Wallace and Gromit's Bad Day

While Wallace and Gromit had a very good weekend at the box office, the news was quite bad at their home. Fire destroyed the sets and associated work from their first three short movies, plus the sets from the hit movie Chicken Run.

The company behind the new "Wallace and Gromit" film said Monday its "entire history" has been destroyed in a fire at a warehouse containing props and sets.

The roof and three interior walls of the Aardman Animations building in Bristol, west England collapsed after the blaze tore through the Victorian building, fire officials said

The fire broke out at about 5:30 a.m. (0430 GMT), with flames reaching 100 feet into the air. The cause of the blaze was being investigated.

A spokesman for Aardman said the building housed props and sets from the company's history, including its first three "Wallace and Gromit" films.

I saw their latest movie over the weekend. It's quite witty and charming. Just like all their other stuff (The Wrong Trousers, A Grand Day Out, and A Close Shave. Gromit's facial expressions in each of the movies convey more emotion than most actors in all of Hollywood. Of course, Gromit doesn't have to go for Botox, which would explain the stiff upper lip on most of Hollywood. Oh, and did I mention that Gromit is a dog that doesn't talk.