The British movie Digby: The Biggest Dog In The World proves it was not just Disney that made dim-witted slapstick motion pictures for kiddies in the 1970s.
It’s a big dog, alright
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#1 by RogerBW on January 13, 2020 - 3:04 pm
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“shown every Christmas on television”? Interesting; I’ve never heard of it before, and I grew up in the UK at about the right time to have seen it.
#2 by Greywizard on January 13, 2020 - 5:39 pm
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Thanks for your comment. An old film reference book I read during my research stated that “Digby” was broadcast every Christmas. Either the annual broadcasts were stopped long ago, or the writer of the reference book was simply wrong.
#3 by Wade on January 14, 2020 - 2:33 pm
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I saw this as a kind on TV some 40 years ago, and it’s hilarious that you mention the prop mouth as “providing some memorable images”, because that it is almost literally all I can remember about it! I remember someone being tossed around on the giant dog’s tongue? The only other thing I remember the annoying theme song sung by kids, which mostly the title being sung over and over again.
#4 by Greywizard on January 14, 2020 - 3:10 pm
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If you want to refresh your memories of the movie, you can always click the YouTube link at the bottom of the review… though honestly I think you’ve forgotten almost all of the movie over the years for good reasons.
#5 by Wade on January 16, 2020 - 1:28 pm
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I actually remember liking it ok then, but I think I’d be horrified by my poor taste as a kid if I saw it now. I had that experience with The Last Dinosaur, which I loved when I first saw it but when I saw it again as an adult…woof!