Bonzo No. 5
- 1925
An animated xmas with paper dog Snap
Snip the magic scissors ensures that Snap the paper dog has a very Merry Christmas in this 60s British TV animation
Give me a happy Christmas and make it snip-snappy! Sadly, few remember the adventures of Snip the magic scissors and Snap the cut-out paper dog. Animators Halas & Batchelor (best known for the 1954 animated feature cartoon Animal Farm) worked with the Danish origami whizz Thoki Yenn (or Thok for short) on this delightful and charming series. One of the earliest British animated TV series., it ran for over 25 episodes on ITV.
Would you know Mickey was a mouse if you didn’t know his surname? Many of the most famous animated characters are drawn from the animal kingdom, but they rarely behave quite as nature intended. Anthropomorphism has a long history in storytelling - going back to Aesop and beyond - and animation has imported it into film. But whether it's Bonzo the Dog or Charley the Cat, these characters are really studies in human nature.