Jakers!
Jakers! is absolutely genius. (wiki)
We (all three of us!) love this show - story telling computer-generated cartoon sagas of Piggley and his friends, told by Grandpa Piggley himself via narrated format. The stories all take place in old-time Ireland, when Piggley was a boy (boy-pig?). Piggley, Dannan O'Mallard and Fernando Toro are just precious, but the real comedy originates from Wiley the sheep (an emigrant from Brooklyn, evidently from his accent, attitude and dance routine in one episode). My post does not do the show justice, check it out if you have a chance and it is offered in your area.
Here's how PBS summarizes the show, obviously much better than I:
The series follows the adventures of Piggley Winks, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends, Dannan and Ferny, on Raloo Farm in Ireland. While the intrepid trio are enjoying their escapades - "Jakers!" is their oft-used Irish expression of amazement and delight - American transplant Wiley the Sheep is busy offering wild and woolly advice to his all-too-sheepish flock. In an act of "shear" comic genius, renowned funnyman Mel Brooks voices the role of Wiley (an Emmy-nominated performance in 2005!).
The top and tail of each episode feature Piggley in the present day as a grandpa, telling these stories of childhood shenanigans as entertaining lessons in life to his three contemporary, rambunctious city-dwelling grandpigs.
Jakers!
We (all three of us!) love this show - story telling computer-generated cartoon sagas of Piggley and his friends, told by Grandpa Piggley himself via narrated format. The stories all take place in old-time Ireland, when Piggley was a boy (boy-pig?). Piggley, Dannan O'Mallard and Fernando Toro are just precious, but the real comedy originates from Wiley the sheep (an emigrant from Brooklyn, evidently from his accent, attitude and dance routine in one episode). My post does not do the show justice, check it out if you have a chance and it is offered in your area.
Here's how PBS summarizes the show, obviously much better than I:
The series follows the adventures of Piggley Winks, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends, Dannan and Ferny, on Raloo Farm in Ireland. While the intrepid trio are enjoying their escapades - "Jakers!" is their oft-used Irish expression of amazement and delight - American transplant Wiley the Sheep is busy offering wild and woolly advice to his all-too-sheepish flock. In an act of "shear" comic genius, renowned funnyman Mel Brooks voices the role of Wiley (an Emmy-nominated performance in 2005!).
The top and tail of each episode feature Piggley in the present day as a grandpa, telling these stories of childhood shenanigans as entertaining lessons in life to his three contemporary, rambunctious city-dwelling grandpigs.
Jakers!
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