I lurve Wallace & Gromit! They used to be shown at Animation Festivals when I was in college, and were always a big hit. I think they're also responsible for the Creature Feature things (I'm forgetting the name, but basically, they interview animals throughout the entire short, to grand effect). Very sad about the fire.

They used to be shown at Animation Festivals when I was in college

i only saw them on pbs. they definitely weren't shown at the spike and mike cartoon festival.

Are you sure, ace?

I think that Comedy Central was showing the "Creature Comforts" episodes for a little while. Supposedly they'll also be running on BBC America in December.
(I think these are the newer episodes, not the original shorts.)

i've been waiting so long for this movie.. went opening evening right after work... and trust me, laughed my head off...

it's brilliant.. with subtle and not so subtle double entendres... and the duo of wallace and grommit are awesome...

they were #1 at the box office this wkend, and unfortunately on monday, their studio with all their sets caught on fire...

the indian dude was funny... the only brown person in the british town.. now if they only had shown a curry house.. i'd be hysteric!

here are some snippets....
'i smell cheeeeeeeeese ;)'

http://garbanzobean.blogspot.com/2005/10/wallace-grommit.html

http://garbanzobean.blogspot.com/2005/10/wallace-grommit-was-awesome.html

http://garbanzobean.blogspot.com/2005/10/up-in-smoke-for-wallace-and-gromit.html

Erm! there's something about that Turbanhead link that doesn't quite fit guys!

I guess we now know what else Abhi was reading about when he blogged this. ;-)

Is it just me or does the desi. ..clayperson. ..(I almost said muppet! that's how cool W&G are!) look an awful lot like Bert?

When I clicked on the link for "Turbanhead's latest post" I was taken to a page on the concept of the "Perfect Man" in Ismailiism...not Wallace & Gromit yo...

You can watch clips from Creature Comforts here

Erm! there's something about that Turbanhead link that doesn't quite fit guys!

Sorry Sunny. I was writing two posts at once and the links got crossed :(
It's fixed now.

Yes, yes. If you all must know I was simultaneously working on humorous post for my own blog that asked the question if Wallace might represent the "Perfect Man" as discussed in Sufism. I guess there is no point now that the cat is out of the bag :)
It would have been funny too :)

I too love wallace and grommit. I just hope the creator will be able to go and re-create the characters. saw this on the news -

:(!!!!!!!!!

(the links didn;t come out on my last post, sorry about that.)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wallace+and+grommit+in+blaze&btnG=Google+Search

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4326286.stm

"I was simultaneously working on humorous post for my own blog that asked the question if Wallace might represent the "Perfect Man" as discussed in Sufism"

...and here I thought all along Abhi was the Insaan-al-kaamil...

Green one, anyone?

The guy selling the pitchforks and other weapons was probably Gujrati. Ha ha. I kid. But seriously, they are good businessmen.

Hurrah, I can be the one who says "look who I've met" now, as it's a dyed-in-the-wool British production. I've met Nick Park! The filmmaking gene has been strong in me for many years, but when I was 8 I didn't have any actors at my disposal. So I copied Aardman and went claymating. I went to meet Nick Park and gave him two of my 'masterpieces' - The Adventures of Fatso and Buddha and Speeding Blob - who was an easy-to-animate character who drove my Indian toy car.

I never heard back. Not surprising!

I have two friends hoping to make it in animation. It's such a tough line to choose, but when it's good - like W&G - it's the most universal fun there is.