Lucky Luke (1984 TV series)
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| Lucky Luke | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated Series, Western, Adventure, Comedy, Action |
| Created by | Morris |
| Country of origin | France Germany United States |
| Original languages | French German English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Gaumont Film Company Lucky Comics Extrafilm Produktion Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | |
| Network | FR3 (France) Syndication (United States) |
| Release | 1983 – 1984 |
Lucky Luke is a French-German-American animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by Morris. The series lasted for 26 episodes, and co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, Gaumont, Extrafilm and FR3. In France, the series was broadcast from 15 October 1984 on FR3.
Synopsis
Lucky Luke is a solitary cowboy traveling through the Far West. Accompanied by his faithful Jolly Jumper and almost every episode by Rantanplan the prison guard dog who gets lost in the West by wanting to follow Lucky Luke or find his prison, he finds himself confronted with various bandits and thugs like the Dalton, Billy The Kid, Jesse James and Phil Defer.
Voice cast
| Original | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| Lucky Luke | Jacques Thébault | William Callaway |
| Narrator | Peter Cullen | |
| Jolly Jumper | Roger Carel | Robert Ridgely |
| Rantanplan (2nd voice) | Mel Blanc | |
| Frank James | ||
| Senator Pendelberry | ||
| Jasper | ||
| Sam Mountaineer | ||
| Professor Gustav Cranium | ||
| Joe Dalton (The Black Hills) | ||
| Will Coyote (Rué on Oklahoma) | ||
| Rantanplan (1st voice) | Bernard Haller | Pat Fraley |
| Joe Dalton | Pierre Trabaud | Frank Welker |
| William Dalton | Jacques Balutin | Fred Travalena |
| Jack Dalton | Gérard Hernandez | Rick Dees |
| Averell Dalton | Pierre Tornade | Bob Holt |
| Ma Dalton | Perrette Pradier | Mitzi McCall |
| Annabelle Phelps | Barbara Goodson | |
| Billy the Kid | Guy Pierauld | Pat Fraley |
| Calamity Jane | Micheline Dax | Mona Marshall |
| Jesse James | Francis Lax | Brian Cummings |
| August Oyster | ||
| Barry Blunt | ||
| Waldo Badminton | Arthur Burghardt | |
| Bull Bullets | ||
| Senator Wilkins | ||
| Phil Defer | Henry Djanik | Peter Cullen |
| Colonel Drake | Jacques Ferrière | |
| Doctor Doxey | ||
| Captain Barrows | ||
| Jack Rabbit | Pat Fraley | |
| Cosmo Smith | ||
| Professor Doublelap | ||
| Petit Roquet | ||
| Cass Casey | Jean-Henri Chambois | Derek McGrath |
| Little John the Woodcutter | Richard Darbois | Pat Fraley |
| Cole Younger | Jacques Deschamps | Hal Smith |
| Professor Gurgle | Will Ryan | |
| Yellow Feather Leader | Corey Burton | |
| Frank Malone | Albert Augier | Terry Scott |
| Orwell Stormwind | ||
| Fletcher Jones | Alan Oppenheimer | |
| Nebraska Kid | ||
| Bushwhack | Unknown | Paul Reubens |
Episodes
- 1. Ma Dalton
- 2. The Pied-tender
- 3. The Daltons In The Blizzard
- 4. Going up the Mississippi
- 5. Calamity Jane
- 6. The Daltons Are Redeemed
- 7. Rails on the Prairie
- 8. Phil Defer
- 9. The Elixir of Doctor Doxey
- 10. Outlaw
- 11. Billy the Kid
- 12. Diligence
- 13. The Grand Duke
- 14. In The Shadow of the Derricks
- 15. The Dalton's Magot
- 16. The White Cavalier
- 17. On the Dalton's Trail
- 18. The Escort
- 19. The Rivals of Painful Gulch
- 20. The Thread That Sings
- 21. Jessie James
- 22. Barbed Wire On The Prairie
- 23. The Black Hills
- 24. Dalton City
- 25. Caravan
- 26. Rush on Oklahoma
Production
During his appearance on American screens, Lucky Luke must bend a few rules to avoid falling foul of the censorship of children's programs. First change in the cartoon: he no longer smokes (the comic strip will follow suit). Another major change is that stereotyped ethnic minorities disappear: no more Chinese launderers, no more black servants, no more Indians speaking "red skin language". Mexicans and undertakers are also erased when not essential to the storyline. This adaptation also give the animals Jolly Jumper and Rantanplan a much more important place than in the comics.
The episodes do not always have the same design, which is due the several subcontracting studios (United States, Spain and Australia). In a few episodes the actor Bernard Haller was replaced by Roger Carel.
The opening credits were directed by Philippe Landrot. This series is broadcast in installments of 5 minutes every day in access prime time, followed by a full broadcast on Sunday afternoon (on FR3). Three episodes (The Daltons in the Blizzard, Ma Dalton and The Daltons Are Redeemed) were combined in a compilation feature movie: The Daltons on the Loose.
Home media
The complete series was released in October 2010 by Citel Vidéo in 5 volumes. The episodes are in disorder:
- Ma Dalton (episodes 1, 6, 19, 22 and 13)
- The Diligence (episodes 12, 10, 2, 7, 3, 4)
- Calamity Jane (episodes 5, 9, 24, 26, 23)
- Billy the Kid (episodes 11, 15, 18, 8, 14)
- Jesse James (episodes 21, 25, 20, 17, 16)
External links
- Lucky Luke at IMDb
- Lucky Luke
- Television series based on Belgian comics
- 1983 American television series debuts
- 1983 American television series endings
- 1980s Western (genre) television series
- American children's animated action television series
- American children's animated adventure television series
- French children's animated action television series
- French children's animated adventure television series
- Television series by CBS Television Studios
- Television series by Hanna-Barbera