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Telecat

Telecat

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Overview

Created by French surrealist artist Roland Topor and director Henri Xhonneux, Telecat is a news show parody hosted by a tomcat named Groucha (who always had his arm in plaster) and an ostrich named Lola. It featured a variety of sentient objects and revolved around the idea that the real-life elementary particles known as gluons were “the souls of objects”.

Created by Henri Xhonneux
Written by Henri Xhonneux, Roland Topor
Produced by Loek de Levita, Éric van Beuren
NetworksLa UneAntenne 2

Top Cast

François Jérosme

François Jérosme

Grégoire de la Tour d'Ivoire (voice)

Jean-François Devaux

Jean-François Devaux

Groucha (voice)

Philippe Dumat

Philippe Dumat

Durallô / Duramou / Brossedur / Albert le dictionnaire (voice)

Maria Laborit

Maria Laborit

Lola (voice)

Valérie Kling

Valérie Kling

Micmac / Sophie la cuillère / Raymonde la fourchette (voice)

Themes & Keywords

catvegetablesatireparodyreporterspoonapeostrichrabbitphonepuppet showatomabsurdisttelevision / tv studioobjectsobject animationanimal protagonistbroomfork

About Telecat

Telecat is a kids, comedy, family series that first aired in 1983 exploring themes of cat, vegetable, satire, parody, reporter, spoon. Created by Henri Xhonneux, it stars François Jérosme, Jean-François Devaux, Philippe Dumat. Created by French surrealist artist Roland Topor and director Henri Xhonneux, Telecat is a news show parody hosted by a tomcat named Groucha (who always had his arm in plaster) and an ostrich named Lola. It featured a variety of sentient objects and revolved around the idea that the real-life elementary particles known as gluons were “the souls of objects”.

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