this is a old english cartoon from 1970's The Magic Round About
sorry bout the link i dont know how to upload vids on her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zV0_YDss9o&feature=related
Flavoured with a laid-back and surreal view of life, the programme reflected a heavy sixties feel. It soon achieved a cult status. The programme featured a rather off-the-wall cast. Its included Dougal, a shaggy dog who lived on a strict diet of sugar; an eccentric bouncing character called Zebedee, who would announce his arrival with a 'boing'; a rabbit named Dylan, who could have been accused of growing something considerably stronger than carrots in his vegetable patch; Ermintrude the pink cow, Florence, Brian the snail and their friends in the Garden. Thus The Magic Roundabout staked its place in television history. The most famous sentence of the series was Zebedee's standard declaration "Time for Bed" sending millions of children to sleep every evening. The Magic Roundabout was re-run on channel 4 television at the end of last year, winning yet another generation of young fans.
The characters
Interesting points of view about the Magic Roundabout I discovered while surfing the net:
Martin Ridgwell of Manchester wrote:
"I have been told that the Magic Roundabout was originally a French political satire with each character representing a figure in French politics. Apart from guessing Dougal as De Gaulle, who are the others? FRENCH politicians? I find that hard to swallow. Those of us at a certain age know that the Magic Roundabout was an Early Learning introduction to drug culture: 'It's a marvellous feeling,' Mr Rusty told Dougal about a 'trip' on his roundabout. A staple part of common room conversation was to identify the illegal substance that each character represented. Many years and several flashbacks later, I now find it difficult to recall what they were ... ah, let me see. Florence was a more butch version of our Alice, an innocent abroad; Dylan, the hippy bunny, was hashish; Brian was amphetamines. But what substance was produced from those flowers Ermitrude kept chewing, that once made her triple her size and fly away? And Dougal? At the time I thought his supply of sugar cubes had something to do with LSD but now I'm not so sure. Personally I'd like to know if there is any truth in the rumour that the BBC has banned it from our screens. Anyhow, time for bed."
