Les Cartooneurs Associés's early ads (partially found animated commercials; 1982-1990s)

The logo of the Cartooneurs in their demo reel

Status: Partially lost

Les Cartooneurs Associés ("The Associated Cartoonists") is a French animation studio that was founded in 1982 by Denis Olivieri. It has worked on a variety of animated series, such as Martin Morning and Mummy Nanny.

However, in its early days from the 1980s to the 1990s, it also animated a variety of animated commercials and other interstitial material that is now rare or lost.

It is difficult to trace the exact animated work production by the Cartooneurs. Their official filmography only lists their mainstream animated series beginning wiht Bouli in 1989, however their demo reel shows many ads and miscellaneous material.

Demo reel

Their official website shows a demo reel (that can only be read through the old RealPlayer format). It notably begins with original footage of an anthropomorphic pig who says: "Hello, my name is Jacques, and I am going to transform!" He then begins to shapeshift to Batman, and a series of animated screens begins scrolling, showing miscellaneous footage from ads and cartoons. Jacques's transformation is temporarily put back in focus where he shapeshifts into Charlie Chaplin. The demo reel then ends with the animated opening theme of the old French TV program Avis de recherche.

A lot of this footage has not been identified to this day.

Some of it seems contradictory, as it shows a scene from the 1983 animated film Katy the Caterpillar, and no official data cites the Cartooneurs as participating to the production of this movie.

Found/identified ads/footage

• 1: Unidentified cartoon with redheaded prehistoric children facing a red dinosaur. Resembles The Smoggies.
• 2: Unidentified cartoon with ghosts/white figures taking the bus at night.
• 3: Unidentified cartoon with anthropomorphic bird woman taking a golden V-shaped trophy.
• 4: Pic-Nic Break (commercial for chocolate dip biscuit sticks)
• 5: Le Youki (animated music video for Richard Gotainer's novelty song, starring famous French comic characters Les Bidochons)
• 6: Unidentified footage of two live-action men in red-yellow spacesuits leaving a crashed rocket.
• 7: Unidentified cartoon of a fat female trapezist catching on a smaller male trapezist.
• 8: Unidentified footage of stylized white lines on a black background, forming abstract figures.
• 9: Animated commercial for Syvofa Volailles Fermières d'Auvergne (poultry/chicken products)
• 10: Animated commercial for Gervais Eskimo pies; the actual ad shown here cannot be found in its entirety.
• 11: Footage from the 1995 La Coccinelle de Gotlib animated series.
• 12: Unidentified cartoon of dog at a streetlight.
• 13: Animated commercial for Le Cantal cheese, starring Pink Panther.
• 14: Unidentified animated spot showing watercolor-like fashion-magazine-style woman holding a perfume bottle, with the word "PRINTEMPS" scrolling. It may refer to the Printemps fashion stores.
• 15: Saint-Marc laundry
• 16: Smacks breakfast cereals
• 17: Kathy the Caterpillar
• 18: Minidou (fabric softener product)
• 19: Poisson d'Or Findus (fishsticks)
• 20: Mamie Nova yogurts
• 21: Unidentified cartoon of anthropomorphic bank bills walking out of a house, shown on a TV monitor
• 22: Jacques the Pig morphs into Charlie Chaplin.
• 23: Unidentified cartoon of grinning sharp-toothed man eating eggs then a bowl of chocolate/coffee
• 24: More of the Youki music video
• 25: Coulommiers le Roitelet (cheese)
• 26: Unidentified footage of live-action swimmer reaching to a starfish underwater.
• 27: More of the Mamie Nova yoghurts
• 28: Bamboula by Saint-Michel (chocolate biscuits)
• 29: Part of the Avis de recherche animated opening
• 30: Unidentified cartoon of a Tex-Avery-like wolf looking over a fence, possibly a Père Dodu ad (breaded meat products)
• 31: Animated commercial for the Savoie Olympique song album CD.
• 32: Another Minidou ad.
• 33: Unidentified cartoon showing mosquitoes and cockroaches tormenting a person. Possibly a Baygon ad.
• 34: The full Avis de recherche opening then plays separately.