Boowa & Kwala Rhymes with Santa (if you are a generous with your rhyming stringency) - Jason Barnard

Описание: Jason Barnard explains why sending a letter to "Santa at The North Pole" is a little similar to sending a drawing to "Boowa & Kwala, Between the Sea and the Post Office".

Transcript:
Jason Barnard: ...Oh, no. I was a blue dog, my wife was a yellow koala

Josh Rech: Okay.

Jason Barnard: I was called Boowa, she was called Kwala. It was delightful.

Jason Barnard: And the kids would send in their drawings of Boowa and Kwala and it was a bit like Father Christmas,

Jason Barnard: because we would write on the website, "please send you drawings for the gallery. We'll do a gallery."

Jason Barnard: And we did a gallery every month as well.

Jason Barnard: Showing the kids' story to Boowa and Kwala, which is super delightful and touching.

Josh Rech: Oh, that's so fun.

Jason Barnard: And send it to ... the address was "Boowa and Kwala between the sea and the post office, Mauritius."

Jason Barnard: That was it.

Jason Barnard: And the parents would send them in and they would go, "this is like Father Christmas because it's like sending to "Santa Claus the North Pole... it's not gonna get there" and it did.

Jason Barnard: Mauritius is this tiny little country in the Indian ocean.

Jason Barnard: And it would get to the main city in Mauritius and the people in the local post office told the people in the main post office,

Jason Barnard: "anything for Boowa and Kwala send it to us. We know where it goes."

Jason Barnard: And for seven years the post office system in Mauritius adapted to this father Christmas kind of situation.

Jason Barnard: And it was absolutely delightful...