There are various short animations, usually stop-motion, as part of the show. The "Plonsters" were plasticine critters, which are continually engaged in fights or schemes against each other. Faherty's Garden, created by David Byrne, starred the eponymous "Faherty" a dog, plagued by an amateur crow magician (Cornelius, who would often turn purple, much to his distress) in a series of shorts featuring stop-motion models. "Freddy the Fox" features a host of characters each with distinctive traits, such as "Fiachra the Frog", "Gregory Grainog" and "Sile Seilide". There was also a cartoon featuring a rather strange potato family, "The McSpuds", that live in a supermarket (Savers) owned by Mr McGinty. At night, the potato children, Sheila and Seamus, run amok. The "Tongue Twister Twins" were also regularly featured. These animations were created by Jim Quin from Thurles, County Tipperary.