Adding video on a regular basis, BunnyEars.tv has just acquired the rights to stream episodes of Bagpuss (1974) and The Clangers (1969), two programs originally released in the UK, popular and beloved there for its simple and sensitive models for creativity and self-discovery. Putting children to sleep with a bedtime story is more complicated than ever in the digital era, now, BunnyEars.tv hopes to lend parents a helping hand by reintroducing programs of classic worth to their humble beginnings. A small online television network with hopes of growing to include more children's programming, from multiple eras of notable entertainment, BunnyEars.tv holds the goal of adding a new, important dimension to children's entertainment.
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from Bagpuss |
Bagpuss tells the curious story of a kitten that spends most, if not all of his time sleeping in a quaint little shop. Whenever his owner, Emily, brings in something to fix, mend, or muse at, Bagpuss and his observant friends--be they mice or a ragdoll--the group ponders a variety of inventive means of using or repairing the items.
Voted as the UK's most treasured children's production, though created decades ago, Bagpuss only had a little over a dozen episodes produced, but remains a bastion of the straightforward narratives perpetuated by the now late Oliver Postgate (who died in early December 2008 at the age of 83).
The Clangers is of slightly odder fare, following a clan of mouse-like creatures, pink, who lived under the planet's surface. Always up for exploration and a good conversation with an assortment of soup-making dragons, sentient musical instruments, and much more, the Clangers through each 5-minute stop-motion short made the prospect of childhood imagination all the more intriguing. The Clanger family (Major Clanger, Mother Clanger, Small Clanger, Tiny Clanger) shares their world with the audience, for several short installments.
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from Dorotka |