Written by Jocelyn Stevenson Music by Ernie Wood No. of episodes 12 | Country of origin Wales | |
Created by Janet AhlbergAllan Ahlberg | ||
Funnybones (Welsh: Y Sgerbyde), was a Welsh/British children's television comedy series which was first aired in Welsh on S4C and in English on BBC1 in 1992. It was based on the eponymous series of 9 storybooks by Janet and Allan Ahlberg which were illustrated by Andre Amstutz, and focused upon the adventures of a gang of skeletons known as the Funnybones. There was Big Funnybone (whose catchphrase was "Good idea."), Little Funnybone, (who was the brains of the outfit), (White, White) Dog ("These Bones") Funnybone (whose catchphrase was "Woof.") and (Black, Black) Cat (whose catchphrase was "Meiow."). Each of 12 episodes was 5 minutes in length. The voices were provided by popular comedian Griff Rhys Jones who also played Moon Man, who served as the narrator in the TV series.
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Episode guide via Storybook comparison
On the TV Series of Funnybones 6 episodes have the same title based on the storybooks, only 3 of them had different titles of storybooks based on the same episode and the other 3 never had a storybook applicable to the TV episodes. The Final episode of the TV series however was based on the first storybook of Funnybones and the first episode was based on the second storybook.
A BBC video entitled Funnybones - Bumps in the Night (Cat. No. BBCV 4871) which contained all 12 episodes was released soon after the series ended (but this is now out of print). The VHS tape was also released in Bulgaria and Australia by the companies Proxima Entertainment and ABC Video respectively.
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This was one of several cartoons dubbed by the then-new Irish post-production company Telegael, to demonstrate children's programming possibilities for a proposed Irish-language television station. The resulting series, Smior agus Smiortán (translating to the English language as Marrow & Smiortán), was broadcast on Ireland's two national television stations, RTÉ1 and 2, in 1993. The series has also aired on ABC in Australia and on FOX Family Channel in America as part of its show called Mister Moose's Fun Time (a spinoff to The All New Captain Kangaroo).