"Doctor Snuggles" (1979) (mini)TV mini-series

Creator:

Jeffrey O'Kelly
(more)

Release Date:

1 October 1979 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Family

Plot:

The fantastic adventures of a friendly doctor and his friends.

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon | Kids And Family

Cast

Peter Ustinov	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Olwen Griffiths	...	(voice)
John Challis	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Klaus Höhne	...	Uncle Bill (voice: German version)
Ulli Philipp	...	Knabber (voice: German version)
Elisabeth Wiedemann	...	Frl. Reinlich (voice: German version)

Directed by
Joop Visch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Douglas Adams		writer (episode "The Great Disappearing Mystery")
Richard Carpenter		writer
Paul Halas		writer
John Lloyd		writer (episode "The Great Disappearing Mystery")
Jeffrey O'Kelly		creator

Produced by
Joop Visch	....	producer (as Joop H. Visch)

Original Music by
Ken Leray

Art Direction by
Angela Bloxham

Art Department
Nick Price	....	original artwork

Music Department
Bruce Baxter	....	music arranger

Other crew
Joop Visch	....	coordinator

Production Companies

• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
• PolyScope BV

Distributors

• Kindernet (1992-????) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Studio Cinecentrum  soundtrack

Runtime:

Germany:25 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Netherlands | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

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.