this is probably one of my favorite facts from this blog so far

THAT’S FUCKING BRILLIANT, HOLY FUCK. Aardman animation is really great. 

i thought it was because that one chicken liked to knit and made things for everyone

That headcanon works

fun fact: this is the same reason so many hanna barbara characters (yogi bear, snagglepuss, fred flinstone) have such clearly defined neck ornaments, so their limited animation budget would allow them to save money by reusing the same bodies but with different heads

Same with the “Caveman stubble” the mouth area was a different color because it was basically a separate layer to be swapped with different mouth shapes without needing to redraw the head.