Muzzy in Gondoland
| Muzzy in Gondoland (Muzzy) | |
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Muzzy
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| Written by | Wendy Harris Richard Taylor Joe Hambrook |
| Directed by | Richard Taylor |
| Starring |
Jack May Willie Rushton Miriam Margolyes Susan Sheridan Derek Griffiths Benjamin Whitrow |
| Theme music composer | Peter Shade |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Richard Taylor Cartoon Films |
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| Original network | BBC |
| Original release | 13 June 1986 (UK) 5 October 1987 (Spain) 14 September 1990 (USSR) |
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| Followed by | Muzzy Comes Back |
Muzzy in Gondoland (often shortened to simply Muzzy) is an animated film first created by the BBC in 1986 as a way of teaching English as a second language. The English version of Muzzy features the voices of Willie Rushton, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sheridan, Derek Griffiths, Jack May and Benjamin Whitrow. DMP Organization later acquired the rights to Muzzy and translated into other languages (see below). It is unknown, however, who plays whom in the various dubbed versions of the film.
A sequel, Muzzy Comes Back was released in 1989.
Digital Education has developed a new version of the course, which was released in 2013.
The first part of the film simply introduces the titular furry greenish-blue extraterrestrial Muzzy (Jack May), King Nigel (Willie Rushton) and Queen Erza (Miriam Margolyes) of Gondoland, their daughter Princess Sylvia (Susan Sheridan), Bob the gardener (Derek Griffiths) and evil scientist Corvax (Derek Griffiths), along with their personalities. It is not until later that the actual story gets going. When it does, Bob is sweeping the garden, when Corvax calls him over to count how many trees and bushes there are. By the time Bob has counted the number of flowers, the beautiful Princess Sylvia has beckoned Bob over, and the two decide to elope as they are in love. Unfortunately, Corvax, who also loves Sylvia, sees what is happening, and he immediately rushes to inform the King and Queen. Furious, the King decides they should track the two down by helicopter and catch them. This they do, and when they catch Bob and Sylvia, the latter is taken back to the palace while the former is taken away to jail by the King's soldiers. At cell number 19, Bob meets Muzzy who informs him that he has been jailed for eating parking meters in the town square. (He eats metallic and other indigestible objects, with his favorite food being clocks.)
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