Telecat (1983)
- Original title
- Téléchat
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- France
- Length
- 3 seasons, 234 episodes
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 8 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 puppet cat and ostrich host a TV news show. Their studio objects can talk and join the comedy. It pokes fun at how news programs work.
whimsicalplayfulsatiricalquirkylightheartedsurrealoffbeatgentle
What happens
Téléchat is a Franco-Belgian French-language children's television series created by Roland Topor and Henri Xhonneux. The series aired on France 2 as a segment of Récré A2, and ran for 234 episodes between 1983 and 1986. A satire of news broadcasting, the series centers around a TV news program presented by two anthropomorphic puppets—Groucha, a cat, and Lola, an ostrich. Many objects in their studio are also anthropomorphic and have the ability to talk. The series was later rebroadcast on France 5 in the 1990s, and on Arte in the 2010s. In Belgium, the series premiered first on RTBF1's Lollipop strand, on 19 September 1983. It also received an English dub under the name of Telecat which aired on TCC in the United Kingdom. Téléchat has received many awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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