204 Barbapappa

First  watched  : 1975

The  memory  seems  to  be  playing  tricks  again. I  remember  Barbapappa  warmly  but  with  a  feeling  that  it  was  gone  too  soon  so  it's  a  big  surprise  that  it  ran  on  and  off   until  1978 .

Barbapapa  was  imported  from  France  and  concerned  a  genial  pink  blob  who  could  change  shape. What  appealed  to  me  most  about  the  series  was  that  he  and  his  wife  had  seven  kids  who  all  had  different  talents  ( and  colours  although  I  was  watching  it  in  black  and  white )  so  there  was  an  element  of  the  superhero  ensemble  to  it. The  family  interacted  with  the  human  world  and  the  stories  often  had  an  environmentalist   bent; the  scene  I  remember  best  is  where  one  of  the  kids  gets  angry  and  changes  shape  to  do  battle  with  a  bulldozer.

Though  largely  forgotten  over  here I  believe  its  still  popular  across  the  Channel.