Bagpuss rag doll called Madeleine. The wooden woodpecker bookend became the drily academic Professor Yaffle (based on the philosopher Bertrand Russell, whom Postgate had once met), while the mice carved on the side of the "mouse organ" (a small mechanical pipe organ that played rolls of music) woke up and scurried around, singing in high-pitched voices. Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner provided the voices of Madeleine and Gabriel respectively, and put together and performed all the folk songs. All the other voices (including the narrator and one out-of-tune mouse) were provided by Postgate, who also wrote the stories. The toys discussed
A Fish Called Selma of the Pimento Grove restaurant, the animators placed caricatures of every single guest star who had appeared on the show up to that point, as well as pictures of the fictional celebrities of the show. The episode's title is a reference to the film "A Fish Called Wanda", while the opening scene features a parody of "The Muppets". McClure appears in a musical version of "Planet of the Apes"; the song "Dr. Zaius" is a parody of "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco. The musical's title - "Stop the Planet of the Apes. I Want to Get Off!" - is a