Oliver Postgate, 1925-2008

[major_clanger]

As lots of my friends are noting, Oliver Postgate - creator of The Clangers, together with Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and many other fondly-remembered staples of my youth, has died at 83.

I think my Small Clanger icon is looking particularly bereft this morning.

Comments

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

*minor key whistling with lots of downward slides, ending on a gently life-affirming upnote, possibly suggesting that 83 ain't bad and his creations live on*

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

All our Clangers are feeling bereft.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

I thought of you - it was the first thing I saw when i arrived at t beeb this am..

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

Does this mean you will cease to exist ? Quick everybody ! When I ask you whether you believe in clangers , I want to hear a nice big yes!