Comments on: Oh no! Mr. E has lost his blanket!

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:32:42 +0000

You’re so right. I want to live there. Fimble Valley looks kind of fun, too.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:21:14 +0000

I think it’s actually quite sad that the Night Garden doesn’t exist, and it’s all a dream in Iggle Piggle’s head.
Crap, I read too much Dostoevsky in my youth.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:15:08 +0000

That’s one of the things I love the most about it: their total disregard for scale.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:58:45 +0000

The size of everything changes from shot to shot, though. One minute the ninky nonk is the size of a mouse; next, it’s bigger than Godzilla. It does my head in :)

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:56:59 +0000

But have you seen the size of macca pacca compared to the others in the garden?

He is really small, not as small as the little wooden dolls that live in the semi-detached house.

He’s a blend of Napoleon and a guy with a clean face fetish.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:10:13 +0000

Yes, I think you may be reading too much into it.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:03:39 +0000

If you want to go reading far too much into it, Macca Pacca’s actually kind of fascistic. He turns up outside your house and blows his trumpet to let you know that it is now your official time to get your face washed. And if you don’t get out there immediately and let him wash your face, he blows the trumpet again. And again. He gets pretty pushy about it. It’s rather totalitarian. You also get the feeling that the other characters live in dread of accidentally disturbing one of his piles of stones. You or I would probably think something along the lines of “Fuck it; they’re just stones.” But not they: they spend the whole show trying to put them back just as they were, and never quite getting it. The poor things must be terrified. I mean, this is a guy who sleeps with a rock. For comfort. If he lived in your street, you’d be, if not scared of him, at least very wary.

Have you seen an episode with a Ninky-Nonk ride yet? It’s class.

We got a little Macca Pacca doll for Daisy, and she recognised him instantly. Which is one of those things that shouldn’t be all that impressive but just makes your day when you’re a parent.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:07:57 +0000

I think so. My work PC guesses them right on autocorrect now too. :-)

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:48:26 +0000

I take it the anti-spam thing is still working then?

By: Mupwangle

Mupwangle — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:46:53 +0000

You’re both mental.

On another weird thing – the iPhone guessed moomin as the spam word.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:32:41 +0000

I’m torn between Macca Pacca and Iggle Piggle. The former’s funnier, but the latter’s a much more sympathetic character (I can’t believe I’m writing this, heh). Sophie loves Upsy Daisy, but then she’s just a child and doesn’t know any better.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:24:34 +0000

Go on, so who’s your favourite? Mine’s Macca Pacca. Vic prefers Upsy Daisy.