The Crumpets
Les Crumpets (French)
GenreComedy
Based onPetit Dernier books by Didier Lévy and Frédéric Benaglia
Developed byVirginie Boda
Directed byRaoul Magrangeas
ComposerJacques Davidovici
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes105
Production
Executive producersSophie Saget
Fanny Le Floch-Vergnon
ProducerPascal Gayrard
Running time13 minutes[1]
26 minutes (special)
Production company4.21 Productions
Original release
NetworkCanal+ Family (seasons 1-3)
Télétoon+ (season 4 and special)
ReleaseDecember 21, 2013 (2013-12-21)
Related
Teen Crumpets

The Crumpets (French: Les Crumpets) is a French animated comedy television series produced by 4.21 Productions and distributed by Mediatoon Distribution. The show was adapted from the Petit Dernier books and Petite Pousse book authored by Didier Lévy, illustrated by Frédéric Benaglia, and published by Editions Sarbacane.[1]

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

The Crumpets are a big family with 142 children whose parents are Ma and Pa, and their paternal grandmother Granny and dog T-Bone also live with them. The youngest child, L'il One, rivals all his siblings and his father in getting his mother's love. He has a friendship with Granny. The show's characters beyond the Crumpet household include the neighboring McBrisk family consisting of a mother and her daughter, and Pa's wealthy brother, his wife, and their adoptive son.

Seasons 3 and 4 (Teen Crumpets) concentrate on the lives of the teenagers from the three families, as well as Marylin and Larry.

Cast

Development

In 2008, the Petit Dernier and Petite Pousse books were discovered by Éric (aka Raoul)[7] Magrangeas, who became interested in adapting them to a cartoon. In 2009, 4.21 Productions signed a contract with Editions Sarbacane to produce the cartoon adaptation. Most of the animation was done in France with the remainder 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, United States.[10] The English dub for Teen Crumpets was recorded by The Kitchen studio in Miami, Florida.[11]

Awards

In 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

  1. ^ a b "4:21 aux Rendez-vous d'affaires et coproduction France-Canada". CTVM.info (in French). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ Studios O'Bahamas (19 December 2013). "Découvrez dès Samedi 21 Décembre sur Canal + en clair..." Facebook (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Les Crumpets !!! Saison 3 !!! départ lundi 7 décembre sur Canal+ Family à 17h40". Facebook (in French). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "LES CRUMPETS – Saison 4 – En diffusion". Le CLIFF. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ Belaisch, Galla (7 March 2021). "Les crumpets, tu fais genre !". myCANAL (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "LES CRUMPETS". RS-Doublage (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Les Crumpets "Cui-cui la praline"". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ^ Pruvot, Marie; Hanaut, Jérémy; Camus, Justine; Bourguignon, Félix. "DIAGNOSTIC ET STRATEGIE DE L'ENTREPRISE D'ACCUEIL" (PDF). Palimpsestes (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (12 June 2013). "Mediatoon to Distribute 'The Crumpets'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Blowing Our Own Crumpet !!". April Media Productions. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  11. ^ "ENGLISH DUBBING SAMPLES". The Kitchen. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  12. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (25 April 2018). "Cartoons on the Bay 2018 Pulcinella Award Winners". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "TOFUZI 2018 WINNERS". TOFUZI: International Festival of Animated Films. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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