ETC: Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep

I've got another set of shows to watch that I heartily approve of. We'll start with the DVD that's in the title, Wallace & Gromit, Three Amazing Adventures. These movies follow our hapless hero, Wallace, and his more intelligent and resourceful dog, Gromit. They are stop motion animation done by the same group that did Chicken Run and the newer movie The Pirates: Band of Misfits and they are brilliant. They involve inventions that are improbable and wacky that always misfunction. Wallace gets himself into trouble and Gromit saves him, every time. It's not a new formula but it's done so well that the kids and I are always entertained. There is a third 30 minute show on DVD, A Matter of Loaf and Death, and a feature length film, The Curse of the Were Rabbit. All are worth it.
In the third show on this disk, A Close Shave,  you're introduced to Shaun the Sheep. He's a minor character in the episode and you might think it ends there. However, if you have Netflix and can stream shows, it gets better. Shaun the Sheep went on to live with a farmer and his dog Blitzer and he became the head of the flock. They had 26 adventures over two seasons of production and have quite a few other specials out there. The comedy is all physical, there is no speaking outside of baas from the sheep and barks from the dog. The farmer only grumbles, and he does that a lot. These shows are at the absolute top of what anyone should watch on Netflix if they have children. We should be crashing their servers with our demand on movie nights. I'm serious, it's that good.
If your kids are going to sit down and watch TV, you should sit down next to them. If you're going to sit down next to them, you might as well be watching something awesome. At the top of that list should be Wallace and Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep.