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Wallace and Gromit are hosting a new interactive museum exhibit called “A World of Cracking Ideas”. The inventive journey is a collaboration between Aardman Animation, the London Science Museum, and the (British) Intellectual Property Office. Kids and their parents (and anyone else who pays £8.00 admission) can explore “all kinds of clever and quirky exhibits as they are taken on a tour of 62 West Wallaby Street, Wallace and Gromit’s famous terraced home”. Some of the pair’s own great gizmos will be on display, including the Tellyscope II, the Piella Propellor and the Blend-o-Matic.

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In honor of the exhibit, an article from Mental Floss compiles some interesting (and cheesy) Wallace and Gromit trivia.

And you can view a short Nick Park interview, where he explain why he can’t manage to throw out cardboard tubing.

—Anne D. Bernstein

The Daily Mail is reporting that Wallace & Gromit will be making a comeback on television this Christmas season. The special is called “A Matter of Loaf and Death” (sounds Christmas-y enough to me) and will be 30 minutes in length, just like “A Grand Day Out”, “The Wrong Trousers”,  and “A Close Shave”.

Maybe it’s my weak American mind trying to take in the British humor (or is that “humour”), but I always thought Aardman’s best work was the shorter format. Both “Chicken Run” and “Curse of the Were-Rabbit” seemed to drag for me while I was watching them. The classic W&G shorts and the Creature Comforts series felt great.

Hopefully the piece will make its way to US television, or at the very least, the US festival circuit.

-Floyd Bishop