The Mézga Family and the Computer (lost unfinished episodes of Hungarian animated series; 2005)

A Mézga Family illustration for the interview with György Bárdy (A Hungarian actor).

Status: Lost

The Mézga Family and the Computer (Hungarian A Mézga család és a (sz)ámítógép) was a 2005 Hungarian animated sequel series to the 1969 series of the same name created by József Romhányi and József Nepp and animated by Pannónia Film Studio.

This series revolved around the family adjusting to modern technology such as the internet and computers. It was to feature the titular Mézga's with their same ages as in the 1970's counterpart. 13 episodes of the series were ordered and animated by Studio Ex-ist Kft. However due to the growing recession in Hungary at the time, the show was cancelled with only two episodes produced.^[1]

Cast

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Geza Mézga - Endre Harkanyi (The comical and inept father.)
Paula Mézga - Judit Toth (The dominating mother.)
Kriszta Mézga - Petra Haumann (The pubertal daughter.)
Aladar Mézga -Viktor Baradlay (The 12-year-old son/child prodigy)
Maris Szomszed - Gabor Tomanek (The cynical neighbor, often involved in family disasters.)
Bloki - Gabor Reviczky (The family dog.)

Availability

The first two episodes are easily available to find online. The other eleven episodes are lost. It is unknown if there were any pre-production content such as animatics, storyboards, or scripts for the eleven episodes resurfaced, or they were even made. Although one of the artists who worked on it posted his work on his blog.