In our special on children's television we have not wanted to leave aside the opportunity to take a look at the past, towards those series and programs that captivated us as children. Not only do we intend to stay in the memory, but we believe that it is a good opportunity to rescue those spaces and ensure that today's children can enjoy the television with which we grew up adults.
And, the first of these looks, we return to 'Around the World by Willy Fog', a series of cartoons broadcast by TVE in the 80s which became a true phenomenon in society at the time. It is an adaptation of one of Julio Verne's novels, 'Around the World in 80 Days', which collected the adventures of its protagonists and presented them in a children's version for the enjoyment of the little ones.
'Willy Fog's Around the World' consists of a single season of 26 episodes which usually last approximately 26 minutes each. Throughout its history, set in the second half of the nineteenth century, spectators accompany Willy Fog and his friends on an adventure around the world, for which most imaginable means of transport that could be used help at that time.
Who is Willy Fog?
Willy Fog is an English gentleman, presented as a lion, obsessed with punctuality and willing to demonstrate in the nineteenth century that he could go around the world in just 80 days. This bet He took him on numerous adventures throughout the planet with his butler Rigodon and his inseparable friend, Tico, a small mouse with a strong Andalusian accent that would become one of the most endearing characters in the series.
Throughout its episodes, 'The return to the world of Willy Fog' shows us the efforts of its protagonists to meet their challenge, which will lead them to discover other worlds and meet new characters that will mark their adventure. This is a story that got attention because a more than worthy adaptation of the original work written by Julio Verne.
What can we expect from the series?
'Around the world of Willy Fog' is an endearing story where the main group always walks together and where everyone depends on the rest. Values such as teamwork and companionship are very marked during the journey of fiction, which perfectly combines touches of different genres that manage to meet in each of the episodes, with enough emphasis on comedy.
The ability to show the operation and usefulness of the means of transport or the cultural wealth of different parts of the planet They are part of the contribution made by fiction at the time, with which he managed to win the hearts of parents and children of the time. In addition to its protagonists, 'The return to the world of Willy Fog' presented various evil characters whose plans always went wrong for the rejoicing of the main group and the spectators of the series.
It is true that some characters rose above others and that some was not as well defined as we could expect, as in the case of Romy, the princess who was rescued by the protagonist trio and who continued with them the trip, a figure that never stood out like the rest of the characters. But, broadly speaking, 'Around the World by Willy Fog' was erected as an experience created for the enjoyment of the little ones.
Nor can we forget the fact that he opted for a successful literary adaptation of one of Julio Verne's best-known works, which could serve as a possible suggestion for the children's audience to approach the literary world in the future. He was accompanied by fiction a soundtrack that managed to sneak into the most endearing songs of our childhood, another of the points in favor with which the series had from the beginning.
In the first chapter of 'Around the World by Willy Fog', entitled 'The Bet', we see how Willy Fog accepts the challenge of going around the world in 80 days, which it takes you to bet a succulent sum of money with his social club teammates. Here an adventure would begin that would take us to know different corners of the planet and that would make us dream of the day we would visit them all one by one.
'Around the world of Willy Fog', a dream trip
The series that marked an entire generation is currently broadcast on the Panda channel, available through multiple pay-TV platforms, although its broadcast is relegated at dawn. Too It is available on DVD, in a pack that includes the episodes corresponding to what was his second season, 'Willy Fog 2', which never lived up to what they originally presented us around the world.
Even so, the first 26 episodes that make up 'Willy Fog's Around the World' are a pleasant experience that the little ones in the house can enjoy, while marveling at the places visited by their protagonists and they are infected with the joy and the affable spirit with which the series was characterized. A more than worthy television option that has managed to last over time almost thirty years later.
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