Cartoons are great
Last night I watched Channel 4’s ‘100 Greatest Cartoons’ show. Whilst I don’t think anybody could disagree with the Simpsons being number 1 (If I just spoiled it for you then, as Jimmy Carr said on the show, you’re an idiot 
), I do think there were some glaring omissions. Where was Mr Benn? Where was The Dreamstone: with a music score by Mike Batt, Ozzi Osbourne and Frank Bruno how could it fail? And probably most annoyingly for me is a sure fire top 10 cartoon of all time: The Big Knights. Luckily I stumbled on a VHS copy of The Big Knights in The Works recently, like most things you spend years searching for they turn up when least expected. It’s a pity they only ever released the first few episodes though 
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February 28th, 2005 at 4:17 pm
Agreed Mr Benn???? where was he and another from my childhood was Mary Mungo and Midge and not forgetting that classic of classics Chorlton and the Wheelies.
Also seeing as things like the Ardman plastacine characters got a lookin where were the clangers and also the herbs????
Nice to see Battle of the planets get in there but Jayce and the Wheeled warriors and Uylsees 31???
how they managed to not make the list and some of the utter dross that was in the list did.
a travestry i tell you!
J.
March 12th, 2006 at 6:58 am
Hey there!
I don’t know if you are aware, but there is a petition to bring back the Big Knights!!
It’s at http://www.petitiononline.com/bknights/
It would be great if you signed it, and got all your friends to as well!!
Thanks for your time, and have a great day!