What's the Brisith cartoon show that has characters with noses like faucets?

June 28, 2007 6:55 PM

Help me remember the name of this British cartoon show. It starred a bunch of little blue guys that had noses like faucets. That's all the information I have. Good luck!
posted by painquale to media & arts (13 comments total)

Snorks?
posted by Yorrick at 7:11 PM on June 28, 2007

Sorry, it's not the snorks.
posted by painquale at 7:12 PM on June 28, 2007

Over on Yahoo answers someone suggests that it's called 'Raiders of the Lost Star', but that's not on IMDB so I can't confirm it.
posted by Paragon at 7:40 PM on June 28, 2007

The Clangers
posted by who squared at 8:57 PM on June 28, 2007

Fraggle rock? I think they were USAian.
posted by pivotal at 9:09 PM on June 28, 2007

The Raccoons were Canadian but I seem to remember British narration or voice for at least one of the characters. They seem pink though and not blue.
posted by furtive at 9:10 PM on June 28, 2007

Over on Yahoo answers someone suggests that it's called 'Raiders of the Lost Star', but that's not on IMDB so I can't confirm it.

They're probably talking about The Raccoons and the Lost Star.

I would not be surprised if this ends up being The Raccoons, despite the discrepancies between the description and the show. There's just something about that cartoon that sticks in people's heads.
posted by teleskiving at 11:31 PM on June 28, 2007

Yeah, I think it's the Racoons. The evil Sneer family are aardvarks, according to Wikipedia. It had North American voices when I watched it in the UK in the early nineties, but it was on all the time over here.
posted by Happy Dave at 1:37 AM on June 29, 2007

Wiki link with lots of detail.
posted by Happy Dave at 1:37 AM on June 29, 2007

Presume you're not thinking of the Smurfs?
posted by StephenF at 6:08 AM on June 29, 2007

Omg. The Raccoons. That's some classic hardcore Canadiana right there.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 6:28 AM on June 29, 2007

Sounds like the smurfs to me...
posted by cardamine at 7:46 AM on June 29, 2007

I posted this question on behalf of a friend who was being driven crazy by it. She had already dismissed The Raccoons because Cyril Sneer is pink and Canadian (like me), not blue and British. But in the face of such an overwhelming response from here and a little more Youtubing, she's changed her mind. It's The Raccoons!

It's weird that the Yahoo Answers person that Paragon links to also thought that the Sneers were blue....
posted by painquale at 9:18 AM on June 29, 2007