Maxipes Fík (literally "
Fig
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the Maxidog") is a
Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
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children's TV animated series.
It was one of the most popular series made for the children's television programme
Večerníček
Večerníček (meaning "little bedtime story" Czech and Slovak) is a television program for children in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It has been broadcast regularly for over 50 years. Before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, two ...
.
The first series was shot in 1975. The author and screenwriter was Rudolf Čechura
and the animator was Jiří Šalamoun.
Music was composed by
Petr Skoumal
Petr Skoumal (7 March 1938 – 28 September 2014) was a Czech musician and composer.
Skoumal focused on film music. He also composed music for animated shorts (i.e. '' Maxipes Fik''). In the past he made several stage performances with Jan Vod ...
, the voice was narrated by actor
Josef Dvořák
Josef Dvořák (born 25 April 1942 in Horní Cerekev, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) is a Czechs, Czech actor. He started his career in Kadaň from where Pavel Fiala took him to Kladivadlo in Ústí nad Labem. He was an external actor in th ...
.
The second series was launched in 1982. In memory of Maxipes Fík his birthday is celebrated in
Kadaň
Kadaň (; german: Kaaden) is a town in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the banks of the river Ohře. Kadaň is a tourist centre with highlights being the Francisca ...
; Maxipes Fík was born in Ahníkov, a bulldozed village nearby. Both Rudolf Čechura and Josef Dvořák also lived in the area.
Maxipes Fík series
# Zrození Maxipsa Fíka / How Maxipes Fík was born
# Zmoudření maxipsa Fíka / Maxipes Fík getting wise
# Maxipes Fík sportuje / Maxipes Fík doing sports
# Fík ve škole / Fík at school
# Fík za volantem / Fík driving
# Fík - mistr skoku / Fík – master of jumping
# Fík jde do světa / Fík goes round the world
# Maxipes Fík trosečníkem / Maxipes Fík castaway
# Maxipes Fík v teplých krajích / Maxipes Fík in the south
# Maxipes Fík polárníkem / Maxipes Fík a polar explorer
# Maxipes Fík u protinožců / Maxipes Fík with antipodes
# Maxipes Fík objevitelem / Maxipes Fík a discoverer
# Maxipes Fík se vrací / Maxipes Fík comes back
Divoké sny Maxipsa Fíka / Maxipes Fík's Wild Dreams
# O požárnících / About Firemen
# O kopané / Football
# O prázdninách / Holidays
# O velkém městě / City
# O žních / Harvest
# O lupičích / Robbers
# O lovu / Hunt
# O vynalézání / Inventing
# O velké zimě / Coldness
# O Vánocích / Christmas
# O hledání pokladu / Treasure Search
# O Minifíkovi / Minifík
# O nevěstě / Bride
See also
*
Clifford the Big Red Dog
''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an American children's book series about the adventures of a precocious girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a giant, red-furred dog named Clifford. It was first published in 1963 and was written by No ...
References
Czech animated television series
Animated television series about dogs
Czech children's television series
1975 Czechoslovak television series debuts
Kadaň
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