Crazylegs Crane similar to the Disney character Goofy. In the German series, this character was known as "Dummvogel", literally "stupid bird". In the cartoons that star Crazylegs Crane (voiced by Larry D. Mann), he always goes through various misadventures (often accompanied by his son Crazylegs Crane Jr. (voiced by Frank Welker)) and often deals with his frenemy, a fire-breathing dragonfly (voiced by Frank Welker impersonating Andy Kaufman). None of the shorts contained any credit information; only the series title and episode title were shown. Crazylegs Crane previously aired as part of "The All-New Pink Panther Show" on This TV on Tuesdays and
Otis the Aardvark was the puppeteer. He also performed in a number of other Children's BBC programmes, notably as The Cat from "Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow". When "Fully Booked" moved to Sundays on BBC2, the extended Saturday CBBC was renamed "Saturday Aardvark", with Otis being a key feature. In 1996, he presented "CBBC on Nickelodeon" during school hours on "Nickelodeon" alongside Nick Junior and his co-presenter was mascot "Arthur the Ant" in front of an ice cream parlour. He left in 1997 and was replaced by his cousin Marvin who presented from a shed until the strand finished on 16 July