Rupert Bear is a cartoon character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and who first appeared in the Daily Express on November 8, 1920. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mary Tourtel ( 28 January 1874, Canterbury - 15 March 1948, Canterbury) was an English Artist and The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Rupert's initial purpose was to grab sales from the Daily Mail and Mirror. He has endured and become far more significant to children's culture than a simple ratings-grabber. In the 1930s, the mantle of Rupert artist and storyteller was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch and other glossy magazines. Alfred Edmeades "Fred" Bestall, MBE ( Mandalay, Burma, 14 December 1892 &ndash 15 January 1986 in Punch was a British weekly Magazine of Humour and Satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002 Bestall proved to be a genius in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his 90s. He developed the classic Rupert story format, whereby the story is told in picture form (generally 4/page), in simple page-headers (e. g. "Rupert goes to School"), in simple two-line-per-image verse and then as running prose at the foot. Rupert Annuals can therefore be "read" on 4 different levels. He also established the shape and form of the Rupert stories themselves. Each story begins in Nutwood (an idyllic English village), takes Rupert to King Frost's Castle, underground, to the bottom of the seas (etc. , etc. ) then back to Nutwood, where all is safe and well and Mummy Bear is not at all surprised.
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History
Rupert has a series of friends. Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Edward Trunk (an elephant) are the most enduring. Badger is the Common name for any animal of three subfamilies which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same Mammal family as the The Pug is a small breed of Dog with a wrinkly short muzzled face. Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. One of the most unusual and evocative characters is Raggety, a creature (actually a wood-troll) made from twigs, very grumpy and annoying! In the recent TV series, Raggety has been morphed into a a cute little elf-thing with broken English.
Bestall improved the stories and plots of Rupert but more importantly he created the most beautifully crafted illustrations in the Rupert Annuals. Bestall drew Rupert until 1973, when he retired. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Much of the landscape in Rupert is inspired by the Snowdonia landscape of North Wales, the Sussex Weald and East Devon. Snowdonia (Eryri is a region of North Wales and a National park of in area The successor to Bestall was Alex Cubie. Cubie created Rupert annual artwork between 1974 and 1977. His images are recognisable from the thicker black outlines around the characters and the use of more vibrant colours than Bestall.
Rupert appears each day in the Daily Express; his new adventures are illustrated by John Harrold. A Rupert Annual is still produced every year, with Harrold's drawings coloured usually by Gina Hart. Gina Hart is a British comics artist best known for her colouring work on the Rupert Bear strips
Rupert appeared in Paul McCartney's 1984 music video "We All Stand Together"; McCartney also made an animated video starring Rupert called Rupert and the Frog Song. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics We All Stand Together is a song by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus. Rupert and the Frog Song is a 1984 Animated film written and produced by Paul McCartney and directed by Geoff Dunbar and Raymond 'George' Taylor
The Rupert Bear Museum, part of the Museum of Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, has collections that cover much of the history of Rupert, his Friends and Tourtel and other illustrators. The museum is especially geared toward the family market, and those interested in the general history of Rupert.
On October 31, 2005, UK Media Group Entertainment Rights secured majority interest from the Daily Express on Rupert Bear. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Entertainment Rights Plc is a global media company listed on the London Stock Exchange. There are plans for a film, books, Limited Edition Prints and DVDs that will see Rupert joined by new friends in addition to established characters.
The character is usually drawn wearing a red jumper and bright yellow plaid trousers, with matching yellow scarf. Plaid (ˈplad is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen Cloth; it is unclear if the Gaelic word In modern British slang plaid trousers, such as those worn on a golf course for visibility, are often called "Rupert Bear trousers" or "Ruperts. Trousers are an item of Clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth stretching across " [1] The trousers were very popular among British youth sub cults of the '70s known as suedeheads and smoothies. The Suedehead Subculture was an early-1970s offshoot of the Skinhead subculture in the United Kingdom.
Television series
The Adventures of Rupert Bear (1970-1974)
Rupert first appeared on television in an ITC series, produced for the ITV network which ran for over 100 ten-minute episodes. The Adventures of Rupert Bear is a Live-action / Puppet Television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear The Incorporated Television Company (ITC is a British television company largely involved in production and distribution Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The characters were all puppets, although the opening sequence memorably featured a toy Rupert bear sitting in a live-action child's bedroom. Rupert's friends and flying chariot appeared straight from the Daily Express pages, although he was joined by some new friends including a sprite called Willy Wisp. The term sprite is a broad term referring to a number of Preternatural Legendary creatures The term is generally used in reference to Elf -like creatures
One of the most memorable elements of the series was the catchy theme song, sung by Jackie Lee, which reached number 14 in the UK charts in 1971. Jackie Lee (born Jaqueline Norah Flood 29 May 1936, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish Popular music Infamously, the song includes the erroneous lyric "Rupert the Bear", even though Rupert has never had the definite article in his name.
Rupert (1991)
In 1991, Rupert Bear got his own animated television series, with 39 episodes produced by Nelvana (Canada) and Ellipse (France) and Scottish TV, and another 27 episodes by Nelvana to bring the total to 66. Rupert is an Animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer British spellings. Thank you --> Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment Ellipse Programmé (also known as Le Studio Ellipse, or simply Ellipse) is a French Animation studio that produces Television programs Scottish Television (now legally known as STV Central Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the It was broadcast in syndication on YTV in Canada. YTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel aimed at Youth, available nationwide through cable Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In the United States, the show first aired on Nickelodeon before moving to CBS [2]; repeats of the series came to qubo's digital service in January 2007. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. qubo (pronounced "kyoo-bo" originally called Smart Place for Kids until August 23, 2006) is the name of the American
The show was broadcast in the UK on CITV. CITV (short for Children's ITV or Children's Independent Television) is the brand name used for the Majority of Children's television output In Australia, the show was broadcast on the ABC. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. The series has been re-aired in the UK on the Sky channel Tiny Pop. Tiny Pop is a Free-to-air British Television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group.
Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic. . . (2006)
A new Rupert Bear animated television series. Rupert Bear Follow the Magic is a Children's television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear. Notable changes to the characters are Rupert will wear trainers and his fur will have a slight tan. Pong Ping has become a girl and Raggerty is now an elf.
Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic. . . was broadcast on Five from November 8-December 7, 2006. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Thirteen ten-minute original episodes were broadcast and subsequently repeated.
Pop Culture
The Long Haired Lovers, an English punk rock punk-pop band, recorded a single featuring the music from Rupert the Bear, and a b. side of Greensleeves (trad. arr. ) & My Wife (Pead/Hill). Released on Insane records, 1991.
Sources
External links
- The Followers of Rupert Bear : Official Rupert the Bear Website
- Official website of Rupert Bear and Rupert Bear - Follow the Magic
- CITV - Rupert Bear at itv.com
- Rupert (1991) at the Internet Movie Database
- Rupert And The Frog Song
- Rupert Little Bear Library
- Rupert Bear Museum - Canterbury
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