Andy Pandy and Teddy at the Zoo (Little Books)

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Each episode would end with a variation on the song: “Time to go home, Time to go home, Andy is waving goodbye.”

Andy Pandy first aired on Tuesday 11 July 1950 and became very popular straight away. Made on film rather than broadcast live, surviving episodes are therefore now among the earliest relics of British television history.The original episodes were 15 minutes duration, whlst the revival episodes were just 5 minutes long. Though the emphasis of the original series was on music and movement, the emphasis of the 2002 series was on making and doing. [ citation needed] The series was animated and produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and Ben Productions (the latter also producing the 2001 remake of Bill and Ben aka Flower Pot Men). Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A–Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp.41–43. ISBN 1903111277. When Teddy is scared by a beetle, Andy Pandy helps him get over his fear by making beetle masks with him. Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.

Teddy tramples on Looby Loo's favourite blue flowers, so he makes decoy flowers with tissue paper, twigs and blue paint. Teddy is making a nuisance of himself with two wooden spoons, so Andy Pandy shows him how to make them into wooden puppets.

WATCH WITH MOTHER at televisionheaven.co.uk". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011 . Retrieved 12 April 2011. When Teddy gets impatient waiting for his avocado plant to grow, Andy Pandy helps him to make some paper trees.

Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Can't remember the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuthA marionette who lived in a picnic basket, Andy was later joined by Teddy, a teddy bear, and Looby Loo, a rag doll, who came to life when Andy and Teddy were not around. Looby Loo sang "Here we go Looby Loo". [8] All three lived in the same picnic basket. Each episode ended with a variation on the song: "Time to go home / Time to go home / Andy is waving goodbye." [9] The series was parodied by Des O'Connor in his Dandy Sandy sketches with Harry Secombe and Britt Ekland. [13] 2002 revival [ edit ] Stop motion set on display at the National Science and Media Museum, with Andy Pandy, Looby Loo and Teddy Andy Pandy and Looby Loo make a picture from a jigsaw puzzle, but they can't figure out why there is a hole in the middle. Andy Pandy would pop up again in when a revival of the show was made in 2002. This time the show was the basis for an Andy Pandy comic strip in the children’s magazines Robin and Pippin . Whist the original series had used stringed puppets the revival used stop-motion techniques. These episodes were repeated until 2008.

The series was followed by a revival with 26 episodes (52 segments) in 2002. In total, 92 episodes were produced. It is said that the character's design was based on Paul Atterbury, the then young son of puppeteer Audrey Atterbury. [4] A comic-strip version was published in Robin.

Puppeteers: Audrey Atterbury, [5] Molly Gibson, [3] Martin Grainger, The Stavordales and Christopher Leith (in the 1970 colour series). [5] I remember being a little bit daunted by Andy Pandy, perhaps it was his brilliant striped rompers or his human likeness, but I was so fond of Teddy that it didn’t matter. Teddy was the star of the show for me. When Andy Pandy finds that Bilbo's old sea-chest is full of sand, he has a seaside holiday on his very own beach. After Tiffo destroys Teddy's plasticine mouse model, Andy Pandy makes modeling clay so that Teddy can create a model of his mentor. Originally the series was broadcast live until it was realised recording episodes meant they could be repeated.