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,
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse "The Alvin Show." Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse is a children's cartoon television show that was produced by Trans-Artists Productions and syndicated by Tele Features Inc. in 1960. The characters were created by Bob Kane as a spoof of his earlier creations, Batman and Robin. In many ways, "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse" presages the "campier" aspects of the later "Batman" live action series, which William Dozier and Howie Horwitz produced as a villain-driven action-comedy lampoon. In the animated series, the pair are anthropomorphic animal superheroes without known secret identities (the green-eyed caped crimefighter and