Animaland (remake)

Animaland will be remaked by Disney Television Animation in tribute to David Hand who is the creator of the original shorts and a famous animator at Disney.

The Cuckoo
An off-screen Narrator encourages us to observe Mr and Mrs Sparrow as they play unwtting hosts to a greedy young cuckoo. Their other legitimate child, Chirpy, has a nightmare time before losing his place in the nest. Poor Chirpy soon finds himself in the clutches of Willie Weasel, until his cuckoo half-brother intervenes - although a rescue isn't quite what's on his mind....

The Lion
In Darkest Africa a Naturalist ponders the myth of the lion. Is he really King of the Beasts? The observed lion cub looks fairly clueless as he tangles with an elephant. Three years later the same lion is witnessed preening for a mate, as Boko the Parrot intervenes, and our hero has the tables turned on him. Finally, nine years later, our same lion is comes unstuck as he hunts buffalo. As the Naturalist mocks his efforts once more, so our hero changes tack and swallows the buffon whole!

The House-Cat
An off-screen Narrator asks us to study a kitten playing with the ring on a blind. The youngster pretends it's prey of various guises for him to torment. Then we pick up on the same cat in adolescence, competing for the affections of a flirty feline, and almost coming unstuck as he battles an outraged alley-cat...

The Australian Platypus
Our friendly Narrator directs us to a pretty female platypus dusting down her home, just before a young male moves in next door. Th two squabble and compete for each other's affection, to the amusemen of the watching kookaburras. After a brief case of mistaken identity the couple take to the water together, and it all ends happily ever after with the arrival of their own young platypus child. Not so for kookaburras, who are now tormented by their own chittering offspring!

Species

 * Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
 * Lion (Panthera leo)
 * Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
 * Duck-Billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)