Comments on: Czech stop motion: Pat & Mat

By: Polly

Polly — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:12:56 +0000

You should see the one with the garden gnome... :)

I have been a fan of these two practically since they were created.
They are AMAZING.
Of course Czech and Slovak animation is legendary (think Jiri Trnka), but these two
are outstanding in both animation and humour.
I am glad you found them! :)

Oh and BTW, as much as I appreciate political savviness, I would suggest to anyone not to read too much - or anything - into these two characters. It's simply ridiculous. No, they do not "represent" China or the USSR or anything.
Yes, those regimes were usually more than a little paranoid.
But apparently so was the "other side"... (:
Not everything was politics, you know.
Failing to see this for what it is - a fanastically well animated series about two endearingly clumsy characters - is actually tantamount to denying the humanity of "Communists" and the people who lived in such regimes.

P.S. I agree with whomever suggested "Lolek and Bolek".
They are very good, too.

By: opipop

opipop — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:50:01 +0000

Dececco, same here…I mess up, like with super-glue or with some chairs I was fixing and my wife starts whistling the tune…

By: opipop

opipop — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:50:00 +0000

Dececco, same here…I mess up, like with super-glue or with some chairs I was fixing and my wife starts whistling the tune…

By: opipop

opipop — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:47:56 +0000

We’ve been fans for years, it’s a tremendous series. So popular in this part of the world that there is a even a beer garden near us named ‘Pat a Mat’…glad to see it’s finally getting some outside exposure.

In my opinion this series and ‘Pingu’ are about the very best in children’s animation…I looked forward to it as much as my kids!

By: opipop

opipop — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:47:00 +0000

In my opinion this series and ‘Pingu’ are about the very best in children’s animation…I looked forward to it as much as my kids!

By: whatistigerbalm

whatistigerbalm — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:15:22 +0000

As somebody who grew up in a Communist country, I am more than a little skeptical towards the description of the series as subversive. (Funnily enough, the originating Wiki claim has no reerence.) The “A je to!” episodes were immensely popular and fairly widely exported, in addition to being made by state TV. I’m not saying Commie authorities weren’t ridiculous in their paranoia; they were (as were their Western counterparts), but a kids’ programme was just a kids’ programme.

By: whatistigerbalm

whatistigerbalm — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:15:00 +0000

By: uns3en

uns3en — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:55:48 +0000

They used to show this series at finland in Pikku Kakkonen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikku_Kakkonen :)

By: uns3en

uns3en — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:55:00 +0000

They used to show this series at finland in Pikku Kakkonen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikku_Kakkonen :)

By: dececco

dececco — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:16:16 +0000

they were huge in ex yugoslavia. To this day, when we start a project and we’re terribly clumsy at it, somebody ALWAYS starts singing the opening tune :)