Willo the Wisp beech wood in Oxfordshire, near the director's home. Kenneth Williams provided voices for all of the characters. The principal narrator, Willo the Wisp, was a blue, floating creature drawn as a caricature of him, while the name refers to the ghostly light will-o'-the-wisp from folklore. The other main characters were Arthur the caterpillar (as a gruff cockney), Mavis Cruet, a plump, clumsy fairy with an erratic, magic wand, and the principal antagonist, Evil Edna, a witch in the form of a walking, talking television set who could zap people with her aerials. Other characters included Carwash, a snooty bespectacled cat
The Willo Steakhouse sold over one million steaks since the restaurant opened. The Willo is a steakhouse. The house speciality is a strip steak. The "San Francisco Bay Guardian" called the Willo a "roadhouse extraordinaire," and rated it as the 2nd best reason to "love Nevada City." They describe the Willo as "part redneck party in the rowdy bar, part retro dream with neon sign shining like a beacon from the dark..." It has also been compared to a place that could be seen in the television program "Twin Peaks". The "News & Review" called the Willo one of the "few bastions of