Mr. Bogus (partially lost animated TV series; 1991-1993): Difference between revisions

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Status: Partially found

Mr. Bogus is an American animated TV series originally aired in September 1991 until November 1993. It had three seasons and had 43 episodes total.

The show was based on a series of over 300 French/Belgian claymation shorts called Bogus from 1987; about 42 were inserted in the 1991 American series proper as transitional skits.

Premise

Mr. Bogus is a tiny yellow gremlin-like creature who lives between the walls of a normal suburban house. He likes to play with common household objects and tends to get involved in trouble, but he is a good-natured person and tries to help others too, usually the humans of his environment who are unaware of his existence.

Loss

This animated series didn't have a proper re-release after it finished being re-aired on TV in English. It had a few VHS releases in miscellaneous foreign countries, but most episodes that are available online come from personal recordings.

Many episodes have been recovered, but are only available in a foreign dub ranging from Portuguese, Greek, French, Croatian and Korean.

Found episodes

Season 1

Episode 1: Meet Mr. Bogus

Episode 2: Class Clown Bogus

Episode 3: A Day At The Office (foreign dub, bad quality)

Episode 4: Et Tu, Brattus? (foreign dub, bad quality)

Episode 5: Shop Around The Clock

Episode 6: Beach Blanket Bogus

Episode 7: Bogus in Wilderland

Episode 8: No Snooze is Good News

Episode 9: Hipster Tripster

Episode 10: Museum Madness

Episode 11: Lights, Camera, Bogus

Episode 12: Bogus In Bogus Land (foreign dub)

Episode 13: Good Sport Bogus

Season 2

Episode 14: Computer Intruder (foreign dub)

Episode 15: Babysitting Bogus

Episode 16: Bogunda Bogetta & Bogus (foreign dub)

Episode 17: Bookstore Bogus (foreign dub)

Episode 18: Bad Luck Bogus (foreign dub)

Episode 19: Totally Bogus Video (foreign dub)

Episode 20: Bogus Private Eye (foreign dub)

Episode 21: Bogus to the Rescue

Episode 22: Mr. Bogus' Sci-Fi Fest

Episode 25: Bugboy Bogus (foreign dub)

Season 3

Gallery

French children's magazine announcing the original Bogus claymation series on Antenne 2.
Article about the Bogus series. It notably describes the name as slang from Belgian city Tournai to describe a little man, and coincidentally being similar to the English word that was a trendy word in the late 80s.
Portuguese VHS release.
Portuguese VHS release.
Portuguese VHS release.

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 File:Poche_junior_bogus.JPG|French children's magazine announcing the original ''Bogus'' claymation series on Antenne 2.
-File:Sacré_bogus.JPG|Magazina article about the ''Bogus'' series. It notably describes the name as slang from Belgian city Tournai to describe a little man, and coincidentally being similar to the English word that was a trendy word in the late 80s.
+File:Sacré_bogus.JPG|Article about the ''Bogus'' series. It notably describes the name as slang from Belgian city Tournai to describe a little man, and coincidentally being similar to the English word that was a trendy word in the late 80s.
 File:Mr_bogus_vhs_1.jpg|Portuguese VHS release.
 File:Vhs-mr-bogus-em-aco-vol-2-dublado-926101-MLB20268591313_032015-F.jpg|Portuguese VHS release.
 File:Vhs-mr-bogus-vol3-bogus-em-acao-dublado-868201-MLB20303783570_052015-F.jpg|Portuguese VHS release.
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