Today in Łodź there has been an opening of a sculpture of three bears from a famous Polish cartoon of 80's. It has reminded me that in Łódź there are many other little figures of cartoon characters. Together they create a path of old but unforgetable cartoons watched by children everyday before sleep. In public television there was an evening programme called "Dobranocka" which was a show for children transmitted at 7 pm, before news. Everyday there was a different cartoon to watch. In 80's and early 90's several animations were extremely popular: "Przygody Kota Filemona" ('Adventures of Filemon the Cat') which told the story about small white cat which was very clumsy but also very sweet and his flatmate, Bonifacy, who only slept and complained all day. "Zaczarowany Ołówek" ('the Enchanted Pencil') was made in the late 60's. It had no dialogues. It tells a story of a boy named Piotr and
his dog, aided by an enchanted pencil, which can materialize anything
they draw. "Plastusiowy Pamiętnik" ('the Diary of Plastuś') about a man made from a modelling clay who lived in a boy's pencil case
and, the most loved by every child in Poland - "Miś Uszatek" ('Teddy Floppy-ear') who was still a child but he acted and talked like an adult man... However, the cartoon was also popular in other countries; it is one of the best-selling exports of Polish television.
The main characters of 'Enchanted Pencil' in Łódź on Traugutta 18 street, before the Łódź House of Culture. (map)
Teddy Floppy-ear on Piotrkowska 87 street, before the Tourist Information Centre (map)
Filemon the Cat and his friend on Zwycięstwa 1 square, by the entrance to the Museum of Cinema (map).
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