Response to Cawood - talking animals

I absolutely love this video of the talking animals and have seen it a countless number of times. This clip went viral in the UK after it was first shown on TV and everyone could not stop talking about/reenacting parts from the clip. I find the idea of talking animals hilarious, but to add to this was the fact that BBC did so well in choosing precisely the right voice just to fit the personality of that animal. My amusement certainly came from the unexpectedness of the voices, and wondering, "what type of voice or saying is going to come next?” The dialogue and chosen words are perfect to fit the mood and situation of the animal. The animals project the feelings of humans that we don't expect to come from an animals mouth. We percieve animals as innocent, but to see another side of this makes us think,"do animals also think the same things that us humans do?". It puts a spin on nature and may change what we think, next time we hear a pellican scream. 

Shortly after this clip became popular, it also started a longstanding tradition in the UK. While at a Festival, a man name 'Allen' went missing. Due to almost everyone knowing about this clip, people started going around just like the chipmunk in the clip, shouting "Allen, Al, Al, Allen". However, this tradition has now stuck, and now every time you go to a British festival, people still shout this constantly, as if they are still searching for "Allen" who got lost several years ago.