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Originally a 5 minute film by [[Aardman]] of [[Wallace and Gromit]] fame made in 1989 as a twist on the ''[[Vox Pops|man in the street]]'' style of interview. Here the "men" in the street were animated as animals using claymation. Members of the public were asked what they thought about the living conditions of animals in the zoo, and of their own living condiions and then animated as zoo animals, leading to some rather amusing juxtaposition between the lines and the situation.
The film proved popular and the Electricity Board employed Aardman to make adverts for them in a similar vein. Unfortunately most people remember them as the [[Distracted By the Shiny|British Gas ads.]]
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In 2007, an American version was produced for CBS, using American interviewees. Sadly, it barely got three episodes aired from its initial six-episode commitment before being canceled.
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* [[Angry Guard Dog]]: Season 1 features a rather grizzled German Shepard police dog who speaks in a low, intimidating voice. There's also a security guard bulldog, but he's not nearly as angry, coming off as more of a thoughtful old man.
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Pickles the Guide Dog's laugh can get ''very'' annoying.
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** The old laughing rabbit in Season 2 as well.
* [[The Couch]]: All of Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss' scenes are on a couch.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The point of the original short. Most of the dialogue comes from the Vox Pops of people talking about their own home lives. It works just as well coming from the mouths of animals. The Series took this idea and ran with it.
* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Fluffy's.
* [[Early
* [[Evil Chef]]: An ant comments about a crazed hotel chef who threw knives at people.
* [[Female Feline, Male Mutt]]: Inverted with Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss.
* [[Funny Character, Boring Actor]]: Fluffy the Hamster is so dull and pessimistic that he's hilarious.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: You'd never see it on-screen, but one of the books behind [[The Couch]] appears to be titled 'art'. Thanks to ridiculously tiny lettering, it's actually titled 'piss artist'.<ref> Other books include [[Eat the Dog|How To Wok Your Dog]] and Black Holes: Does [[Stealth Pun|Mars]] Look Big In This?</ref>
** In one interview at the vet, the hamster is mentioning rectal thermometers and how it's an insult to teacher that things are to go out of the rear end and not in. A bit coincidental considering the animal doing the speaking.
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: The slugs Gary and Nigel.
* [[The Tramp]]: Two dogs called Spanner and Trousers.
* [[Visual Pun]]: ''Filled'' with these, such as a family of moles discussing what to do about the 'leak' in their roof (with a certain vegetable clearly visible in the dirt overhead) or a crab saying "Oh, I've pulled a muscle" (at the end of an episode about love and whilst holding a clam).
* [[Vox Pops]]: The general nature of the clips.
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