Badjelly the witch
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Badjelly the witch comes up with an evil plan!
For my British moots, the Badjelly animated series has made its debut on ITVX! Hopefully us Americans can get it soon! For now, here’s the titular witch! #Halloween #Badjelly #MyArt #WildBrain #Mukpuddy
In time for spooky season, WildBrain's adaptation of Spike Milligan's #BadJelly lands on @itvx.com tomorrow.
Go behind the scenes on the new series with the talents of New Zealand studio @mukpuddy.bsky.social
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UK based Saddle/handlebar/frame bag manu’s #wizardworks have released a new bar bag called #badjelly .to be honest it’s ticking a lot of boxes in terms of capacity, shape colour & water resistance. Gonna check it out IRL at #woodscyclery or #keeppedalling
Check out #Badjelly - an epic adventure story about two siblings on a mission to save their missing pet cow 🐮Available in NZ, Australia, and Canada!
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WildBrain has signed a deal to bring the witchy new animated kids’ series #Badjelly to UK audiences with ITV, Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster and streamer.
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And Hugh, Finn was a great interviewer!
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Just found out that Badjelly will make its debut on Family Channel in Canada this Sunday! #Badjelly #FamilyChannel
Screenshot of Rhys Darby’s instagram story, where he has shared a video from the Badjelly account of someone opening TV Guide (NZ) magazine to an interview with Rhys about his role.
Text from the magazine: Article title: Bonkers Badjelly. As a fan of the absurd, the ridiculous, the downright silly, Rhys Darby is tickled to be playing tree goblin Binkle-bonk (right) in Badjelly, a TV series based on Spike Milligan's memorable fairytale, writes Bess Manson. It’s the scream that does it. That terrifying, bloodcurdling shriek that made children want to hide under the covers: Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch was scary as hell. That’s Kiwi actor Rhys Darby's take on the baddest witch who liked to eat children with peanut butter. Darby voices Binkle-bonk, a cantankerous tree goblin, in a 13-part animated TV series of Milligan’s evergreen tale, produced by Auckland’s Mukpuddy Animation with UK and Canadian production partners. Yes, Badjelly was a frightening character, perfectly portrayed by Milligan himself on the recording of the tale, but it was the silliness of the story that stuck with Darby. “Stinky-poo stinky-poo, knickers knickers knickers.” Milligan's Badjelly cornered the market on absurdity alright. Speaking from Los Angeles, where he is based, Darby says he, like most Kiwi kids, grew up listening to the story on the regular Sunday morning radio shows. “I was blown away by it. I loved the funny voices. I had never come across a story that was so imaginative. It's weird how in New Zealand it became so iconic and I think it helped shape our sense of humour because we thought, ‘oh, yeah, we're bonkers’. It's always had a special place in my heart.”
Text from the magazine: Darby, best known for playing incompetent manager Murray Hewitt in Flight of the Conchords alongside Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement and more recently the would-be pirate Stede Bonnet in Our Flag Means Death with Taika Waititi, says it was the madness of Milligan’s story that made it so exciting - and so popular here in Aotearoa. “I think it’s because it’s out of the ordinary - we are out of the ordinary. What Spike Milligan was doing spoke to us and I think it was the ‘other’ and that's how we feel we are. We are unique - and that's what that story is.” Made with the blessing of the Milligan family, Badjelly is a fresh, modern take on 1973 story which follows children Rose and Tim, who, while searching for their cow Lucy, encounter an entourage of magical characters, before being captured by the witch. Darby was honoured to get a role in the show, he says. He’s long been a fan of Milligan's work. You don't have to look too closely to see how the writer's absurdity has bled into Darby's own style of comedy. “I got his books and poetry. I listened to Badjelly. I listened to The Goon Show. It was his writing, his doing these funny voices, being really silly and clever. Everything he has done has influenced me. I think he’s really special. I've given my kids his books and they have in turn felt the love of his work.”
Text from the magazine: As well as live-action roles, including his Kiwi-accented character in the Jumanji movie series, Darby has been in demand for voice work, with parts in shows like SpongeBob SquarePants and The Simpsons. He can also be heard in Richard Curtis’ animated movie That Christmas, released on Netflix earlier this month. Animation voice work is a treat for an actor, he says. It allows the imagination to run wild. Plus, there’s the added bonus of getting a break from all the faff that comes with live-action roles. “You’re there with a microphone and nothing else. There’s no faffing about with hair and makeup and sets. Don’t get me wrong, I love all that sort of thing, that’s why I love acting. I love putting on outfits. But it takes so long to do anything. “Half the time, you’re sitting in your trailer and you’ve learned your lines and then you think, ‘God, what am I going to do now?’ But with voice work, you just drive to the studio, you go straight in, you’ve got your script and you just enter this imaginary world.” His animation roles began with Jake and the Neverland Pirates in which he played Percy the Penguin - he was a penguin from Antarctica so, of course, he had Darby’s accent. “That was just the start of it and the door kind of opened and I started playing other weird creatures and insects. The big breakthrough was getting Voltron: Legendary Defender, where I got to play Coran, this iconic space character from another world. “So I do play alien voices and things that are the ‘other’. That’s what I am, I am an alien living in America.”
New interview with #RhysDarby in TV Guide (NZ) about playing Binklebonk in #Badjelly, being a life-long fan of Spike Milligan, and his love of voiceover work! 🎙️
Check out the teaser trailer for #badjelly! streaming Jan 1 on TVNZ+ in NZ
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"Beloved comedian" iktr! Can't wait to see this - lucky Kiwis and Canadians getting first crack!
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