Murun Buchstansangur (1982–1989) User Reviews

Surreal British 80s animation which should appeal to The Smiths' fans

[grotifer · 9/10 · 10 January 2007]

If I remember rightly (bearing in mind that it is many years, possibly 2 decades since I last saw it) my brother found this cartoon, on Channel 4, during the mid to late 80s and we both were hooked. Murun resembles a Mr Man in that he is just a greenish-brownish-grayish head with limbs but in all other respects it does not resemble Roger Hargreaves' stories at all. Firstly it was not aimed at small children but rather more at a student audience. Murun is a depressed character who seems to be very small, as I recall he entered his squalid home through a hole in the skirting board in someone's kitchen. Nothing exciting ever happened to him, and he had a boring sullen voice. He was keen on his neighbour who was a very pallid girl who although more human proportioned was not drawn as a realistic human being. She, on the other hand, had a boyfriend called "Nigel Clarke with an E", he was a sun-tanned convertible-sports car driving git (of far more realistic human proportion) who could do no wrong as far as his girlfriend was concerned and naturally Murun hated him with a vengeance. It wasn't clear why they were all the same height but Nigel drove a sports car while Murun lived behind a hole in a skirting board. I can't remember what happened in individual episodes but I would very much like it to come out on DVD.

Muran,suitable for adults as well as kids..

[charlfoo · 10/10 · 5 October 2006]

I loved these little cartoon shorts when I was younger. They were shown around the mid 80's,and later on the late 90's on British Channel four. No-one else seems to remember this sweet little cartoon. Muran was a grey round fellow,who lived under the kitchen sink in someones house. The cartoon was often very philosophical,with Murans musings on his life,and the animation was sweet and blended very dull tones together,giving it a altogether moody feel. Although you never really heard Muran speak (he would often just sigh or grumble under his breath) the narrator was fantastic,and reminded me slightly of Stephen Fry. I certainly miss it a lot,especially the piano theme. I hope to see it on DVD soon,although I am not too sure how many episodes there were.