''Futz!'' is a Canadian

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created by Vadim Kapridov and produced by

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for broadcast on

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. The show's premise revolves around the eponymous main character and his zany adventures. Eschewing verbal dialogue, the series portrays the escapades of this character, who has been described as an

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, in a

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light.

Episodes

The show consists of 26 episodes of 3 minutes each. Australian airdates are provided for

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depending on the episode; repeats of the series have also aired on

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. Episodes are provided in the Canadian order.

Production

The series is based on a

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that appeared on United Feature Syndicate's website, Comics.com, where they posted a series of Flash cartoons called ''Mr. Futz'' in 2001. It was later picked up for television, with development beginning in 2002, with production commencing in December 2006 and ending on schedule in September 2007. Original plans for the series called for full

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with dialogue, including unproduced episodes written by

Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers Andrew John Nicholls (born 14 July 1957) and Darrell Vickers (born 17 July 1957) are an English-born Canadian writing team. They were head writers of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' from 1988 to 1992. Both their families moved inde ...

Broadcast

''Futz!'' was first shown on

as a sneak peek on August 24 in 2007 and began airing regularly on September 3, 2007, ending on January 6, 2008 after 26 episodes.Alt URL
/ref> It also aired in Australia on

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from April 14, 2008 to October 20, 2008 and was set to air on several other channels worldwide. On Teletoon, it has aired as an

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following movies presented on the channel.

Reception

References

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