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Bob Godfrey

Bob Godfrey

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Biography

Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–93) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.

Known For

The Beatles
6.2

The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the popular English rock band of the same name. It ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the US. The series debuted on September 25, 1965 and ended on September 7, 1969. A total of 39 episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM EST until the 1967 third season when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. For the fourth season, which consisted of reruns, the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings. Each episode has a name of a Beatles song, so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode. The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on the Disney Channel. The series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.

The Beatles

1965
A Hard Day's Night
7.3

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

A Hard Day's Night

1964
Help!
6.9

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.

Help!

1965
Roobarb
7.4

Roobarb is a British animated children's television programme, originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Grange Calveley and animated by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and the show was first shown on 21 October 1974. The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb the green dog and Custard the pink cat from next door. The narration of the series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 18 February 2013, Briers died, followed four days later by animator Godfrey.

Roobarb

1974
Henry's Cat
5.5

Henry's Cat is an animated children's television programme, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk. The show starred a laid-back, ponderous yellow cat, known only as Henry's Cat, and his many friends and enemies. Henry's Cat was first screened on 12 September 1983 and has enjoyed reruns since then. Five series were made in total.

Henry's Cat

1983
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
6.8

Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
7.0

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk is a children's cartoon series produced by Bob Godfrey's Movie Emporium.

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

1976
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
3.6

Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and no man is safe from the crotch-grabbing tea lady. In his attempts to seduce pretty office secretary Cheryl, Pigeon invents a machine called Agnes that emits a 'sonic aphrodisiac' guaranteed to turn any man or woman into an slathering sex maniac. Although his attempts to zap Cheryl are singularly unsuccessful, Pigeon gets some interesting results when he accidentally turns the 'sex ray' on his bullying boss Nutbrown and the prudish Mary Watchtower.

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

1976
Secrets of British Animation
6.0

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.

Secrets of British Animation

2018
Sex Toons
6.0

Collection of erotic themed animated shorts from around the world, including "Boobs a Lot" (1968), "Armchair Inventions" (1975), "Little Genitalia", "A Child's Alphabet With Casual Reference to DNA Replication in the Garden of Eden" (1971), "The Further Adventures of Super Screw" (ca. 1928-1933), "Jack in the Fox", "Hearts and Arrows", "Schneewittchen" (a sex parody of 'Snow White'), "Buried Treasure" (ca. 1928-1929), "Crocus", "Little Ms. Muffet", "Seed Reel #1."; "Sniff and Lick"; "Hungry Poem"; "Twelve Dancing Penises", "L'ombre de la pomme" (1967), "Show biz", "Kama Sutra Rides Again" (1972) and a varitation of "Boobs a Lot".

Sex Toons

1975
Great
5.6

An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.

Great

1975
One Man Band
10.0

An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the hapless ‘little man’ who longs to stand in the shoes of his hero: conductor Lance Corporal.

One Man Band

1965
Wicked Willie
6.0

A series of shorts about adventures of a man and his "willie". They are best friends and talk about everyday problems they face, like competition or women and their "kitties". Willie is a live talking character in this satire on sexuality.

Wicked Willie

1990
The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
8.0

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising

1962
Wicked Willie Rides Again!
N/A

The talking penis, first seen in the books of Gray Joliffe, returns for his second animated outing.

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

1991
Dream Doll
6.5

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.

Dream Doll

1979
Marx for Beginners
4.0

In order to understand the works and ideas of Karl Marx, this animation takes an ordinary man through several different periods of history, from the cavemen to the philosophers of the world to better comprehend Marx ideals for the proletarian and why the world is an unfair contradiction of all sorts.

Marx for Beginners

1979
Henry 9 'til 5
8.3

A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.

Henry 9 'til 5

1970
Small Talk
6.2

An Oscar nominated cartoon about underestimating those appearing small and weak.

Small Talk

1994
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9.0

Film directed by Bob Godfrey

Desperate Straits

1981