When it comes to Cosgrove Hall's "Wind in the Willows" series...

[pyat]

...the only question one has is whether Ian Carmichael as The Water Rat has a better singing voice than Peter Sallis as the Water Rat.

Ian Carmichael. Carmicheal earlier voiced Frith, the God of Rabbits, in the Watership Down film.

Peter Sallis. Better known alternatively as Clegg in the never-ending Last of the Summer Wine series (he's been playing the same character since 1973), or the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit.

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[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

i love that version of wind in the willows!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'd never have guessed, with that LJ name!

[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to say many people don't!!!!

i'm more fond of mole and "Mole End" though, although I suppose my current fort fits the name.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

One of my old BBS handles was "The Emancipated Mole," from the first chapter of the book. And yeah, I'd totally love some kind of real world burrow. :)

[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

that's awesome. I am blaming you for derailing my morning though. I can't stop watching these Wind in the Willows bits.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. ;)

[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

WHEN THE TOOOOOAAAAAD CAAAAME HOOOME

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the musical version with the Monty Python gang?

[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

no, I don't believe I have.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's apparently quite good. It more or less follows A.A. Milne's Toad of Toad Hall stage play, with some extra songs and comic bits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM7xZLnl3lo

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Ian. Yup.

When the Toad Came Home is sung regularly about the Bodhi abode.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Definitely on singing voice. As to the general voice characterization, I like Sallis, but confess his voice has a sort of reediness that suggests a country vicar, rather than a boatman.

[slothpuck.livejournal.com]

There will apparently be another series of "last of the summer wine", I am guessing but I think it is due to be screened in 2009. Peter sallis does not appear very much in LOTSW (last of the summer wine) due to increasing age/fraility these days. It's unknown right now but if he became to frail to do the series, and since music composer Ronnie Hazlehurst died back in '07, I suspect the series might not be around for that much longer.

SP

[paka.livejournal.com]

Good lord, I've seen this maybe once in my life, and thought it was charming - this was late enough that I'd just finished this utterly trauma-enducing Harlan Ellison short story, so running into it on TV was a really nice break. I'd thought I either imagined I'd seen something like that, or was remembering it better than it was.

And here everyone else seems to have watched it dozens of times!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

You may have seen the movie, which is what the first clip is from. It was later spun off into quite a decent series that lasted for a few seasons, and was on Canadian TV for a long time.

[noondaypaisley.livejournal.com]

I agree, it has to be Ian. I feel like Sallis would be better for the singing voice of Mole. But it may be just because I love Ratty so much that I don't think that anyone does it quite right.