B.BC. children's tv Tony Hart ...do you remember Morph?

Question

Morph was made of plastacine and he was funny but he had a friend also made of plastcine they played jokes on each other what was that friend called?

Answer 1

In the beginning there was modelling clay. And from the clay came forth Morph
a 6" high terracotta person with the ability to 'morph' into inumerable forms but
who mostly stayed true to his original human-like form...

Morph lived in a wooden artbox on the desk of tv artist and presenter Tony Hart
and he originally appeared in Tony's BBC art series "Take Hart". Morph's little
stories involved him creating artwork, stumbling upon strange artefacts and
generally getting himself in a muddle. He never talked to us or Tony, rather
he gabbled in some speeded-up goobledygook, but the clarity of the animation
and direction of action meant that we could read his body language, so he
always made sense. Morph's filmed inserts were only around 1mins duration,
but he was such a dynamic, original creation that he quickly became
a star attraction.

In time, Morph was joined by the irrascible Chaz, a lighter clay clone with a
particular nasty streak to his character. Chaz would do his very best to outsmart,
outwit and outperform his friend but invariably, his efforts would backfire, leaving
him with - um - clay on his face. Eventually there was a whole miniature world of
clay creations on Tony's desk. Morph and Chaz were joined by elderly Gran-morph,
bossy yellow-dressed Delilah, a tin-foil girl called Folly, a genial blue giant called
Gillespie, a 'pet' Nailbrush and an array of small plasticene balls with eyes
known as The Very Small Creatures. That Artbox home was pretty crowded,
so the gang were shifted to their own miniature home Under The Table in
the corner of the art studio...

Morph was brought in to being by the multi-talented hands of Dave Sproxton
and Peter Lord, the duo who founded Aardman Animations. They brought
claymation animation in to our homes and invigorated the british animation
world with their unique films and series. Their triumphant progression through
a series of music promos, the "Wallace & Gromit" films and on to movie
stardom with "Chicken Run" and beyond is well documented and
detailed, isn't it?

Following Morph's tv career is a tad more tricky. He seems to have stuck with
Tony Hart through his successive BBC art series from those first 1978
appearances right on to the present-day schedules. But Morph and his
pals have twice had their own series, indepenednt of Mr Hart. In 1980-1981
they starred in "The Amazing Adventures of Morph" which drew what was
then the largest ever audience for it's 5.35p.m. broadcast. Fifteen years later,
in 1995 we were presented with "The Morph Files", now featuring actor
Neil Morrissey as the narrator...

Morph has is nudging 30 now, but he hasn't aged a day in all those years.
And he's kept abreast of of the times as well. He's still popping up
regularly on the BBC art show "Smart", and you may even have caught
him morphing onto your mobile phone recently!

Answer 2

God yes i remember Morph from Tony hart he was a terracotta plasticine figure who lived in Tony Harts art box on his desk and i loved the way he used to be able to transform into different shapes.

His friend Chas who was a lighter coloured figure was a bit mean to Morph trying to upstage him but usually never quite working

Morph was actually so popular he had his own spin off show called The Amazing Adventures of Morph and then the Morph Files in the mid 90's not only was there Chas he also had a complete array of friends including Delilah,Grandmorph who was an older version of Morph, Folly the foil girl, Gillespie a blue giant and nail brush plus the little plasticine creatures

I loved the way he used to talk all gobbedly g*ook and Tony had to understand him, and i still have a couple of episodes of Hart Beat on Tape

Answer 3

Sad day now that Tony Hart has gone, he was a great presenter, he will be missed. He used to present some good shows and was always worth watching. Of course Morph can come and live with me if he wants to, no problem.

Answer 4

My children loved this show ,I think i remember one was blue and the other was red plastacine i think his friend was chas but im not sure,thanks for bringing back a memory from my boys childhood.

Answer 5

It was Chaz he was a bit of a bully, to Morph

Answer 6

the white coloured Plasticine character was called Chaz. i used to love watching Take Art on TV when i was a kid..... and u can still see Morph and Chaz on another kid's art show - SMart on the CBBC kids channel.

Answer 7

Chaz

Answer 8

yes I remember, Morph and Chaz were great!

Answer 9

chaz, but he was very naughty and used to bully morph

Answer 10

Yes, loved that little guy