I have just discovered a wonerful kid's show called Postman Pat. It plays on HBO from 9-9:30am every morning. Postman Pat is the mailman for a British town called Greendale. The postmistress is Mrs. Goggins. Jess, the cat, always accompanies Postman Pat on his rounds. Dr. Gilbertson is a single Mom that Police Constable Selby has a crush on. I guess in the UK english, I should say Police Constable Selby fancies Dr. Gilbertson. Ajay Bains maintains and drives the Greendale Rocket--the town's train to the larger town of Pencaster (spelling?). He is married to Nisha, and she runs the cafe in the station. Meera, their daughter, appears to be best friends with Pat's son. Another hillarious character always has his inventions backfire on him.
Anyway, the town is very close. So far, I have seen six episodes, in which Postman Pat has arranged a bowling party on the village green, a 100th birthday party for the Greendale Rocket, another general town party (in which he even helped one of the girls come up with a dress). The children are all cooperative. I adore the cat, Jess. This is all animation by the way--not drawn animation, but animation of all these beautiful handcrafted figures. What a wonderful show!
The ending credits go something like this. Pat is standing with his Royal Mail carrier in front of a large card/envelope with a stamp on it. The is the backdrop for flashing credits as the music sings:
"Postman, Postman Pat
Can you guess what's in his bag?
Is it a letter? Meow! (Jess peeks out from behind the lower right-hand corner of the envelope)
Is it a parcel? Meow! (Jess peeks out from the upper left-hand corner)
Is it a postcard? Meow! (Jess peeks out from the upper right-hand corner)
What else? Jess, the cat! (Jess pops out of Pat's lidded mail cart/trolley/buggy and gets pets and eye contact from pat)"
Looking forward to many wonderful episodes of this fantastic show.
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