Curious George goes to Scotland?

**kilted_brewer** · 24th January 08, 12:11 PM

No sure this really counts, but it happened on the Curious George cartoon on PBS kids. I just caught the tail-end, but George and the Man in the Yellow Hat help save his cousin(?) uncle(?) Tam's castle by finding the deed and delivering it in the nick of time by wrapping it around a golf ball, thus hitting several Scottish cliches in short order (castle, golf, kilts, possibly Stevenson's Kidnapped). Wish I had seen the whole fifteen minute storyline.

Both the Man in the Yellow Hat and Tam are kilted (with fly plaid no less), though both kilts seem to be essentially solid color (the Man's kilt is yellow, but there's no strong overcheck, just a kind of hinted at darker yellow to suggest a tartan).

Don't think it'll get my son to ask for his first kilt, but I guess you never know!

**SFCRick** · 24th January 08, 01:56 PM

sounds cool

**dpseadvr** · 24th January 08, 06:24 PM

Saw that one yesterday it was great my son watches george everyday.

**BoldHighlander** · 24th January 08, 07:05 PM

How fun!

My daughter watches the newer animated Scooby Doo movies, which included "Scooby Doo & the Loch Ness Monster", and on Disney Kim Possible there's a regular 'baddie' that's a kilted Scotsman ('Duff Killagin') with exploding golf balls no less

**string** · 24th January 08, 08:05 PM

I wanna see that episode, I love curious George. There is no such thing as being too old for the classic cartoons.

**Doomsday** · 27th July 08, 12:46 PM

I know, this thread is from January, but I could not help myself.
my two year boy Hayden was watching one of his favorite shows, "Curious George", and I walked in and saw this...

...The Man With The Yellow Hat wearing a kilt.

So I checked, and saw that it had been talked about but no pic's had been provided, so here ya go. Judging from the colors, which obviously are somewhat cartoony, I would have to say that The Man With The Yellow Hat's last name could possibly be McLeod. Or... it was just the only yellow tartan he could find.

**Nighthawk** · 27th July 08, 04:26 PM

That's interesting because I saw an episode of Samurai Jack last night on cartoon Network where Jack ended up in Scotland eating haggis and competing in a stone throw. With kilts in cartoons like those, not to mention Scooby Doo, it's a wonder kids don't know more about them.

**george7** · 27th July 08, 05:26 PM

McCleod and Irish National. George is wearing my favorite tartan, MacInvisible

**Spc. Scott** · 27th July 08, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

That's interesting because I saw an episode of Samurai Jack last night on cartoon Network where Jack ended up in Scotland eating haggis and competing in a stone throw. With kilts in cartoons like those, not to mention Scooby Doo, it's a wonder kids don't know more about them.

I saw that one too. My wife thought I was nuts watching a cartoon.

**Highland Logan** · 28th July 08, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

That's interesting because I saw an episode of Samurai Jack last night on cartoon Network where Jack ended up in Scotland eating haggis and competing in a stone throw. With kilts in cartoons like those, not to mention Scooby Doo, it's a wonder kids don't know more about them.

Kids, adults.. everyone sees stuff on TV, yet know little. Take Braveheart. How many do we all know that took this movie as the "real" Scotland, and version of events. If people don't take the time to teach their children about these things, and instill a value and importance on knowledge, then people well just believe what they see, or when it's fact, just ignore it and muddle on.

Frank