I came across this old paperback from the mid-Seventies.
Here Comes Mumfie?
On TV?
It's a complete mystery to me. Never heard of it, never saw it!
Are you aware of Mumfie readers?
Will O's Mumfie update!
Hi Woodsy, Back in the 1990's Hornby did a range of Mumfie toys. Licenced by Britt Alcroft who also held the Thomas the tank engine licence.
Will O
UK
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I looked it up it was a 1990s show. A move was released in 2022. Are you sure about the age of that book? I've never heard of it myself.
ReplyDeleteUpon further reading the character is a lot older. Sadly Katherine Tozer died in 1943. Still I've somehow managed to live this long without ever hearing of Mumfie.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Mumfie either. According to the copyright page above, Here Comes Mumfie was first published in 1936, Carousel paperback edition published 1975.
ReplyDeleteKatharine Tozer (1907-43) barely made it to 36, but she wrote and illustrated six Mumfie books between 1935 and 1942, with Here Comes Mumfie being the second. She was English.
It looks like Carousel managed to mis-spell her first name. It seems to be Katharine (with an A) rather than Katherine (with an E).
Here Comes Mumfie was a TV series on ITV, 1975-76. The 1990s and 2022 versions were re-makes.
"Here comes Mumfie" - a 1975 childrens TV show shown on ITV with 52 episodes. Made by Mary Turner and John Read of Gerry Anderson supermarionation fame. Chief puppeteer Mary was one of the many staff made redundant when the Anderson's moved into live-action and John was a co-director of Anderson's company but was fired by Anderson during the making of the live action movie "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" where he was Director of Photography as he refused producer Anderson's demand to shoot a revealing shot of Lynn Loring in a shower scene as Anderson wanted more adult content now they were making live action. The films director Robert Parrish didn't want to do it and John sided with him. John and Mary then set up their own company to make childrens films. They also made the classic UK childrens puppet shows "Adventures of Rupert Bear" and my personal favourite - "Cloppa Castle". Mumfie was later remade as a cartoon "Magic Adventures of Mumfie," in the 1990s by an animation company.
ReplyDeleteFabulous stuff that Yorkie! Thanks a lot! A sort of Gerry Anderson link too!
DeleteIt's strange how something like this that lasted decades remained relatively unknown.
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