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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Using a children's anthology format (similar to ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]''), consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series cast. The original incarnation of the show co-starred children show host Mélanie Angélie and Donkey Kong, with skits frequently deriving humor from Donkey Kong's dimwittedness and misunderstanding of human customs. After Mélanie Angélie departed the show in 2000, the show was retooled as ''DKTV'' and featured content ranging from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, ''DKTV'' sometimes featured language and subject matters cruder than one would expect from its timeslot and source material. | Using a children's anthology format (similar to ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]''), consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series cast. The original incarnation of the show co-starred children show host Mélanie Angélie and Donkey Kong, with skits frequently deriving humor from Donkey Kong's dimwittedness and misunderstanding of human customs. After Mélanie Angélie departed the show in 2000, the show was retooled as ''DKTV'', adding a new animated character in the form of a hip green [[Kremling]] named [[Krushy]] and featured content ranging from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, ''DKTV'' sometimes featured language and subject matters cruder than one would expect from its timeslot and source material. | ||
''Donkey Kong Planet'' used the same motion capture style of animation as ''Donkey Kong Country'', but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors. | ''Donkey Kong Planet'' used the same motion capture style of animation as ''Donkey Kong Country'', but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors. | ||
The interstial segments featured [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Candy Kong]] | The interstial segments featured [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Candy Kong]] [[Funky Kong]] and Krushy whose models would often portray multiple different characters in a single skit. Although produced by the same company and reusing the models from the first season of ''Donkey Kong Country'', ''Donkey Kong Planet'''s voice cast was completely different from the French dub of ''Donkey Kong Country''. | ||
==Shows aired as a part of ''Donkey Kong Planet''== | ==Shows aired as a part of ''Donkey Kong Planet''== | ||
Revision as of 18:25, May 31, 2023
Donkey Kong Planet[1] (known in French as La planète de Donkey Kong, and later renamed DKTV or DKTV.Cool[2]) is a programming block that aired from September 4, 1996 to September 1st 2001 on France 2, reusing various assets from the Donkey Kong Country animated series. It was produced and animated by Medialab.
Unlike what is claimed by various publications,[citation needed] La planète de Donkey Kong is not the French name of the Donkey Kong Country cartoon (which simply had the same name in French), but rather a separate show which aired exclusively in France. The name is likely a reference to the French novel La Planète des singes, known in English as Planet of the Apes.
Overview
Using a children's anthology format (similar to King Koopa's Kool Kartoons), consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the Donkey Kong Country series cast. The original incarnation of the show co-starred children show host Mélanie Angélie and Donkey Kong, with skits frequently deriving humor from Donkey Kong's dimwittedness and misunderstanding of human customs. After Mélanie Angélie departed the show in 2000, the show was retooled as DKTV, adding a new animated character in the form of a hip green Kremling named Krushy and featured content ranging from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, DKTV sometimes featured language and subject matters cruder than one would expect from its timeslot and source material.
Donkey Kong Planet used the same motion capture style of animation as Donkey Kong Country, but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors.
The interstial segments featured Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Candy Kong Funky Kong and Krushy whose models would often portray multiple different characters in a single skit. Although produced by the same company and reusing the models from the first season of Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Planet's voice cast was completely different from the French dub of Donkey Kong Country.
Shows aired as a part of Donkey Kong Planet
- The Addams Family
- The Adventures of Sinbad
- Arthur
- The Adventures of Hyperman
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Baby Folies
- Back to Sherwood
- The Baskervilles
- Beetlejuice
- Belphégor
- Big Wolf on Campus
- Breaker High
- Caitlin's Way
- Capitaine Fracasse
- City Hunter
- Clueless
- Cyrano 2022
- Dodo, le retour
- Donkey Kong Country
- Les Enfants de Toromiro
- Even Stevens
- Extreme Ghostbusters
- Family Dog
- Free Willy
- Full House
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Goosebumps
- Grand-mère est une sorcière
- Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
- Ivanhoe the King's Knight
- Iznogoud
- The Journey of Allen Strange
- Les Jules, chienne de vie...
- Jumanji
- Kassai and Luk
- Kenan & Kel
- Lupo Alberto
- Manu
- Max Steel
- Miami 7
- Les milles et une nuits
- The Mozart Band
- Mummy Nanny
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold
- Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
- Les Multoches
- Normand Normal
- Nos plus belles vacances
- Ocean Girl
- Odd Man Out
- Once Upon a Time...
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
- Princess of the Nile
- Princesse Sheherazade
- ReBoot
- Robinson Sucroe
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Saved by the Bell
- The Secret World of Alex Mack
- Sky Trackers
- Sky Dancers
- Simba: The King Lion
- Sister, Sister
- Spellbinder
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
- Student Bodies
- Sweet Valley High
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Thunderstone
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
- Weird Science
- X-Men
- Young Hercules
Gallery
Commercial for Donkey Kong Land 2
Title card of "Caspied le gentil fantôme"
Drunk Donkey Kong in "Caspied le gentil fantôme"
Title card of "Le comte de Monte Costaud"
Donkey Kong punching Funky Kong in "Le comte de Monte Costaud"
Title card of "La nuit des vivants-morts"
Donkey Kong as a math teacher in "La nuit des vivants-morts"
Title card of "Bouffy contre les vampires"
Funky Kong in a fit of road rage in "Obel Corsica"
Title card of "Fréquence Kong"
Title card of "Le gros rouge qui tache"
Title card of "Toc Story 2"
Reception
DKTV won a 1999 7 d'Or for excellence in children programming, as decided by a public vote.[3]
External links
References
- ^ Fabienne Legrand (November 11, 2011). Aventure_DonkeyKong_Medialab.wmv (promotional tape featuring Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Planet footage). YouTube. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ Official website for Donkey Kong Planet
- ^ Télé Premiere: Les 7 d'Or 1999. Premiere. Archived August 1, 2015, 14:20:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
