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Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Short Film (Full Length) – 1996

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Out of the gate / And off for a walk / Went Hairy Maclary / From Donaldson's Dairy.
– The famous first lines of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy
Suddenly/ In the shadows they saw/ Scarface Claw!/ The toughest tom in town
– The introduction of Scarface Claw
Hairy is one of the hardest of the lot (to animate). He's almost Lynley's handwriting. All of the other dogs are much more straightfoward, and they're also a lot simpler to draw too.
– Director Euan Frizzell, in documentary From Len Lye to Gollum

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