Who Are Wallace And Gromit And Why Are They Riding A Motorcycle And Sidecar?
Viewers of PBS are probably familiar with Nick Parks’ clay creations of inventor Wallace and his dog, Gromit. So are those of you who review every category of the Oscars, since Parks has won for Best Short Animated Film for two of three W&G films (“The Wrong Trousers,” “A Grand Day Out” and “A Close Shave”). If you’re not familiar with the plasticene duo, you owe it to yourself to go to Blockbuster and rent them. Parks’ animation is superb and his attention to detail is incredible. The stories are great too. W&G on the motorcycle are featured in “A Close Shave” in which our friends have a window washing service (hence the ladder on the sidecar) and solve a sheep rustling mystery operated by a large dog and a nice lady who runs a wool shop. During the film, Gromit’s sidecar converts to an airplane the subject of Airfix’s second W&G kit. Incidentally, “A Close Shave” has a wonderful parody of the “Thunderbirds” crew loading sequence when Wallace & Gromit go from their bedrooms to the mot
