Wombles, The Vinyl Records
Hugely popular for a while in the U.K., the Wombles are creatures whose whole mission is to help clean up the world, carrying their "tidy bags" with them wherever they go, picking up the trash left behind by humans, and reusing it. Created in the late '60s by children's book author Elisabeth Berseford, the Wombles books caught on and were translated into several languages. In the '70s, the furry, pointy snouted characters then became the star of their own live-action (instead of animated) children's television series, and added music-making to their list of talents.