Le Avventure di Gatto Evaristo

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Even though Warner Bros. sued the creator of the show for the plagiarism of Sylvester.
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 4 minutes
Country: Italy
Release Date: 1973
Created by: Giancarlo Marchesi
Distributed by: Polistampa SPA
Episodes: 9 (5 found)

Le Avventure di Gatto Evaristo (English: The Adventures of Evaristo the Cat) is a 1973 Italian animated series by Polistampa SPA (later GLM Studio).

Perché è stato citato in giudizio dalla Warner Bros. (Why It Was Sued by Warner Bros.)

  1. To get the elephant out of the room at first: The series wasn't going to air on television, but was instead to only made for home video release.
  2. The characters are rip-offs of cartoon characters from Warner Bros.
    • Gatto Evaristo is a rip-off of Sylvester the Cat.
    • Ottavio is a rip-off of Hector the Bulldog and Marc Antony.
    • Sansone is a rip-off of Tweety.
    • Filberto's design looks similar to Pixie and Dixie.
  3. Cheesy animation.
  4. ??? voice acting.
  5. ??? backgrounds.
  6. ??? colors.
  7. ??? music.
  8. Like Jojo's Circus, the entire series is not available and can be considered lost.
  9. Overall, this is considered the worst Italian animated series.
  10. TBA

Qualità riscattate (Redeeming Qualities)

  1. TBA

Curiosità (Trivia)

  • Giancarlo Marchesi, the creator of the show, was known to work for La Linea, Baby Crockett and several animated commercials in Carosello.
  • The show was screened in 2003 in Turin during a Film Festival held at "Le Gru" mall. Only five episodes of the show are found.
    • The titular double-feature episode ("Gatto Evaristo il ventriloquo" and another unknown title) and "Evaristo e Filiberto All'Ultimo Scherzo" (using a silent black and white print) are owned by YouTuber Yobtobi.
    • "Gatto Evaristo il ventriloquo", "Sansone Contro Gatto Evaristo" and "Amore Indiano" (using a Castle Films print of the Woody Woodpecker short "Scalp Treatment") are owned by Kirktoys.
    • In addition, the other owner is a man on an Italian auction site, but the episode's name and content is unknown.