Le Avventure di Gatto Evaristo
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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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- Cheesy animation.
- ??? voice acting.
- ??? backgrounds.
- ??? colors.
- ??? music.
- Like Jojo's Circus, the entire series is not available and can be considered lost.
- Overall, this is considered the worst Italian animated series.
- TBA
Qualità riscattate (Redeeming Qualities)
- 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.