Monkey Dust
Monkey Dust
Monkey Dust is a satirical animation set in a nightmarish world of murderers, pedophiles, single parents and dinner parties. It was aired originally on BBC Three in February 2003 and at this time of this writing (march 2004) there have been 2 seasons; the second ending in December 2003.
The animation is littered with contempary music which really helps hold the program together.
Characters
There are regular returning characters in with occasional one-time sketches.
Season one
Labia
A consultancy company who are very morally dubious opens each show.
Liar Clive
Each episode Clive returns home late and when questioned by his wife as to his previous whereabouts his excuses turn into plots of well-known fiction (e.g. Lord of the Rings) before revealing the truth.
Ivan Dobsky (a.k.a. space hopper man)
Ivan Dobsky is the meat-safe murderer, only he never done it see. Released and pardoned from H.M. crowmarsh each week, he is a throw-back to the seventies and joyfully rides out of jail only to find the world has changed, and he really preffered prison to the point he ends up murdering someone by the end of the show. He'll never let "Mr Hoppy" his spacehopper leave his side.
Daisy Harris press conference
A bumbling police force who still haven't worked out that the step-father did it.
Divorced Dad (with Timmy)
Timmy usually lives with his mother and Roger (who we never see). Each week Timmy comes to visit his dad but always just talks about what Roger has done for him. The dad doesn't feel like he can impress him and ends up committing suicide each episode.