Les 100 tours de Centour (1971)
- Genre
- comedy, family
- Country
- Canada
- Length
- 1 season, 105 episodes
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A children's show from Quebec about two genies named Verbo and Centour. Verbo tries to catch Centour while teaching kids French language formulas. Verbo's human friend Picot Cotton helps him.
educationalplayfulwhimsicalgentlerepetitivelightheartedchildlikeinstructional
What happens
Les 100 tours de Centour is a 1971–1972 French language children's television show made in Quebec by Radio-Québec. Its stories revolved around Verbo, a genie with magical power who was trying to recapture Centour (another genie who had escaped from the same land as Verbo). The show's main purpose was language acquisition, which was conveyed by the way Verbo would do magic: when he needed to perform a trick, he would ask his talisman (named "Memo") for a formula (always in the form of "it is a [subject], it is an [object], it is the [subject] of the [object]".) He would then close his eyes and repeat, asking the children at home to do the same. Centour on his part would perform magic by reciting similar formulas while shaking his magic wristband (which looked like a gaudy wristwatch). Verbo's constant companion was Picot Cotton, a young human male whose family was often the target of Centour's tricks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Chez Verdurette (1973)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.