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Pat & Mat (1982)

Pat & Mat poster
Original title
Pat a Mat
Directed by
Josef Lamka, Marek Beneš, Milan Sebesta, Ladislav Pálka
Genre
comedy film, family film, slapstick, animated film, stop-motion animated film
Country
Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic
Length
9 seasons, 141 episodes
Rated
L
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Pat and Mat are two handymen who try to fix things around the house but always end up causing funny disasters. Their adventures are silent and full of creative slapstick comedy.

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What happens

Pat & Mat (Czech and Slovak: Pat a Mat) is a Czechoslovak slapstick stop motion silent animated series created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. The characters first appeared in the theatrically released short Kuťáci (Tinkers) in 1976, while the first made-for-TV episode "Tapety" ("Wallpaper") was produced for ČST Bratislava three years later. The main characters of the series are two handymen, Pat and Mat, who are inventive and extremely clumsy. As of 2025, 130 episodes of the show have been released, and it has been syndicated in a large number of countries due to its lack of dialogue (except in some markets such as the Dutch version, which is dubbed). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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