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What-a-Mess
Contributed by Kevin LenonThere was an American and British cartoon series of What-a-Mess. The British version stuck pretty much to the original feel of the books, based on Joseph Wright's illustrations and was narrated by Frank Muir. However, the American version apparently featured a karate chopping side kick (urrrgh) and Frank made guest appearances as an Old English Sheepdog, so the less said about that the better. One of my three-year-old daughter Chloë's favourite books is "What-a-Mess at the Seaside", written by Frank Muir. I seemed to remember that there was a TV series based on the books, and a bit of investigation found a marvellous tribute web site to Frank, with a complete section on What-a-Mess.
The UK series has a very cute theme song, which includes the lines: "A tangled heap of unpleasantness, good grief, What-a-Mess!" The British version was produced by Bevanfield Films for Central Independent Television, adapted for television by Tim Forder.
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