Danger Mouse creator Mark Hall dies

One of the highlights of my day during seminary was a half hour in mid-afternoon watching a British cartoon series called Danger Mouse on Nickolodeon.  The spy/superhero was a parody of James Bond and Patrick McGoohan's Danger Man. Together with his hamster sidekick, Penfold (who was actually the pet of creator Mark Hall's daughter)- DM battled the evil Baron Greenback in cleverly silly episodes featuring humor sophisticated enough to give adults a good laugh. I often wished that more television series for grownups packed as much quality into thirty minutes as Danger Mouse seemed to every day.

Hall, the creator of DM and Penfold, has died at his family home in Manchester at age 75. Rest in peace- and thanks for the laughs, Mr. H.