A tale of my dad, Roger Hargreaves, Arthur Lowe and Mr Happy saying “piss off!”
From my father: “We were recording the first series of Mr Men films in 1974 with Arthur Lowe, at Advision recording studios. Arthur Lowe was recording Mr Uppity. He smoked a large cigar in the book. I said to Roger Hargreaves, “I don’t think the BBC will accept Mr Uppity smoking”. He didn’t say anything, he just drew this, Mr Happy saying “Piss Off!” in my storyboard pad. Arthur picked it up when he came out of the recording booth and wrote, “A sentiment I echo!” and signed it. We didn’t say anything to the BBC and they let it pass. The only country to object was Finland. 38 years ago, it’s history!”
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