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Noddy is a character created by British Children's Author Enid Blyton , originally published between 1949 and 1963. The television show based on the character is the longest running show in British Television since 1955, and continues to appear to this day. NODDY Noddy is a little wooden boy who lives in his own little House-for-One in Toyland. Noddy got his name because his head is on a spring and when he gets excited his head just can't stop nodding. Noddy loves driving his friends around Toyland and delivering parcels in his little red and yellow Taxi . You can hear him coming by the "Parp, Parp" sound of his little taxi's horn or by the jingle of the bell on his hat! Often he uses his airplane to get around to visit all the places in Toyland. Noddy is kind and honest, but he often gets in trouble, either through his own misunderstandings, or because someone has played a trick on him, like the naughty goblins, Sly and Gobbo. His friend Mr. Plod catches the mischief makers on his police bicycle, by blowing his whistle and shouting "Halt, in the name of Plod!!" before locking the culprits up in his jail. CHARACTERS
NODDY BOOKS Early Noddy books have become Collectable s, along with other Blytons. The total number is hard to count: the ''Noddy Library'' (Sampson Low) of two dozen titles, which became the ''New Noddy Library'' when revised, was just part of a big production in the 1950s, with ''Big Noddy Books'' of larger format, and strip books. There were numerous spin-offs, also. Widely-differing estimates can be found. Sales of Noddy books are large, with an estimated 600000 annual sales in France alone, and growing popularity in India, a large market for Blyton books. The Noddy character is owned by Chorion . Noddy library This is the original Sampson Low series. Volumes 1-7 were illustrated by Van Der Beek , who created the main characters. Blyton scholars are still working on the attributions to other artists. #''Little Noddy Goes to Toyland'' (1949) #''Hurrah for Little Noddy'' (1950) #''Noddy and His Car'' (1951) #'' Here Comes Noddy Again!''(1951) #''Well Done Noddy!'' (1952) #''Noddy Goes to School '' (1952) #''Noddy at the Seaside'' (1953) #''Noddy Gets into Trouble'' (1954) #''Noddy and the Magic Rubber'' (1954) #''You Funny Little Noddy'' (1955) #''Noddy Meets Father Christmas'' (1955) #''Noddy and Tessie Bear'' (1956) #''Be Brave, Little Noddy!'' (1956) #''Noddy and the Bumpy-Dog'' (1957) #''Do Look Out, Noddy'' (1957) #''You're a Good Friend, Noddy'' (1958) #''Noddy Has an Adventure'' (1958) #''Noddy Goes to Sea'' (1959) #''Noddy and the Bunkey'' (1959) #''Cheer Up, Little Noddy!'' (1960) #''Noddy Goes to the Fair'' (1960) #''Mr. Plod and Little Noddy'' (1961) #''Noddy and the Tootles'' (1962) #''Noddy and the Aeroplane'' (1963) TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AND INCARNATIONS
ADAPTATIONS The original Noddy stories featured Golliwog s — black-faced woollen dolls. These dolls were popular in the UK at the time the stories were written, but have fallen out of favour and are now often considered Racist . The main villains became two goblins named Sly and Gobbo in 1989. In the two TV series and a new series of books, Noddy has been updated, with the original Golliwog characters replaced by other sorts of toys. For example, Mr. Golly who ran the Toyland garage was replaced by Mr. Sparks who in the new 2004 version of the series appears to be Scottish, and the addition by the BBC during the 1992–1994 series of Dinah Doll, described as "a black, assertive minority female." It returned between September 2003 and January 2004 for a new series, which was eventually named '' Make Way For Noddy ''. This was created by Chorion , on Five and the episodes were filmed from 2001–2004 externally. In the autumn of 2004, a set of 100 new 2-minute TV Interstitial s were created by Chorion. These interstitials, entitled ''Say it With Noddy'', feature Noddy learning words in a variety of foreign languages. They also introduced Noddy's new friend Whizz from Robot Village, who presses a button on his chest to play recordings of native speakers saying the new foreign words Noddy was to learn. '' Make Way For Noddy '' is an animated series for children produced by Chorion of the United Kingdom in conjunction with SD Entertainment in the United States. Based on Enid Blyton 's Noddy character, it originally aired in 12-minute segments as part of the '' Milkshake! '' program on Britain's Five . VARIOUS OTHER USES OF THE NAME "NODDY"
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