Television Corporation/Cosgrove Hall Films/ITEL/Ventureworld Films and distributed by Channel 4 Television Corporation (1996) (UK) (TV) & Vision Video (2001) (UK) (DVD). It was first broadcast on 12 May 1997 and released on DVD in 2001 alongside Wyrd Sisters in a box set entitled "Soul Music". The feature-length miniseries was developed by Acorn Media, and directed by Jean Flynn. It was the first film adaptation of an entire "Discworld" novel (following the "Welcome to the Discworld" short, which was based on a fragment of the novel "Reaper Man"). The series soundtrack was also released on CD, but the disc is now out of production. The soundtrack is, however, now available through iTunes. Editz did the title sequences, Flix Facilities did the digital picture editing, and Hullabaloo Studios did the audio post-production.
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The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley.
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Eric Linklater Eric Robert Russell Linklater (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books. For "The Wind on the Moon", a children's fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year's best children's book by a British subject.
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Elf: The Musical Elf is a musical based on the motion picture of the same name, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the 2003 film. The musical ran on Broadway in the Christmas seasons of 2010-11 and 2012–13, and also toured the U.S. in 2012. A new tour launched in 2014.
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In the Willows In The Willows are a six-piece alternative folk band from Waterford, Ireland composed of David Greene (vocals, guitar), Tara Heffernan (vocals, piano), Michael Grace (vocals, bass), Aaron Mulhall (drums), John Madigan (piano, bouzouki), Rowan Sherlock (violin, viola)
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Bob Godfrey Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series "Roobarb" (1974–75), "Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk" (1976-77) and "Henry's Cat" (1983–95) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film "Great" (1975), a tongue-in-cheek biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for "Kama Sutra Rides Again" (1971), "Dream Doll" (1980), with Zlatko Grgic, and "Small Talk" (1994).
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Once Upon a Brothers Grimm Once Upon a Brothers Grimm is a 1977 American made-for-television musical fantasy film starring Dean Jones and Paul Sand, directed by Norman Campbell. It follows the Brothers Grimm as they make their way to a king's palace with their magical world of fairy tales. The music was written by Mitch Leigh with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The two-hour film premiered on CBS on November 23, 1977.
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Buffy the Animated Series Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" created by Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of "Buffy" season 1, as writer Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5".
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Charlie Brown's All Stars! Charlie Brown's All Stars! is the second prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It was the second such TV special (following "A Charlie Brown Christmas") to be produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez (who also directed), and originally aired on CBS on June 8, 1966. It ceased to be aired annually by 1971, and was last shown on CBS on April 3, 1982 (although Disney Channel and Nickelodeon aired reruns of the special in the 1990s). ABC returned the special to television on April 7, 2009, as a companion to "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown".
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Tim Kirk Tim Kirk is both a professional artist and an American fan artist. He worked as a senior designer at Tokyo DisneySea, as an Imagineer for Walt Disney, and during the mid-1970s, he was an illustrator at Kansas City's Hallmark Cards. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Commercial Art, and his Master’s Degree in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach. His thesis project consisted of a series of paintings for "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien; 13 of these were published by Ballantine Books as the 1975 Tolkien Calendar. Today, Kirk runs Kirk Design, Inc., a design firm in the Los Angeles, California area. He also sits on the advisory board of Seattle's Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
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Sprookjesboom Sprookjesboom, also known as "The Fairy Tale Tree" and "Märchenbaum", is a computer-animated series for children from the Efteling. The show is produced by the animation studio Motek Entertainment in Amsterdam, based on a concept from Efteling's director, Olaf Vugts. The television program is broadcast daily in several international markets including the Netherlands on TROS and z@ppelin, in Belgium on Ketnet, and in Germany on NRW.
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Huorn The Huorns are fictional creatures from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. They are described as "trees" that can speak to Ents and are capable of locomotion.
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The Tomfoolery Show The Tomfoolery Show is an American cartoon comedy television series made and first broadcast in 1970, based on the works of Edward Lear. The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud. Though the works of other writers were also used, notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash, Lear's works were the main source, and characters like the Yongy-Bonghy-Bo and the Umbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations. Other regular characters included the Enthusiastic Elephant, the Fizzgiggious Fish, and the Scroobious Snake. Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear, although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear's poems set to music. A recurring joke had a delivery boy running around trying to deliver a large plant and shouting 'Plant for Mrs Discobolus!'.
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Robert Shearman Robert Charles Shearman (sometimes credited as Rob Shearman; 10 February 1970, Horsham, Sussex) is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer. He is known for his World Fantasy Award-winning short stories, as well as his work for "Doctor Who", and his association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions (Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres) which has resulted in six plays for BBC Radio 4, broadcast in the station's regular weekday "Afternoon Play" slot, and one classic serial.
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The Little Drummer Boy (film) The Little Drummer Boy is a Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, based on the song of the same name. It was first televised December 19, 1968 on NBC, and was followed by a sequel in 1976.