Lucky Luke (1983 TV series)
| Lucky Luke | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated Series, Western, Adventure, Comedy, Action |
| Created by | Morris |
| Country of origin |
France Germany United States |
| Original language(s) |
French German English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Gaumont Film Company Lucky Comics Extrafilm Produktion Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network |
FR3 (France) Syndication (United States) |
| Original release | 1983 – 1984 |
Lucky Luke is a French-German-American animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by Morris. The series lasted for 26 episodes, and co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, Gaumont, Extrafilm and FR3. In France, the series was broadcast from 15 October 1984 on FR3.
Synopsis
Lucky Luke is a solitary cowboy traveling through the Far West. Accompanied by his faithful Jolly Jumper and almost every episode by Rantanplan the prison guard dog who gets lost in the West by wanting to follow Lucky Luke or find his prison, he finds himself confronted with various bandits and thugs like the Dalton, Billy The Kid, Jesse James and Phil Defer.
Voice cast
French
- Jacques Thébault : Lucky Luke / Narrator
- Roger Carel : Jolly Jumper / Rantanplan (2nd voice) / Frank James / Senator Pendelberry / Jasper / Sam Mountaineer / Professor Gustav Cranium / Joe Dalton (The Black Hills) Will Coyote (Rué on Oklahoma)
- Bernard Haller : Rantanplan (1st voice)
- Pierre Trabaud : Joe Dalton
- Jacques Balutin : William Dalton
- Gérard Hernandez : Jack Dalton
- Pierre Tornade : Averell Dalton
- Perrette Pradier : My Dalton / Annabelle Phelps
- Guy Pierauld : Billy the Kid
- Micheline Dax : Calamity Jane
- Francis Lax : Jesse James / August Oyster / Barry Blunt / Waldo Badminton / Bull Bullets / Senator Wilkins
- Henry Djanik : Phil Defer
- Jacques Ferrière : Colonel Drake / Doctor Doxey / Captain Barrows / Jack Rabbit / Cosmo Smith / Professor Doublelap / Petit Roquet
- Jean-Henri Chambois : Cass Casey
- Richard Darbois : Little John the Woodcutter
- Jacques Deschamps : Cole Younger / Professor Gurgle / Yellow Feather Leader
- Albert Augier : Frank Malone / Orwell Stormwind / Fletcher Jones / Nebraska Kid
English
- William Callaway as Lucky Luke
- Rick Dees as Jack Dalton
- Bob Holt as Averell Dalton
- Mitzi McCall as Ma Dalton
- Paul Reubens as Bushwhack
- Robert Ridgely as Jolly Jumper
- Fred Travalena as William Dalton
- Frank Welker as Joe Dalton
Episodes
- 1. Ma Dalton
- 2. The Pied-tender
- 3. The Dalton in the blizzard
- 4. Going up the Mississippi
- 5. Calamity Jane
- 6. The Daltons buy back
- 7. Rails on the prairie
- 8. Phil Defer
- 9. The Elixir of Doctor Doxey
- 10. Outlaw
- 11. Billy the Kid
- 12. Diligence
- 13. The Grand Duke
- 14. In the shadow of the derricks
- 15. The Dalton's Magot
- 16. The White Cavalier
- 17. On the Dalton Trail
- 18. The Escort
- 19. The Rivals of Painful Gulch
- 20. The Thread That Sings
- 21. Jessie James
- 22. Barbed wire on the prairie
- 23. The Black Hills
- 24. Dalton City
- 25. Caravan
- 26. Rush on Oklahoma
Production
During his appearance on American screens, Lucky Luke must bend a few rules to avoid falling foul of the censorship of children's programs. First change in the cartoon: he no longer smokes (the comic strip will follow suite). Another major change is that stereotyped ethnic minorities disappear: no more Chinese lauderers, no more black servants, no more Amerindians speaking "red skin language". Mexicans and undertakers are also erased when not essential to the storyline. This adaptation also give the animals Jolly Jumper and Rantanplan a much more important place than in the comic book.
The episodes do not always have the same design, which is due to the fact that there were several subcontracting studios (United States, Spain and Australia). In a few episodes the actor Bernard Haller was replaced by Roger Carel.
The opening credits were directed by Philippe Landrot. This serie is broadcast in installments of 5 minutes every day in access prime time, followed by a full broadcast on Sunday afternoon (on FR3). Three episodes (The Daltons in the blizzard, Ma Dalton and The Daltons are redeemed) were combined in a feature movie: The Daltons on the Loose.
Home media
The complete series was released in October 2010 by Citel Vidéo in 5 volumes. The episodes are in disorder:
- Ma Dalton (episodes 1, 6, 19, 22 and 13)
- The Diligence (episodes 12, 10, 2, 7, 3, 4)
- Calamity Jane (episodes 5, 9, 24, 26, 23)
- Billy the Kid (episodes 11, 15, 18, 8, 14)
- Jesse James (episodes 21, 25, 20, 17, 16)
External links
- Lucky Luke on IMDb