Ludwig (cartoon)

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Ludwig was a surreal 1970s British-made children's cartoon animation about a magical egg-shaped robot who lived in a forest. The character's name came from Ludwig van Beethoven, whose music played in the background of each episode. The series consisted of 65 five-minute episodes, in each of which something would happen to the animals of the forest and Ludwig would come to the rescue. His "body" facets would open up and out would pop arms, legs, gadgets or even a helicopter rotor blade when he needed to get somewhere fast. He was constantly watched by a human birdwatcher (Jon Glover) who had a deerstalker and large binoculars. This character was both the viewer's point-of-view and narrator, as no other character talked. At the end of every episode Ludwig played a Mozart horn concerto through the credits.

Ludwig was originally one of the cartoons featured in Captain Kangaroo, although in the UK (where the latter was relatively unknown) it was broadcast as a standalone short animation on children's TV.