Aubrey: 1980-1982

Hi guys, this recently also jogged my memory of between 2002 and 2006 of Radio-Canada (CBC in french) as well, i remeber this always airing after specfic Japanese cartoons (like Remi and that one cartoon that was sort of like Zorro, all i could remeber is that he had black hair and a black cape and lots of armour and was from the 1970s), warning for all the british users who clearly remeber this as there are spoilers ahead, it starred this simple orange ball guy (in the same vein as the white small guy in the Pink Panther) who looked very exactly like Proffesor Kapp Sule from Gumby, everything did not speak a word, but still made sounds to indicate expression, had charmy upbeat theme tunes, and the animation was sure a no brainer that you could always tell it was a diffrent animator (too bad none of those guys were ever credited, let alone specifically) and that they were mostly single animator cartoons.

Apparently, Not much is really known about it, and only six episodes are known to exist based on my research, there have been said to have been 39 (around 40) episodes and also based from memory from seeing it on TV i think they were more than six to exist, i remember one where there was a Magic Show, there was also one where it had the Dentist and there was one with the take on Jack and the Beanstalk.

Here are the six episodes in existence.

Aubrey's Garden [

Aubrey's Apple Tree [

Aubrey's Boat [

Aubrey Discovers Soap [

Aubrey's Fire Engine [

Aubrey Framed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTsIwPCKYLE&feature=related]


And it appears this was directly done on cell (including paper and filming), based on that, i think the ones that fade directly into the credits (Aubrey's Boat, Aubrey Discovers Soap) are from the first season (which i belive has 13 episodes, correct me just in case) and the ones that fade to black (Aubrey's Garden, Aubrey Framed) before the credits are defiently from the second season (which i belive also has 13 episodes as well) and that the ones dated 1982 are from the third season (again 13 episodes, i think).

I guess (because i actually really don't know for sure) why this is so forgotten is that i belive this was the latest filmed on nitrate film stock, which is known to be the most flammable film materials ever and is the reason why several Tom and Jerry and other MGM cartoon films no longer exist in their regular form anymore, BUT maybe i'm entirely wrong and false about that, anyway, this cartoon was created by Derek Phillips (from Roobarb and Henry's Cat) and it made in his own independent studio, called D.P films, is Derek still around by any chance?
Anyway the other crew and the only credited were Stan Rockfield and Ted Hawyard and painter Nancy Waller.

and based on the opening theme use on Aubrey's Fire Engine, i must say that one is most defiently the first episode.

i belive the episode order and season number on wikipedia is false.

Whoops i gotta go now, i'll have more to say later, meanwhile let's hear your say and i'd like to know more about it and also see more of it as well.