Bob a Bobek – králíci z klobouku
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Bob a Bobek – králíci z klobouku (English: Bob and Bobek – the Rabbits from a Hat or Bob and Bobby – the Rabbits from a Hat{{cite web | title="Bob and Bobek – the Rabbits from a Hat" and other Czech cartoon classics for children |publisher=Czech Radio| date=2021-03-25 | url=https://english.radio.cz/masters-czech-animated-film-8710154/5 | access-date=2024-05-13}}) is a Czech cartoon series. It is one of the most popular series made for the children's television programme Večerníček.{{cite web | title=Thursday 55th anniversary of first Večerníček |publisher=Czech Radio| date=2020-01-02 | url=https://english.radio.cz/thursday-55th-anniversary-first-vecernicek-8111691 | access-date=2024-05-13}}
Production began in 1978, and the series first appeared on Czechoslovak Television on 11 December 1979.{{cite web | title= Bob a Bobek jsou s námi od roku 1978 | website=Bob a Bobek | date=2022-09-15 | url=https://www.bobabobek.cz/bob-a-bobek/ | language=cs | access-date=2024-05-13}}{{cite web | last=Táborská | first=Marika | last2=Ptáčková | first2=Zuzana | title=Králíkům z klobouku je 30 let |publisher=Czech Radio| date=2009-12-11 | url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/kultura_film/kralikum-z-klobouku-je-30-let_200912110207_mtaborska | language=cs | access-date=2024-05-13}} It ran for 91 episodes and eight seasons between 1979 and 2005. Starting with the fourth season (2003), the show was renamed Bob a Bobek na cestách (English: Bob and Bobek on the road).{{cite web | title=Bob a Bobek v červnu opět na cestách |publisher=Czech Television| date=1970-01-01 | url=https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/vse-o-ct/press/tiskove-zpravy/?id=530&strana-1=424&category=1 | language=cs | access-date=2024-05-13}} A New Year's Eve special for adults, Bob a Bobek Grand šou, was also released in 1980.{{cite web | title=Bob a Bobek Grand šou |publisher=Czech Television| date=2024-05-14 | url=https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/129639-bob-a-bobek-grand-sou/ | language=cs | access-date=2024-05-14}}
The series was directed by Václav Bedřich, Miroslav Walter, and Ivo Hejcman. Art was done by Vladimír Jiránek, while writing was done by Jiránek, Jaroslav Pacovský, Jiří Šebánek and Pavel Šrut. Petr Skoumal composed the music and Josef Dvořák provided the voices.
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Synopsis
Bob and Bobek are two white rabbits who live in a hat owned by the (usually unseen) magician Pokustón. Bob is older and wiser while Bobek is younger and more carefree. Each episode traditionally begins with Bob pulling Bobek out of the hat, telling him to "get up and warm up", and Bobek claiming that for him, it is still nighttime. The first three seasons are about the rabbits’ adventures in their everyday life, which often involve them getting a new job. In the fourth to eighth seasons, the rabbits fly in their hat to overseas locations.{{cite web | title=Bob a Bobek na cestách | website= Jihočeská vědecká knihovna v Českých Budějovicích | url=https://katalog.cbvk.cz/arl-cbvk/cs/detail-cbvk_us_cat-0607465-Bob-a-Bobek-na-cestach/ | language=cs | ref={{sfnref|Simple search}} | access-date=2024-05-14}}
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Movie adaptation
A movie adaptation was released on 5 December 2024. The movie is called Bob & Bobek - On the Trail to Carrot Eater and is directed by Miroslav Zachariáš and Ondřej Pecha.{{cite web |title=Bob and Bobek Movie - On the trail of the Carrot Eater|url=https://www.filmcenter.cz/en/upcoming-projects/4315-bob-and-bobek-movie-on-the-trail-of-the-carrot-eater|publisher=Czech Film Center|access-date=2024-10-19}}
In popular culture
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Bob and Bobek were the mascots for the 2015 and 2024 Ice Hockey World Championships, which were held in the Czech Republic.{{cite web | title=Bob and Bobek are coming back to Prague and Ostrava | website=IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation | url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm/news/54703/bob_and_bobek_are_coming_back_to_prague_and_ostrav | access-date=2024-05-13}}
References
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Category:1979 Czechoslovak television series debuts
Category:1979 animated television series debuts
Category:2005 Czech television series endings
Category:Czech children's television series
Category:Czech animated television series
Category:Czechoslovak animated television series