THE COURT OF KING COLLYWOBBLE: RASBERRY JAM

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Year
1965
Reference
F15724
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1965
Reference
F15724
Media type
Moving image
Series
The Court Of King Collywobble
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:07:40
Credits
Animation: Fred O'Neill
Director: Fred O'Neill
Photography: Fred O'Neill
Narrator: Tom Esplin

The characters of The Court of King Collywobble are introduced. Someone had been stealing the raspberry jam from the kitchen and the Cook is angry. The King must do something about this situation. The King hides in the kitchen at night to catch the thief. Freddy the Pageboy tiptoes into the kitchen and steals a spoonful of jam. Then Little Billy comes in and takes a spoonful of jam. To the King’s astonishment, the Royal Footman also appears and steals a spoonful of jam. Then the Prime Minister follows in their trail. And finally the Queen herself enters and scrapes out the remaining jam, leaving the empty jam. The surprised King picks up the spoon after she leaves, and the Cook comes in and suspects the King of stealing the jam. At Court the next morning, he doesn’t mention a thing.