"Doctor Snuggles" (1979) TV series

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Creator:

Jeffrey O'Kelly
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1 October 1979 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Family

Plot:

The fantastic adventures of a friendly doctor and his friends.

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism

Cast

Peter Ustinov	...	Doctor Snuggles (13 episodes)
Lambert Hamel	...	Dennis (13 episodes)
Walter Jokisch	...	Doctor Snuggles (13 episodes)
Ulli Philipp	...	Knabber (13 episodes)
Elisabeth Wiedemann	...	Frl. Reinlich (11 episodes)
Kurt Zips	...	Ko (11 episodes)
Michael Ande	...	Benny (9 episodes)
Ekkehardt Belle	...	Freddy (7 episodes)
Alice Franz	...	Oma Kuschel (6 episodes)
Benno Hoffmann	...	Woogie (6 episodes)
Peter Thom	...	Hugo (6 episodes)

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Series Directed by
Joop Visch		(13 episodes)

Series Writing credits
Richard Carpenter		(6 episodes)
Paul Halas		(4 episodes)
Douglas Adams		(2 episodes)
John Lloyd		(2 episodes)
Jeffrey O'Kelly		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Joop Visch	....	producer (13 episodes)

Series Original Music by
Ken Leray		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Angela Bloxham		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Nick Price	....	original artwork (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Ad Roest	....	dialogue editor / sound re-recording mixer / ... (unknown episodes, 1979)

Series Animation Department
Tsuguyuki Kubo	....	animation supervisor (unknown episodes, 1979)
Nelson Shin	....	animation supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Mike Cooper	....	music recording engineer (unknown episodes, 1979)
Bruce Baxter	....	music arranger (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Wim Oepts	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes, 1979)
Conny van Weele	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 1979)

Series Thanks
Gabriel Murray	....	thanks (unknown episodes, 1979)

Production Companies

• PolyScope BV
• Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributors

• AVRO Television (1979-1981) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Kindernet (1992-????) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Studio Cinecentrum  soundtrack
• Topcraft  animation
• DePatie-Freleng Enterprises  animation

Runtime:

Germany:25 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Netherlands | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

PolyScope BV

classic, inspirational fun

Back when I was younger my parents borrowed an old Beta tape from my uncle which contained several episodes of Dr Snuggles. To this day that tape still resides somewhere in their house, along with the Beta VCR to play it. I used to watch that tape endlessly and could probably recite what happens in nearly every episode that was on there shot by shot.

The show was inspiring and creative, with a real sense of adventure and wacky invention-based problem solving. The characters were all funny, but somehow quite believable. Likewise, the inventions, although impossible (a robot made of soup cans for instance), still made sense in the context of the show.

I remember wanting to be an inventor when I was younger and this show really had me hooked on the concept. These days, while I'm not an inventor of rocket ships and soup can robots, I'd like to think that the creative direction my life has taken is, in part, due to growing up with Dr Snuggles.