Mr. Men (partially found rescored versions of 1975-1976 animated series; 1983): Difference between revisions

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Mr. Forgetful title card

Status: Partially Found

The Mr. Men series was a 1975 animated TV series based on the book series of the same name by Roger Hargreaves and aired on BBC1. The voices were provided by the late Arthur Lowe.^[1]

When the 1983 Little Miss series initially aired, each episode was paired with a Mr. Men episode, with an interlude song in between the two stories. In addition, new music was composed for the Mr. Men segments, likely done to match up with the music for the Little Miss episodes. The pairings aired on BBC1's children's block, See-Saw, from 1983 to 1986, then on BBC1's "Children's BBC" block in 1987 and finally on BBC2 in 1988.

Status

All home video releases of the Mr. Men stories have their original music, rendering most of the rescored versions lost. 'Mr. Forgetful' was the first episode fully found with its rescore, albeit with very poor quality audio. Two better quality recordings of the 1983 Mr. Men theme, one from an airing of 'Mr. Greedy', surfaced later on. Additionally, the last few seconds of 'Mr. Tickle' were uploaded onto YouTube.

Later, the intro to 'Mr Bump' was uploaded onto YouTube and upon request from a YouTube user, the full episode was uploaded.

Episodes

Title	Paired with	Status
Mr. Tickle	Little Miss Tiny	Partially Found
Mr. Silly	Little Miss Shy	Lost
Mr. Jelly	Little Miss Splendid	Lost
Mr. Daydream	Little Miss Magic	Lost
Mr. Forgetful	Little Miss Naughty	Found (poor audio)
Mr. Chatterbox	Little Miss Neat	Lost
Mr. Greedy	Little Miss Bossy	Lost
Mr. Happy	Little Miss Plump	Lost
Mr. Bounce	Little Miss Scatterbrain	Lost
Mr. Mean	Little Miss Late	Lost
Mr. Impossible	Little Miss Trouble	Lost
Mr. Fussy	Little Miss Helpful	Lost
Mr. Bump	Little Miss Sunshine	Found

Gallery

Little Miss interlude song and the 1983 Mr. Men theme.

References

↑ https://www.animatormag.com/1985/issue-13/issue-13-page-15/

External Links

[1] ttps://www.animatormag.com/1985/issue-13/issue-13-page-15/

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-|Little Miss Shy||Mr. Silly||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Silly||Little Miss Shy||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Splendid||Mr. Jelly||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Magic||Mr. Daydream||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Naughty||Mr. Forgetful||[https://youtu.be/jxiDSFN2-sQ<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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-|Little Miss Neat||Mr. Chatterbox||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Chatterbox||Little Miss Neat||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Bossy||Mr. Greedy||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Greedy||Little Miss Bossy||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Plump||Mr. Happy||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Happy||Little Miss Plump||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Scatterbrain||Mr. Bounce||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Bounce||Little Miss Scatterbrain||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Late||Mr. Mean||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Mean||Little Miss Late||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Trouble||Mr. Impossible||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Impossible||Little Miss Trouble||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Helpful||Mr. Fussy||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|Mr. Fussy||Little Miss Helpful||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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-|Little Miss Sunshine||Mr. Bump||[https://youtu.be/8BnGAhIbv6w<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
+|Mr. Bump||Little Miss Sunshine||[https://youtu.be/8BnGAhIbv6w<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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