Chapi Chapo
TV ShowTitle | Chapi Chapo |
User score | 7.5 |
Release date | Nov 13, 1974 |
Release date of last episode | Nov 13, 1974 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Italo Bettiol , Stefano Lonati |
Production country | France |
Production companies | ORTF Télévision 1 (FR) |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 60 |
Run time | 5 min. |
Chapi Chapo is a French short stop-motion series. Created by Italo Bettiol and Stephano Lonati, with music by François de Roubaix, it premiered in 1974 on RF Television and ran for 60 5-minute episodes. The show aired on American television in the 1980s as part of Nickelodeon's Pinwheel. It was named "Chapi Chapo" as a play-on-words with the French word, chapeaux, which means "hats". Both of the main characters wore oversized hats that matched their clothing. The one in red is Chapi and the one in blue is Chapo. Each episode ends with a little dance.