Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave [VHS]

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A Resin Wallace and Gromit in the sidecar used for promo's and marketing during "A Close Shave's" release and other Aardman exhibits around that time is currently on display at the National Science and Media Museum Bradford Wallace: (seeing Preston operate a replica of Wallace's Wash-O-Matic) Where'd you get that from? That's MY machine! I've got patent pending on that!

At night, a small sheep (bleating with his head in a circle, in the parody of MGM's logo) escapes from a lorry (stopping at the traffic lights) before entering (62 West Wallaby Street) the house of Wallace and Gromit, who are running a window-cleaning business through the dog-flap and then Gromit had ran out of wool whilst knitting a rainbow garment. The next morning, they fail to notice the sheep chewing on their furniture, including the wiring of their porridge gun (which causes it to malfunction and cover poor Wallace with porridge), before leaving for work, Gromit's dry bone and the wiring of the Knit-O-Matic (which made the machine malfunction and switch to light shave) after coming home. They get a call from Wendolene, whose windows need to be cleaned. While there, Wallace falls in love with Wendolene, while Preston, Wendolene's sinister dog, grows jealous of Gromit. When Gromit's knitting ran out the woolly garment throughout the film was rainbow colour using different colours of wool.Wendolene: Oh, I want no more of this rustling. It wasn't so bad when it was just the wool, but... this is evil! Daddy didn't create you for this. You're supposed to protect me! Wendolene: A robot! (Preston's robot arm punches through the machine and opens a door) Daddy created him for good but, he's turned out evil.

The porridge gun shoots at Wallace, and some of it lands on the wall. In the next shot, the porridge is gone. For the split second you see the reverse side of the first door Gromit flies through, the circle to be cut out by his propeller is clearly visible. When the Knit-o-Matic dresses Preston in a sweater made of his fur, he inadvertently hits the controls, and the group become poised to fall into the mincing machine. Shaun pushes Preston into the machine, crushing him. Gromit is exonerated and Wallace rebuilds Preston as a harmless remote-controlled dog. Afterwards, Wallace is saddened when Wendolene leaves and tells him that she is allergic to cheese. When he tries to cheer himself up with some cheese, he finds that Shaun has eaten it all. The Learn English with Wallace and Gromit version cuts out the scene where Shaun is shaved by the Knit-O-Matic. The lorry that Preston drives is based on a Guy Motors Otter and Wallace’s motorcycle is a Triumph Tiger Cub with a sidecar.Wallace: What's wrong with Wensleydale? Talking of which, all the more for us... and not a sheep to worry us!