Jimbo and the Jet Set
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Jimbo and the Jet Set (often shortened to simply Jimbo) was a British animated cartoon series in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1986 and 1987.
Jimbo himself was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer couldn't tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size.
The TV episodes included various talking airport-type ground vehicles (Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps, etc), and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, an Avro Lancaster bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".
Some printed material featured Gloria Gatwick, a female counterpart to Jimbo, but she did not appear in the TV episodes.
External links
- [Toonhound - Jimbo and the Jet Set]
- [80s Cartoons - Jimbo and the Jet Set]
- [80sNostalgia.com - Jimbo and the Jet Set]
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