Las Aventuras de Mumú (partially found Spanish stop-motion series; 1967-1968)

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Mumú and his already described human friends having a conversation

Status: Partially Found


Las Aventuras de Mumú (The Adventures of Mumú The Bull)[1] was a stop-motion animation series for small children directed, written, and produced by Enrique Nicanor for Televisión Española (now known as RTVE). It premiered in November 11th, 1967 and ended on May 4th, 1968[2] with a total of 26 episodes [1]. It's considered important due to it being the first animated series for television made entirely in Spain.[3]

Plot

The series followed the adventures of an Andalusian Bull named Mumú and his two human friends: a small child named Lolita, wearing a sweater and a triangle-shaped hat made out of newspaper, and an adult man with buck teeth wearing a round-topped hat and a suit named D. Tontón.

Episodes

Out of its 26 aired episodes[1], only the titles and plots for two of them are known.

The first one is titled "El espantapájaros" ("The Scarecrow") and it was fully found and uploaded to RTVE's archive, thanks to Adrián Encinas, a Spanish stop-motion enthusiast, who, after finding out about the series, contacted RTVE's archive, and, thanks to the help of profesionals Dolors Gonzalo and Francesca Puig the episode was fully found and later uploaded in 21st July, 2021[3].

The second known episode is titled "El Encuentro de Mumú" ("Mumú's encounter") this one only has its title and a synopsis, both of wich were found in an old newspaper.

An image showing a small part of an old newspaper. At the top of the image there's a title in spanish wich translates to: The Aventures os Mumú the Bull: «Mumú's Encounter». To the left of said title, the time of when this episode aired can be seen: 8:45 PM. Below the title, there's a synopsis, also in Spanish, wich translates to: "Mumú the bull surprises Toño, a fun and cheerful Andalusian, who sings accompanied by his guitar, with his presence. Toño begins to bullfight Mumú, but the bull disarms the young man, although he does not harm him, since he only wants to enjoy Toño's Andalusian songs."
Translation of the synopsis: "Mumú the bull surprises Toño, a fun and cheerful Andalusian, who sings accompanied by his guitar, with his presence. Toño begins to bullfight Mumú, but the bull disarms the young man, although he does not harm him, since he only wants to enjoy Toño's Andalusian songs."[4]

There's another found piece of newspaper talking about the series. This one gives a synopsis to the series, and also reveals the name and appearance of a secondary character named Lolín, who was a princess.

A part of an old newspaper with text describing the series, and to it's left, an image from the show. In this image we see a princess named Lolín. Lolín has long, curly hair and a long gown. She's also wearing what appears to be D. Tontóns hat.
A newspaper describing the series, and revealing the appearance and name of a new character. [4]

Availability

As of March 2024, these are the only known information about the series that has resurfaced.

Sources:

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Nicanor
  2. ↑ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/La+primera+conformacion+de+una+audiencia+infantil+y+juvenil+para+la...-a0383328601
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20230627/libro-repasa-historia-animacion-stop-motion-espanola/2450547.shtml
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://mangaclassics.mforos.com/2080443/13120502-las-aventuras-de-mumu-doblaje/
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