Kitty Cats
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Kitty Cats | |
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Genre | Children's television series |
Created by | Kristine Rosen |
Written by | Michéle Poirer Marielle Ferragne (dialogue) |
Directed by | André Guérard Richard Lahaie Peter Svatek |
Starring | Johanne Rodrigue Michel P. Ranger Sylvie Comtois André Meunier Louise-Anok Ouellet Richard Lalancette |
Theme music composer | Patrice Dubuc |
Composers | Michel Smith Bertrand Chénier |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | French |
No. of episodes | 196 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Claude Godbout |
Producer | Laurent Bourdon |
Production locations | Montreal, Quebec |
Camera setup | Jacques Chartrand Richard Desmaris Luc Vanier |
Running time | 15 minutes |
Production company | Les Productions Prisma |
Original release | |
Network | Télévision de Radio-Canada |
Release | September 1991 1995 | –
Kitty Cats is a Canadian children's television series created by Kristine Rosen. The show consists of a range of puppet animal characters that live in a backyard.
Plot
[edit]The series focused on the adventures of three animal friends: two kittens named Tango and Ricky and a puppy named Charlie. Tango and Ricky live in their own house in the countryside while Charlie lives in a small cave in their backyard.
The three meet up every day and play together at the backyard of Tango and Ricky's house. Tango and Ricky's backyard also has a large tree which is the home of an absolutely massive bird named Flap, who is a good friend of the main characters and easily eight times their size, and visits them frequently.
Along the series the main characters spend most of their time making up games and stories to act out and learn about life and friendship.
Main characters
[edit]- Tango – A female calico cat and Ricky's apparent sister.
- Ricky – A male tabby cat, and Tango's apparent brother.
- Charlie – A male puppy who goes to school with his unknown friend, Eugene.
- Flap – A multicolored bird who travels the world.
- Rosie – A female fox-like dog who is friends with the other characters.
- Willie – A mischievous hedgehog who plays pranks on his friends.
Voice cast
[edit]Character | French voice | English voice |
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Tango | Johanne Rodrigue | Sonja Ball |
Ricky | André Meunier | Thor Bishopric |
Charlie | Michel P. Ranger | Michael Rudder |
Flap | Richard Lalancette | Rick Jones |
Rosie | Louise-Anouk Ouellet, Sylvie Comtois | Pauline Little |
Willie | Richard Lalancette | Terrence Scammell |
Broadcast
[edit]The series was produced originally in French for Télévision de Radio-Canada under the title Pacha et les chats,[1] and was later dubbed into English for the inaugural version of TLC's Ready Set Learn! block in the United States.[2][3]
Alternative titles
[edit]- Pacha et les chats (French title)
- קיטי קט וחומי (Hebrew title)
- A Turma dos Gatos (Brazilian title)
- Gatos Rabinos (Portuguese title)
- Los Gatitos (Latin American title)
- بسابيس (Arabic title)
- Mačkići (Serbian title)
- 近所の猫たち (Japanese title)
References
[edit]- ^ Grimaldi, Francine (29 September 1991). "Pacha et les Chats : derrière l'image". La Presse. Vol. 107, no. 335. p. C11. ISSN 0317-9249. Retrieved 16 September 2024 – via BAnQ.
- ^ Annual Report: 1994. Telefilm Canada. 1994. p. N/A. OCLC 20668948 – via Google Books Snippets.
...Pacha et les Chats (Kitty Cats), broadcast on The Learning Channel, which has become almost as popular as the famous Barney series.
- ^ Donlon, Brian (28 December 1992). "Ready, Set, Learn! takes off". USA Today. p. 03D. Retrieved 16 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
External links
[edit]- Kitty Cats at IMDb
- 1991 Canadian television series debuts
- 1995 Canadian television series endings
- 1990s Canadian children's television series
- 1990s preschool education television series
- Canadian preschool education television series
- Canadian television shows featuring puppetry
- Television shows filmed in Montreal
- Canadian children's fantasy television series
- Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
- Television series about cats
- Children's television series about talking animals
- Canadian children's television show stubs