The Crumpets (French: Les Crumpets) is a French animated comedy television series based on the Petit Dernier book series written authored by Didier Lévy, illustrated by Frédéric Benaglia, and published by Editions Sarbacane.[1]
| The Crumpets | |
|---|---|
| Les Crumpets (French) | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Based on | Petit Dernier by Didier Lévy and Frédéric Benaglia |
| Developed by | Virginie Boda |
| Directed by | Raoul Magrangeas |
| Composer | Jacques Davidovici |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 105 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sophie Saget Fanny Le Floch-Vergnon |
| Producer | Pascal Gayrard |
| Running time | 13 minutes[1] 26 minutes (special) |
| Production companies | 4.21 Productions Studio O'Bahamas |
| Original release | |
| Network | Canal+ Family (seasons 1-3) Télétoon+ (season 4 and special) |
| Release | December 21, 2013 – 2021 |
| Related | |
| Teen Crumpets | |
The show debuted on 21 December 2013.[2] The third season, which premiered on 7 December 2015,[3] and the fourth season, which premiered on 24 December 2017,[4] are titled Teen Crumpets for international markets and focuses on the show's teenage characters. A 26-minute-long special, Les Crumpets, tu fais genre !, premiered on 8 March 2021.[5]
Plot
editThe Crumpets are a big family of pink-nosed creatures consisting in 142 sons and the parents being Ma and Pa, the paternal grandmother Granny and its pet bulldog T-Bone. The baby son L'il One, rivals all his siblings and his father in getting his mother's love. He has a friendship with Granny. The other characters beyond the Crumpet household, there's also McBrisk the neighboring blue-nosed family consisting of a mother and her daughter, Pa's wealthy brother, his wife and their adoptive son.
Cast
edit- P'tit Der / L'il One – Théo Benhamour (seasons 1-2), Victor Biavan (season 3), Wandrille Devisme (season 4) (French) and Joseph Pollock (English)
- Grand Ma / Granny – Michèle Garcia (French) and Mary O'Brady (English)
- Ma – Emmanuelle Hamet (French) and Melissa Chambers (English)
- Pa – Tom Novembre (French) and Marc Thompson (English)
- Rosénoire / Caprice – Rebecca Benhamour (French) and Kate Bristol (English)
- Pfff – Léonard Hamet (French) and Billy Bob Thompson (English)
- Midi and Midi-Cinq / Bother and Blister – Siméon Hamet, Antoine Raffin, Lucas Ripberger; Rosalie Hamet, Chiara Vergne (French), Erica Schroeder; Rebecca Soler (English)
- King – Antoine Raffin, Lucas Ripberger (French) and Alex Luscomb (English)
- Têtenlair / Ditzy – Rosalie Hamet (French) and Erica Schroeder (English)
- Oulala / Ohoh – Siméon Hamet (French) and Rebecca Soler (English)
- Triceps – Kelly Marot (French) and Rebecca Soler (English)
- Bozart / Fynartz – Léon Plazol (French) and Erica Schroeder (English)
- Grangran / Grownboy – Olivier Podesta (French) and Jason Griffith (English)
- Madame Dame / Ms. McBrisk – Marie-France Ducloz (French) and Erica Schroeder (English)
- Cassandra – Kelly Marot (French) and Nicola Barber (English)
- Tonton Karl / Uncle Hurry – Luq Hamet (French) and Eli James (English)
- Tata Greta / Aunt Harried – Juliette Degenne (French) and Rebecca Soler (English)
- Gunther / Cordless – Olivier Podesta (French) and Billy Bob Thompson (English)
- Steve – Nicolas Vitiello (French) and Darren Dunstan (English)
- Marylin – Yoann Sover (French)
- Hervé / Larry – Léon Plazol (French)
- Miley Virus - Cindy Lemineur (French)
- Reuh - Charles Germain (French)[6]
Development
editIn 2008, the Petit Dernier and Petite Pousse books were discovered by Éric (aka Raoul)[7] Magrangeas, who became interested in adapting them to a animated series. In 2009, 4.21 Productions signed a contract with Editions Sarbacane to produce the cartoon adaptation. While the series is a fully French production, some parts of the animation was outsourced to China. The main themes in seasons one and two are family affairs, neighborhood quarrels, and social topics.[8]
Mediatoon signed a worldwide distribution agreement with 4.21 Productions in 2013.[9] The English dub for the first 52 episodes was recorded in studios in the United Kingdom and New York.[10] The English dub for Teen Crumpets was recorded by The Kitchen studio in Miami, Florida.[11]
Awards
editIn April 2018, Teen Crumpets won the Cartoons on the Bay "Teens 12+" Pulcinella award in Italy.[12][13]
In October 2018, Teen Crumpets (with the episode "Music Hall Therapy") won the TV Series Jury Prize at TOFUZI: International Festival of Animated Films in Georgia.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "4:21 aux Rendez-vous d'affaires et coproduction France-Canada". CTVM.info (in French). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Studios O'Bahamas (19 December 2013). "Découvrez dès Samedi 21 Décembre sur Canal + en clair..." Facebook (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Les Crumpets !!! Saison 3 !!! départ lundi 7 décembre sur Canal+ Family à 17h40". Facebook (in French). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "LES CRUMPETS – Saison 4 – En diffusion". Le CLIFF. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Belaisch, Galla (7 March 2021). "Les crumpets, tu fais genre !". myCANAL (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "LES CRUMPETS". RS-Doublage (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Les Crumpets "Cui-cui la praline"". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Pruvot, Marie; Hanaut, Jérémy; Camus, Justine; Bourguignon, Félix. "DIAGNOSTIC ET STRATEGIE DE L'ENTREPRISE D'ACCUEIL" (PDF). Palimpsestes (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (12 June 2013). "Mediatoon to Distribute 'The Crumpets'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Blowing Our Own Crumpet !!". April Media Productions. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "ENGLISH DUBBING SAMPLES". The Kitchen. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (25 April 2018). "Cartoons on the Bay 2018 Pulcinella Award Winners". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Roberto Davide Papini. "Cartoons on the Bay, il ritorno di Topo Gigio. "Red Turtle" trionfa nei Pulcinella Awards". Quotidiano.net (in Italian). No. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "TOFUZI 2018 WINNERS". TOFUZI: International Festival of Animated Films. Retrieved 11 November 2018.