Mary, Mungo & Midge
"A town is full of buildings. Some tall, some short, some wide
and some narrow. The buildings are flats and houses and factories and
shops. They're built in streets. The streets have cars and buses and
lorries driving along them. . . . Do you live in a town? "
"Mary, Mungo and Midge live in this town. They live with Mary's
mother and father in this tall block of flats. They live right at the
top. There are eight flats built on top of each other. Mary, Mungo and
Midge live in the flat with the flowers growing in the window box.
There's Mary . . . There's Mungo . . . and there's Midge".
Mary (A girl), Mungo (a dog) and Midge (a mouse) all lived in an
apartment on the 8th floor of a block of flats. (Continuity Error:
Sometimes the lift counter shows they are on the 7th floor - Also some
shots in the lift show nine floors!)
Midge played the flute, although he could only play one tune - Three
Blind Mice (which he did play rather well though) and Mungo would
always say "Make sure the lift door is shut" after using the
lift.
This clever dog and mouse combination even went to the shops by
themselves to buy potatoes. Admittedly Mary had to write a note for the
greengrocer for them to take with the money. Lazy sod, that Mary . . .
Mary, Mungo and Midge used to screen at lunchtime, and was the
first realist pre-school children's program. Its location and context
was a modern inner-city tower block rather than a cosy village (like Trumpton)
or a forest dreamscape (like The Magic Roundabout).
This show taught me a lot. It taught me how to do potato prints and
it taught me about gypsies . . . It also taught me that you must never
disturb a dog while it's eating (honestly).
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