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The Tofus
From left to right: Mom, Lola and Chichi, with Curly the Sheep in the background.
This is a great family story.
It has great values. It does deal with relationships that teenagers have. There is no swearing. There is no scene that would make you change the channel if the kids are watching.
This is a good wholesome show with great lessons.
You might even learn about the environment. If not it's just fun. I have one regret----there are only two video clips from the show on the net and one of them doesn't work.
I guess the show didn't catch the attention of enough people but I'm sure if you see it on dvd or video or in a dark alley you will like it.
It's Canadian so that means you should give it a chance. I know the world of television is tough so getting a show the audience it deserves means appealing to people who wouldn't give it a second look and then when their caught you show the regular, quality stuff.
Read on and learn about a show I would show my children.....If I knew where they were......I don't have children so that's not a problem for now.
If you do find out more about the show or if you find video clips I can use tell me. Use the form at the bottom of the page to send me the info.
Category: Animation, Children's Television Comedy
Voices Of: Aaron Grunfeld, Brigid Tierney, Maria Bircher, Marcel Jeannin, Sonja Ball, Harry Standjofski, Pauline Little, Daniel Brochu, Kayla Grunfeld, Michael Yarmush, Jesse Vinet
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 26
Executive Producers: Olivier Dumont, Jacques Pettigrew, Jacqueline Tordjman, Michel Lemire
Producers: Danielle Marleau and Bruno Bianchi
Original Channel: Teletoon
Original Run: September 1, 2004 to January 1, 2007
The show (French: Les Tofou) is an animated French and Canadian sitcom created by Fabrice de Costil and Bertrand Victor for Teletoon as one of its original productions. It is a satirical parody of the environmentalist lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Mom, Pop, Chichi, Lola, and Buba. The show is set in the fictional town of Beauvillage, and lampoons many aspects of the environmental movement, including environmental organizations, animal rights, and pacifism.
Since its debut on September 1, 2004, the program has aired twenty-six episodes over two seasons.
Production
The show was co-produced by SIP Animation and CinéGroupe. It was directed by Bruno Bianchi with the assistance of Danielle Marleau and several other executive producers out of Maple Pictures Corp., and scripted by twenty-six writers, including series creators Fabrice de Costil and Bertrand Victor. Original music was composed by Alain Garcia and Noam Kaniel.
Each episode of the show was budgeted at US$230,000, and each thirty-minute time block was divided into two fifteen minute-long episodes. Production of the show began one year before it was incorporated into Teletoon's schedule, first airing in Canada on September 1, 2004. In addition to Teletoon Canada, SIP Animation also presold the series to the France 3, CITV, and Fox Kids Europe networks.
The first episode of France 3's French-language version of The Tofus premiered on January 3, 2005. As Fox Kids was sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2002, the program was broadcast under the new brand Jetix when it arrived in other European countries in 2006.
There were five main cast members who voiced the characters in the show. Aaron Grunfeld performed the voice of Chichi, while Brigid Tierney performed the voice of Lola. Maria Bircher played Mom, Marcel Jeannin voiced Pop, and Sonja Ball took the role of Buba. Additional voices were provided by Daniel Brochu, Harry Standjofski, Pauline Little, Kayla Grunfeld, Michael Yarmush, and Jesse Vinet. Script direction was overseen by Florence Sandis.
Story
Environmental activists Mom and Pop Tofu, concerned that their family is suffocating from urban routine, decide to move to a farmhouse in the town of Beauvillage and embrace a more natural way of life, much to the horror of their pre-teen children, Chichi and Lola, who would rather watch TV and go shopping than amuse themselves with Grandma Buba's animals: Curly the Sheep, Crackers the Rooster, and Suzie the Goat. The siblings must cope with their parents' ecology-friendly world vision and the humiliation that results from their efforts to encourage others to protect the environment.
The neighborhood that the family settles in is filled with electronically-able individuals, contrasting the Tofus' all-organic lifestyle. Unlike her brother Chichi–who believes in peace within the family–Lola is more cynical and averse to being deemed oddballs in their new home, but occupies herself with her attraction to Billy Hubbub, the boy next door.
Reception
The Tofus was generally well-received by viewers. It has been called "a modern gloss on the classic family sitcom [that] aptly skewers the granola-munching righteousness of the eco-hippie archetype," and has been commended for its use of ecology as a unique background theme. The Tofus also received top audience ratings among the France 3 Youth Programs in 2005.
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