# New Wallace and Gromit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336 "2002-10-15T15:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/1 "2002-10-15T15:12:29Z")
Don’t know how well known they are in the States but over in this part of the world they’re very famous. A new short from the people that brought you Chicken Run and The Wrong Trousers. The first new short can be viewed here. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2314339.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2314339.stm) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/2 "2002-10-15T15:13:44Z")
ah! great! We love them,its about time! ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/3 "2002-10-15T16:05:50Z")
Yay! Thanks for the link! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/4 "2002-10-15T16:53:10Z")
We here in the States love Wallace and Gromit. I’m glad to see they’re back. This is the first in a series of ten new “Cracking Contraptions” shorts. Looks good so far. Gromit seems to have a future career as a soccer goalie! (Wonder why Wallace called it the Soccomatic and not the Footballomatic?) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/5 "2002-10-16T00:35:09Z")
Will it be out on video? My son wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/6 "2002-10-16T05:34:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*We here in the States love Wallace and Gromit. I’m glad to see they’re back. > > This is the first in a series of ten new “Cracking Contraptions” shorts. Looks good so far. Gromit seems to have a future career as a soccer goalie! (Wonder why Wallace called it the Soccomatic and not the Footballomatic?) \*\* The word “soccer” originated In England (from asSOCiation football I believe). ---
**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/7 "2002-10-16T11:37:28Z")
[wallace] … 15, love! [/wallace] ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/8 "2002-10-16T14:21:16Z")
hehehehe, thanks for the link! As the owner of a dog named Gromit, I can tell you about 20% of the people who meet my dog here in the states immediately get it. “Gromit! Like Wallace and Gromit! How cool!”. The other 80% go “What’s his name? Grumley? Groovit? What kind of name is THAT?!?” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/9 "2002-10-16T20:33:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*Will it be out on video? My son wants to know. \*\* It will be in England with the other 9 upcoming shorts. I don’t know if it will in the States. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/10 "2002-10-17T02:54:34Z")
I have only one thing to say… WHOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOO ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/132336/11 "2002-10-17T14:25:40Z")
Yeah! C’mon, get it out on DVD! Like, yesterday!