Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams
Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams (French: Les Aventures de Carlos) is a French animated series with 26 episodes produced in 1992, animated by Saban Entertainment subsidiary Saban International Paris.[1] The cartoon was adapted to English by Saban Entertainment and broadcast in the United States in first-run syndication in the early 1990s as part of Bohbot Entertainment's "Amazin' Adventures" package.
Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams | |
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Written by | Alain Garcia Jean Cheville |
Directed by | Bruno Bianchi |
Composer(s) | Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
Country of origin | France |
Original language(s) | French |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Winston Richard Jacqueline Tordjman Vincent Chalvon-Demersay |
Producer(s) | Eric S. Rollman |
Running time | 30 min. |
Production company(s) | Saban International Paris |
Distributor | Saban International |
Release | |
Original network | Canal+ |
Original release | November 13, 1992 – 1993 |
The show focuses on Carlos, his parrot Oscar and three adopted children who live on his own tropical Island. Carlos loves to tell the children stories about how he met world famous important figures in history in spite of the children's disbelief.[2]
With the help of Grandma Tadpole, who lives on one of the beaches of the island, he travels back in time together with the children in order to prove to them that he is right.
Carlos has the ability to transform into an ox when the group is in trouble.
Characters
- Carlos (voiced by Mark Camacho)
- Oscar (voiced by Rick Jones)
- Grandma Tadpole (voiced by Rick Jones)
- Koki (voiced by Pauline Little)
- A.J. (voiced by Sonja Ball)
- Marianne (voiced by Patricia Rodriguez)
References
- Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 700–701. ISBN 978-1476665993.