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
Mavis Staples 2017/18 Hootenanny. In 2018 she co-wrote and sang on Hozier's single "Nina Cried Power". During her career Staples has appeared in many films and television shows, including "The Last Waltz", "Graffiti Bridge", "Wattstax", "New York Undercover", "Songs of Praise", "Soul Train", "Soul to Soul", "The Psychiatrist", and "The Cosby Show". Staples performed the title theme song for 1989's "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation". "Mavis!", the first feature documentary about Staples and the Staple Singers, directed by Jessica Edwards, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2015. "Mavis!" screened in theaters and was broadcast on HBO