"Postman Pat Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale near Kendal). ""Postman Pat"" first 13-episode series was screened on BBC1 in 1981. John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts, and it was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on ""The Magic Roundabout"", ""The Wombles"", ""Paddington Bear"", and ""The Herbs"". Following the success of the first series, four TV specials and a"
"second series of 13 episodes were produced during the 1990s. Here, Pat had a family for the first time. A new version of the series was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films from 2003, which expanded on many aspects of the original series. In 2000, Royal Mail stopped using Postman Pat for their promotional and charity work. The television programme continued to use the Royal Mail logo on his postal van PAT 1 for several years after. The original voice of Postman Pat, Ken Barrie, died on July 29, 2016 followed by creator John Cunliffe who died on September 20, 2018."
"tall child for his age, and was bullied at school because of this. He attended Colne Grammar School, and later lived in Kendal, Westmorland; where the small towns and villages of that area would provide the inspiration for his most famous character, Postman Pat. 'Greendale', where the character and series is set, is based on the valley of Longsleddale, near Kendal. Cunliffe worked for many years as a librarian, and also as a teacher at Castle Park Primary School. He gave up teaching in 1988 in order to write new episodes for a new series of Postman Pat. Cunliffe was"
"inspiration, he has said that the character and village was not based on any one place or person. He commented in 2015 that ""I got maybe half a dozen people last year saying they were the inspiration."" (Originally Postman Pat: SDS) In the new spin-off series, ""Postman Pat Special Delivery Service"" (SDS), Postman Pat has been promoted to Head of the SDS and is now called upon to deliver anything. Each episode follows Postman Pat on a Special Delivery mission, from rescuing a runaway cow to delivering a giant ice cube. In his new role, Postman Pat commutes to the"
"earliest and most popular of which was ""Postman Pat"" and the shortest of which was ""Gran"" which lasted 10 minutes shorter than the other three. Following the high popularity of Postman Pat, new seasons of it were made starting with specials in 1991, 1994 and 1996, and the show has been produced since then. In 2001, Woodland Animations was sold to Entertainment Rights, which is now part of DreamWorks Classics which later would be acquired by NBCUniversal as part of NBCU's purchase of DreamWorks Animation. Ivor Wood Ivor Sydney Wood (4 May 1932 – 13 October 2004) was a prolific"
"produced by Lionsgate and Icon Productions and animated by Rubicon Group Holding. The story revolves around Pat entering a talent show audition which leads to robots taking over his postal service whilst he is away. The film stars Stephen Mangan as the voice of Pat and also features Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant, Ronan Keating, Susan Duerden, Sandra Teles, TJ Ramini and Peter Woodward. A CGI spin-off to the series was made called ""Guess with Jess"" which follows Pat's cat Jess now with the ability to talk and his adventures with the farm animals. The series debuted on 9"
"Guess with Jess Guess with Jess is a British interactive animated television series featuring Jess the Cat from the TV series ""Postman Pat"". It follows Jess's adventures with his friends on Greendale Farm in London, England, and how they always try to solve each other's problems with a Big Question, which is answered by ""asking, testing, find a way"". The series is an enquiry-based learning show aimed at two- to four-year-olds. Jess and his friends search for the answers to science and nature-based questions, allowing children to learn about the world around them. Unlike his appearance in Postman Pat, Jess"
"John Cunliffe (author) John Arthur Cunliffe (16 June 1933 – 20 September 2018) was an English children's book author and television presenter who created the characters of ""Postman Pat"" and ""Rosie and Jim"". Cunliffe was born in Colne, Lancashire, and was the only child of Nelly and Arthur Cunliffe. His father walked out on the family when John was a baby, never to be seen or heard from again. His great-uncle Herbert introduced him to the literary works of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, and let John use the microscope he kept in his front room. Cunliffe was a very"
"a major dislike of Janet. She also suffers from repeated breakdowns and shakes. She is cursed with a perpetual cold, which makes her position in a health shop a frequent source of ironic humour. The Ultron Postie (Pat Kelman) is a postman from Ultron who delivers messages and gadgets to Thermoman from the high council. He often mysteriously arrives through the wall in George and Janet's bathroom. Ultron is Thermoman's home planet and Superheroes are their greatest export. Ultron is never seen, apart from a few shots of the planet from space (although George once described the gravity and atmospheric"
"told him it was French for ""the Charlies"", and took his new name of Ken Barrie from the names of his wife's brothers. His own singing and narrating voice and whistling has been heard in many movies and television commercials, and included providing the voices of the Smash Martians. Barrie provided singing voices in various movies for many actors, including Larry Hagman, George C. Scott, and Horst Buchholz. He became the voice of ""Postman Pat"" in 1981, narrating the first series and also providing the voices of the characters Postman Pat, Ted Glen, Granny Dryden, Peter Fogg, Major Forbes, George"
"(before the Uc rating by the BBFC got established in 1985) with twelve episode of the entire first series all except for ""Letters On Ice"" [episode 11] were released by Longman Video in its ""children's treasury"" range. Also, one 30-minute title by Longman Video called ""My Own Postman Pat"" (Cat. No. LGVH 2001) was released featuring two episodes – ""Pat's Rainy Day"" [episode 3] and ""The Sheep in the Clover Field"" [episode 9]. On the back covers The Woodland Animations detail was copyrighted in 1982. Longleat Safari Park had an outdoor reproduction of Greendale village, including the Post Office, the"
"Postman Pat: The Movie Postman Pat: The Movie is a 2014 American-British 3D computer animated comedy film based on the television series ""Postman Pat"" by John Cunliffe and Ivor Wood. It was directed by Mike Disa, produced by Robert Anich Cole, written and screenplay by Nicole Dubuc, with music by Rupert Gregson-Williams. It was co-produced by Classic Media, RGH Pictures and Timeless Films. The film stars Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant, Ronan Keating, Susan Duerden, Sandra Teles, TJ Ramini and Peter Woodward. It was released in the UK on 23 May 2014, and 27 June 2014 by"
"them. The other characters are generally sympathetic, and attempt to include Pat in conversations or activities. An exception to this is when Pat speaks of sexual and romantic interests, to which other characters react with disgust or, at least, disinterest. The sketches always revolve around the gag of Pat's unrevealed gender: the name ""Pat"" can be short for ""Patricia"", a female name, or ""Patrick"", a male name. The celebrity guests on the show play everyday people who encounter Pat, and who then try to discern Pat's gender, without being so rude as to actually ask outright. Pat remains oblivious, and"
"dubbed 'Pat the Rat' by the media. New characters introduced later in the season included Patricia's best friend, the dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett (Sarah Kemp), Rob Keegan (Noel Hodda), the younger brother of Beryl Palmer who falls in love with and marries Angela, and Paul Sheppard (Mark Ferguson), the morally-confused and neurotic grandson of Patricia's former lover James Sheppard, who left Patricia a substantial amount of his fortune following his death. End of season cliffhanger – Season 1 (Episode 174): As John and Angela celebrate their 21st birthday and the whole of the Palmer family celebrates at the Palmer household,"
"Marcie's surname is given as ""Johnson"", but Schulz never gave her a surname in the comic strip; therefore, Johnson is not considered to be her official name. In the 2015 ""The Peanuts Movie"", for which Schulz's son, Craig Schulz, and Schulz's grandson, Bryan Schulz, were included among the film's writers and producers, both had decided to include for the first time the full name of the character ""Marcie Carlin,"" which appears on a bulletin board at the kids' school. Marcie was a soft-spoken voice of reason to Peppermint Patty; an example of this showed in the 1973 Emmy Award winning"
"introduced the character's last name, Reichardt, in 1972. He borrowed the last name of his secretary, Sue Reichardt, whose favorite character was Peppermint Patty. Peppermint Patty was first voiced by Gail DeFaria in the CBS specials, then by various other child performers both male (such as Christopher DeFaria and Stuart Brotman) and female (including Donna Forman (1974), Linda Ercoli (1974), Victoria Vargas (1983), Gini Holtzman (1984–1985)). In the specials, her theme music is Vince Guaraldi's composition ""Peppermint Patty"". Peppermint Patty has short, auburn (sometimes brunette) hair and wears a green, striped collared shirt, black or dark blue shorts (long pants"
"a Muddle"". The same year saw the entire original series released on DVD in Spain, featuring both English and Spanish audio options. No further releases were seen in the UK until 2011 when Classic Media issued all four specials from 1991–1994 on the DVD ""Happy Birthday Postman Pat"". On 3 February 2014, the first and second series were made available in their entirety for the first time in the UK, However the titles are both season 2 with the season 3 theme which received bad reviews from classic fans. Between April 1983 and May 1984 three Postman Pat pre-certed titles"
"The theme tune and songs for the new series and sequel, Postman Pat Special Delivery Service (including ""Special Delivery Service, What's It Going to Be Today?), was recorded by Simon Woodgate at Echobass Studios. In 2013 Classic Media released Postman Pat SDS Series 2. The new 26 episode series retained Bryan Daly's original theme tune and Simon Woodgate's closing song, however new character themes and incidental music was composed by Sandy Nuttgens. There is also an album called Postman Pat: Songs And Music From The Television on Post Music released in 1982. The ever-popular theme song underwent several adaptations; from"
"and diverse cast, a fleet of new vehicles, a world full of gadgets and the new town of Pencaster. ""Postman Pat Special Delivery Service"" first screened on BBC2 on 29 September 2008. The new series was commissioned by the BBC and produced by Entertainment Rights and Cosgrove Hall Films. Both seasons of Postman Pat SDS are available digitally on iTunes. A new series aired in 2016. """", a British-American 3D computer-animated comedy children's feature film version of the British stop-motion animated children's television show, was theatrically released on 23 May 2014 in the United Kingdom. The film was distributed and"
"the character's ""gender is never revealed"". Sweeney herself has not confirmed Pat's gender and denies that Pat is transgender. Pat (Saturday Night Live) Pat is an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show ""Saturday Night Live"" (SNL), and later featured in the film ""It's Pat"". The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's gender. During a guest appearance on ""CONAN"" on 17 November 2016, former SNL cast member Norm MacDonald revealed that Pat's gender was female. Sweeney has said, ""I'd been an accountant"
"commissioned by the BBC to write ""Postman Pat"", which was produced by Ivor Wood and first aired in 1981. He created Pat and Greendale as an idyllic village where everyone was nice to each other, in contrast to the bullying he had suffered when growing up. Following the success of ""Postman Pat"", Cunliffe subsequently became something of a local celebrity, having a room dedicated to him at Kendal's Museum of Lakeland Life. In the 1990s, Cunliffe's other well-known creation, ""Rosie and Jim"", was also written for television. He scripted and presented the first 50 episodes, then turned some of them"
"thing on SNL for which Sweeney is most remembered... Pat was a creepy yet instant recurring character hit..."" Pat was selected as #17 of ""The 30 Best ""Saturday Night Live"" Characters"" by ""Paste"" magazine in 2012: ""Pat is probably a woman, but that doesn't really matter. Call her Patrick, call him Patricia. Just don't mistake him for the coach of a professional basketball team—or ask her middle name or any gender identifying questions for that matter. It won't affect Pat, it'll just drive you crazy."" The character's popularity gave rise to a feature-length 1994 film called ""It's Pat"" (from the"
"the strip's) second appearance, Patty is shown walking down the sidewalk reciting ""Little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice."" She then punches Charlie Brown in the face and, without missing a beat, continues, ""That's what little girls are made of!"" Patty's name was first mentioned on October 26, 1950, 24 days after her first appearance. She was apparently the oldest child in the strip (possibly along with Violet and Shermy), as she attended school when Charlie Brown did not (strip of September 18, 1951). Eventually, she, along with Violet, became best known for their social snobbery"
"Ken Barrie Leslie Hulme (9 January 1933 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English voice actor and singer best known for narrating, and singing the theme tune of the BBC television programmes ""Postman Pat"" and ""Charlie Chalk"". He was also responsible for providing the voices of several of the series' characters. Barrie was born in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Under the stage name Les Carle, he recorded for Embassy Records, an offshoot of Woolworths that released inexpensive cover versions of pop hits, between 1962 and 1965. He changed his stage name when a friend"
"another sketch, Pat tells Kevin Nealon that the name is Pat Riley (like the coach of the Lakers), only to add, ""but there's one big difference between me and him... I never coached a professional basketball team. That's my little joke!"" Other gags include Pat's attempts at humor, which serve to confuse everyone further: when asked what ""Pat"" is short for, the character replies, ""Pat is short for P-a-a-a-a-a-t!"" ""Pat"" debuted on December 1, 1990 (Season 16, Episode 7), with John Goodman hosting. In the sketch, Bill (Kevin Nealon) is thanking a friend over the phone for his new job,"
"by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda. The film premiered in London on 2 September 2013 and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival before its UK and US theatrical releases on, respectively, 13 and 20 September 2013. In 2014, Mangan voiced the title role in """", a British 3D computer-animated comedy film featuring Postman Pat, star of a long-running BBC children's series. It was originally due to be released on 24 May 2013, but was pushed back to a year later. Pat's singing voice was performed by Ronan Keating. Other"
"nearby town of Pencaster where he collects his special deliveries from the Pencaster Mail Centre. Postman Pat now has a new fleet of vehicles including a helicopter, 4x4 Jeep and motorbike, complete with side-car for Jess. He has a new boss, Ben, who tends to give him instructions (whereas he was his own master before the ""promotion""). Pat also seems to make more mistakes in his work since moving to SDS, largely because the new format is always based on one delivery, which has to go wrong somehow (thus often because of Pat's errors). Postman Pat SDS features an expanded"
"today. Another memorable moment was its ""Superheroes and Superstars"" promotion, which had the two pose as heroes. (Pat's character held a deep hatred for Corey Hart and his weakness was handshakes, while Jenny's character hated the word ""chesterfield"", which someone would inevitably say). At one point during their tenure, a bizarre plotline emerged involving electronic insects known as Yokomites that were under the control of a mysterious chicken-man named Fiendly Fowl. They were created by Fowl to destroy the station, should his demand to be given the station was ignored. At the end, there was an animated comic where Pat"
"more like your mother or your father?"", but they reply, ""I'm a perfect combination of both!"" One of their estranged parents (Kirstie Alley), also androgynous and named Francis or Frances, comes into the party; when Nealon asks about Pat's birth, again there are only ambiguous answers, as well as the parent saying ""I had to be both mother and father to you ever since (Jean or Gene) ran off with...that thing"". The co-workers start to sing ""For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"", but have to change ""he's"" to ""Pat's."" Chris Rock had a minor role as a messenger. Aired November"
"something."" Eric Cartman Eric Theodore Cartman, often referred to as just Cartman, is a main character in the animated television series ""South Park"", created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and voiced by Parker. Cartman is one of four central characters in ""South Park"", along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick. Cartman first appeared, originally named Kenny, in prototypical form in a 1992 animated short ""Jesus vs. Frosty"", and a 1995 animated short ""Jesus vs. Santa"", and first appeared on television in the pilot episode of ""South Park"", ""Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"", on August 13, 1997. Cartman"
"of underpants which hangs on the wall in Gustav and Lena's bedroom. His most precious possession is a Volvo 242, his only benefit after 20 years as a mailman. In 1987, he was elected The Mailman of the Year... or at least he joined the dinner party. Gustav is very confused by the choices of occupation that his children Lina and Max make, but he soon learns that it's great to have a son working at the bank. Gustav's favourite foods are lasagna and pizza, especially Hawaii, Capricciosa and Calzone. Allan plays Gustav in all four seasons of the show."
"the Pat sketches. Pat goes into a barbershop to get a haircut and the barber is confused – is it going to be a man's cut or a woman's?"" Aired on October 12, 1991 (Season 17, Episode 3). Co-workers Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Phil Hartman, and Kevin Nealon give Pat a surprise birthday party. As they chat, Nealon asks whether Pat has a biological clock; Siobhan says, ""I think you'd make a really great moth... fath... role model,"" but Pat tells them about a dysfunctional family and unhappy childhood. Hartman makes the next attempt: ""Pat, would you say that you are"
"Teacher's Pet (TV series) Teacher's Pet (also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet) is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and directed by Timothy Björklund. The series follows a 9-year-old boy and his dog who dresses up as a boy. Created by Gary Baseman—the artistic designer for the Cranium board game—Bill Steinkellner, and Cheri Steinkellner, it was broadcast on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC and later Toon Disney, from 2000 to 2002. The series follows Leonard Helperman (voiced by future singer Shaun Fleming of the indie rock bands Diane Coffee and Foxygen), a 9-year-old boy"