Original title
Funnybones
Released
9/29/1992
Origin country
GB
Genre
Animation, Comedy
Production companies
BBC, Cartwn Cymru, S4C, William Heinemann Ltd.
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
12
Funnybones was a Welsh children's television series that was first aired in Welsh on S4C and in English on the BBC in 1992. It was based on the eponymous series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg which were illustrated by Andre Amstutz and focused on the adventures of a family of skeletons, sometimes known as the Funnybones. There was Big Funnybone, Little Funnybone, and Dog Funnybone. Each episode was 5 minutes in length. The voices were provided by popular comedian Griff Rhys Jones who also plays Moon Man, who serves as the narrator in the TV series.
The first episode, Big and Little decide to trade Dog for another pet, mainly because all he does is bark and dig holes in the lawn.
It's a dark, dark night tonight but Big and Little keep bumping into each other.
Dog is dreaming of his favourite thing in the world a big juicy bone.
Big and Little leave Dog behind to visit the dark, dark dinosaur museum.
Big, Little and Dog ride the ghost train.
Big, Little and Dog are on a boating trip in the dark, dark sea.
Big, Little and Dog receive invitations to a party at the end of the Mystery Tour.
Big, Little and Dog find a huge wishbone, and try to decide which one of them has the best idea for a wish.
The skeletons decide to put on a cabaret show.
Dog disappears in the white, white snow.
Little gets bored with his quiet life on the dark, dark hill.
Big, Little and Dog decide to frighten anything they come across in the dark, dark night.
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