Roobarb Roobarb Roobarb (commonly known as "Roobarb and Custard") is a British animated children's television programme, created by Grange Calveley originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Calveley and directed by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and the show was first shown on 21 October 1974. The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb, a green dog with an overactive imagination, and Custard, the mischievous laconic pink cat from next door. The narration of the series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 17 February 2013,
Claude Cat Claude Cat Claude Cat is an animated cartoon character in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons from Warner Brothers. Claude Cat (a pun on the homonym "clawed cat") had his origins in several other cat characters used by animator Chuck Jones from 1943 to 1947. These cats were mostly similar in appearance and temperament, with black fur and anxious personalities. For example, in the 1943 film "The Aristo-Cat", Jones paired his unnamed cat against the mind-manipulating mouse duo, Hubie and Bertie. In the 1943 film "Fin'n Catty" the same cat has a manipulation with water with a