''Grisù il draghetto'' is an animated Italian television series whose title character is ''Grisù'', a dragon.
The character was created by the Italian brothers
Nino and
Toni Pagot (best known as the creators of
Calimero
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).
[ It first appeared in a 1964 black-and-white animated series of commercial shorts for the Mentafredda Caremoli candies, part of the television program '' Carosello''.][ A television series consisting of 52 episodes with the adventures of Grisù aired for the first time in 1972.][
On November 18, 2020, it was announced that a CGI revival of the series is currently in the works.]
International broadcast
*Italy
** Rai 1
** Boomerang
**Boing
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* "Boing", a song by Ween from the album ''The Pod''
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* "Boing!", ...
*Germany
** ZDF
** ARD
**Pro7
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**Sat.1
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** Kabel 1
** Nickelodeon
*France
**TF1
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** Canal+
** M6
** Canal J
** France 3
*Canada
**Ici Radio-Canada Télé
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** TVOntario
*Czech Republic
** ÄŒT1 (at this time as ÄŒST1)
*Slovakia
**Jednotka
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Programming News and journalism
* Góly, body, sekundy (''Goals, points, seconds'') - sport news
* O 5 minút ...
(also at this time as ÄŒST1, but it was broadcast in Slovak)
* South Africa
** SABC1 as 'Groenie die drakie' (Little green the little dragon) dubbed into Afrikaans
*Arab League
**Various regional channels in the Arab League countries
*Australia
** ABC
*United States
** PBS
*Spain
** La 1
**Minimax
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** Televisión de Galicia
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** Telemadrid
*Switzerland
** RTS 1
*Austria
** ORF 1
DVD releases
In Italy, the entire 52-episode main show was released in a 13-volume DVD series.
In Germany, ARD Home Video released Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, and Volume 4 on October 7, 2003.
References
1970s animated television series
1975 Italian television series debuts
1975 Italian television series endings
1970s Italian television series
Italian children's animated fantasy television series
Fictional dragons
YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
PBS original programming
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
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