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The comic's protagonist is a border-collie sheepdog known as "the Dog", owned by Wal Footrot, who runs a sheep and cattle farm called Footrot Flats near the fictional rural town of Raupo in New Zealand. The comic depicts the trials and tribulations of Wal, the Dog and other characters, human and animal, which they encounter.
When Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale screened in Los Angeles, California, in 1987, film critic Charles Solomon gave it two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying: "Based on Murray Ball's popular Australian [sic] comic strip of the same name, "Footrot Flats" centres on Wal, a well-intentioned slob of a sheep rancher, and his intelligent dog, Dog ...
Footrot Flats inspired a stage musical, [6] a theme-park [7] and New Zealand's first feature-length animated film, Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986). Footrot Flats characters include Wal, Dog, Cooch, Cheeky Hobson, Aunt Dolly, Horse, Pongo, Rangi, Charlie, Major, Jess and the Murphy family of Irish and Hunk and Spit.
Main character in a long-running Belgian western comics series. In the franchise he is the pet of Andy. [16] Big Shirley generic Cul de Sac: Richard Thompson: Alice's Grandmother's dog Bill Cocker Spaniel: Boule et Bill: Jean Roba: Boule's dog. [17] Bingo Fox terrier Rupert Bear: Alfred Bestall: Friend of Rupert. [18] Biscuit generic Stone Soup ...
There was also a stage musical, an animated feature film called Footrot Flats: the Dog's Tail Tale, and even a theme park. The cartoon was based around the life of Wal Footrot's sheep dog, "Dog", on their farm Footrot Flats (hence the title), and the other characters, human and animal, that came into their lives. Dog's thoughts are voiced in ...
Footrot Flats is based around his farm on the Poverty Bay Flats while the characters are based after people he knew. Witi Ihimaera (born 1944), author Bailey Mackey (born 1977), former head of sport for Maori Television; executive producer of The GC ; ex-husband of former Shortland Street actress Emmeline Hawthorne who has relocated to Gisborne)
Billy Crystal says there’s a moment from When Harry Met Sally that fans have been quoting back to him lately — and no, it’s not the obvious one.. The movie's memorable Katz’s Deli scene ...
Dobbyn was asked to write a tune for the relationship between Footrot Flats farmer Wal Footrot and the object of his affection, hairdresser Cheeky Hobson. Assuming that the relationship was nothing serious, Dobbyn wrote a jaunty tune, but was told by Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball that "it's true love". With that in mind, he rewrote the song ...