Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse :
He's the greatest, he's fanTAStic, wherever there is danger he'll be theeerrrreeeeeee.
This cartoon featured Danger Mouse, his assistant Penfold, the baddies Baron Silas Greenback, his sidekick Stilletto, DMs boss Colonel K, and Greenbacks pet Nero.
Greenback tried on many an occasion to take over the world and DMs job was to stop him. It was set in London, quite close to where Sherlock Holmes lived.
The main voices were provided by David Jason and Terry Scott.
There was one episode where DM had to collect some nearly-impossible-to-get items in order to pay the ransom for Penfold. One was a twig from a witches broom, one was some old London fog, and one was a feather from a vampire duck. That was the first EVER time that Count Duckula was on telly y'know.
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About Hawkin's Bazaar
Hawkin's Bazaar has been providing you with unusual gifts, toys and gadgets since 1973. Originally a local toy shop at the Hawk Inn (hence the name), Hawkin's Bazaar now sells things you thought had gone forever and things you never even knew existed. They bring you Pin Art, Morph, Rubik's Cube, Big Trak, Space Hoppers and much more.
Also remembered...
For a generation, Take Hart gave rise to three things: Morph, The Gallery, and an overwhelming urge to smudge anything you'd drawn using chalk, charcoal or soft pencil with your thumb in an attempt to get the nice blending effect Tony made look so easy. Morph, of course, was an icon, even though he was clearly an idiot. And presumably Tony never tried to explain the existence of "the little clay man who lived in a box on his desk" to any close family, otherwise they'd have had him locked up. The Gallery was responsible for more parent's work being shown on screen than any other programme, Dad's crayola tribute to impressionism standing out a mile alongside little Sarah's "Still life of owl, in pasta, sand and glue". The janitor however was rubbish.
...and do you remember these?
- The Children of Green Knowe
- Lady Blue
- Turbo Teen
- Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
- Monkey
- Hadleigh
- Chorlton and the Wheelies
- Match of the Day
- Return To Eden
- As The World Turns
Comments
What a great cartoon. Still love to this day. In addtion to the wonderful stories and great baddies (Baron Greenback) the voices were fab. Also My Dad Looks Like Penfold.
John 09-Dec-2006, 11:51:39 AM
Danger Mouse, particularly the early ones, were innovative and contained much mature/mature-style humour, for example the kitchen appliances going on strike and attending a firebrand meeting held by a telephone. And the DVD releases contain neat extras such as interviews with Brian Cosgrove or audio tracks f the show's incidental music. (Note: Look for the 1980s release by Thames Video Collection entitled DANGER MOUSE SAVES THE WORLD. This contains never again released audio chat by David Jason in character as Ismbard the Narrator, which is very funny. There's another one with such chat to, but I can't remember its title. I'll never part with 'em.)
Michael Braisher 13-Dec-2006, 12:14:32 AM
I loved DM...Penfold was my fave..but what was he? Was he a Mole? (as in animal..not spy..or maybe that was the whole point..a really bad pun?)
Becky 13-Dec-2006, 01:02:13 PM
I loved to watch DM with my kids each day. They got a kick out of the British humor, so did I.
tonyr433 09-Feb-2008, 09:51:20 PM
liked wee penfold..
thebhoywonder 09-Apr-2010, 04:23:05 PM