Comments on: Sand and clay animations - AEIOU!

Question: Sand and clay animations - AEIOU!

Jimbob — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:41:46 -0800

A-E-I-O-U! Does anyone know this old sand animation show and song? What about the red-and-blue clay?

Back in the 80s, on the Australian ABC between children's shows, they used to have little animated shorts.

One of them was a series of animations done in sand, with an accompianing song, sung with vowels. I'll do my best impression:

Aaah Aaah A.... E E E.... I I I.... Oh Oh Oh
A A A... E E E... I I I... A E I O U!
La lala lala! La lala lala!

The other animation involved two clay characters - one red, and one blue, who (if I remember correctly) were sort of enemies, and had little adventures turning into balls and walls and messing around with each other, some times banging into each other and becoming...purple!

I think both animations were European.

Does anyone know what these animations were called? Who made them? Bonus love if you can point me to information about them on the net, or a video. Youtube fails me.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:15:19 -0800

It was also on the early morning Nickelodeon programming in the US.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:18:18 -0800

Oh, was it Chapi Chapo? It's French.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:20:58 -0800

No, sorry. Chapi Chapo was different. Both were definitely on Pinwheel though. I give up.

By: eek

eek — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:38:19 -0800

I remember both from when I was a kid.
I always just assumed it was called AEIOU. :)

I think red and blue was just called Red & Blue.

By: lannanh

lannanh — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:49:55 -0800

Check out this Nick Nostaglgia Site, there's a little bit on Pinweel on it. Or could it have been on Calliope? I vaguely remember both of these short you describe. I do think that the Red and Blue clay animations are Chapi Chapo, just look at the pics from the link.

I was lucky to grow up in Columbus, Ohio, the test market for Nikelodeon.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:26:44 -0800

Is this the sand animation?

By: tellurian

tellurian — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:29:10 -0800

They make Red & Blue too.

By: sennoma

sennoma — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:18:51 -0800

Oh, wonderful! I always loved The Red and the Blue, and never had any idea where it came from.

Extra super duper bonus points to anyone who can find me a way to buy the existing episodes on DVD!

By: tomble

tomble — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:26:42 -0800

Oh wow, flashback. I remember the Red and The Blue so well, particularly the voices!

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:48:30 -0800

Thankyou tellurian! Good catch.