The Bizarre Stories of Professor Zarbi

{{short description|Canadian adult animated sitcom}}

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| genre = Comedy
Supernatural

| creator = Michel Beaudet

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| writer = Michel Beaudet
Mikael Archambault
Charles-Alex Durand
Boris Dolivet

| director = Michel Beaudet
Simon Parizeau

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  • Michel Beaudet

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| composer = Kim Gaboury

| country = Canada

| language = French

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 54

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  • Hugues Dufour

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| producer = Michel Beaudet
Simon Parizeau

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| runtime = 22 minutes

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| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|09|05}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2022|10|14}}

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The Bizarre Stories of Professor Zarbi (original French-language title: Les Histoires bizarres du professeur Zarbi) is a Canadian adult supernatural animated comedy. It premiered in French on Télétoon's Télétoon la nuit block on September 5, 2019.{{cite press release|url=https://www.corusent.com/news/apres-au-pays-des-tetes-a-claques-teletoon-la-nuit-devoile-la-nouvelle-serie-danimation-de-michel-beaudet/|title=Après Au pays des Têtes à claques, Télétoon la nuit dévoile la nouvelle série d'animation de Michel Beaudet|date=September 5, 2019|accessdate=March 24, 2021|lang=French|publisher=Corus Entertainment|location=Montreal}} An English version of the series debuted on January 15, 2021 on Adult Swim in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/adult-swim-canada-quietly-premieres-the-bizarre-stories-of-professor-zarbi-english-dub-adaptation/|title=Adult Swim Canada Quietly Premieres THE BIZARRE STORIES OF PROFESSOR ZARBI English Dub Adaptation|date=January 18, 2021|accessdate=March 24, 2021|work=Bubbleblabber|first=John|last=Schwarz}}

Created by Michel Beaudet and Salambo Productions, the series follows an eccentric professor and his sidekick neighbour as they confront paranormal activities across Quebec. Each episode is designed around tropes common to horror fiction, many times offering direct homages to specific films.

Production

The series was officially announced by Télétoon on May 16, 2018.{{cite press release|url=https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/teletoon-numero-un-des-chaines-specialisees-chez-les-jeunes-682816741.html|title=Télétoon numéro un des chaînes spécialisées chez les jeunes|date=May 16, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2021|work=Corus Entertainment|agency=CNW Group|lang=French}} It was created by Michel Beaudet and Salambo Productions, who previously worked on Knuckleheads for the network on its spinoff. Unlike their prior work which combined multiple mediums, Zarbi is an entirely animated production, utilizing Toon Boom Harmony.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2019/09/09/les-tetes-a-claques-sont-toujours-bien-vivantes|title=Les "Têtes à claques" sont toujours bien vivantes|first=Marie-Josée R.|last=Roy|date=September 9, 2019|accessdate=March 24, 2021|work=TVA Nouvelles|language=French}} Télétoon greenlit the series in favour of another season of 2 Nuts and a Richard!.{{cite web|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/le-succes-insoupconne-de-teletoon-926acfcca59469b1529328b58af1be61|title=Le succès insoupçonné de Télétoon|first=Richard|last=Therrien|date=May 25, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2021|work=Le Soleil|language=French}} The first 10 episodes of an initial 20 episode order began airing in French Canada on September 5, 2019.

Like Knuckleheads, Beaudet voices most of the characters in the French version of the series. In the English version, Zarbi is played by Terrence Scammell, with his assistant Benjamin voiced by Angela Galuppo.

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