Super Natural Gas
Kenneth Williams as the voice of methane? It's a gas! This British Gas sponsored short is the origin of cult kids TV classic Willo the Wisp
Remember Willo the Wisp? Commissioned to make a film about the discovery and use of offshore natural gas, the ever inventive Nick Spargo decided to make methane itself into a character and called on unique voice talent of Kenneth Williams to bring it to life. First appearing as the phenomenon of will-o'-the-wisp, then voicing the gas on its path from the seabed to the home this short is an unexpected delight.
The character clearly had more life in it, so it was perhaps unsurprising that it returned in a 26-part series first shown on the BBC in 1981 and then much repeated. Nick Spargo started his career in cartoons at the Gaumont-British Animation studio which was set up after WWII by J. Arthur Rank, which set him up for a long career in the industry with particular skills as a writer.
Animated Flipside
Animation at its most weird and wonderful
27 videos in this collection
Superted
Bunty the Bouncing Bassoon
The Aeronauts
David Low Animation
The Family Holiday
Little Tom Thumb
Animation Has Changed
I Wanna Mink
To Our Children's Children's Children
The Professor
Ersatz
Johann Sebastian Bach In Euro Deutschland
Custard
Pear-shaped Hill
Internet Story
A Date with an Enfield
Boogie Rag Roll - Thunderclap Jones
Topology
Dodo in Christmas Adventure
Selwyn's Lucky Day
The Mail Goes Through
Midsummer Nightmare
Noddy Goes to Toyland
Super Natural Gas
Adolf's Busy Day
