Bill Body: Crazy World of Sports (partially found animated series; 1992-1993)
Bill Body (aka Bill Body - Verrückte Welt des Sports "The Crazy World of Sports") is a Swiss-German animated series that originally aired in 1992-1993. It was part of a whole toy franchise, Bill Body der "Super" Sportler ("Bill Body the Super Sportsman") promoted in the chocolate Kinder products.
It centered on young and determinant sportsman Bill Body, who lives with his friends on Body Island, where all of the society is based on sports. Bill tries to master as many sports as possible, but his clumsiness, bad luck and over-confidence often get in the way.
The series was also dubbed at least in French and in Portuguese, in addition to its native German.
Of the alleged 52 episodes, only a few have resurfaced. A couple of episodes in Portuguese have managed to find their way on the Internet, along several shorts that constituted an anthology episode.
The only home video version that seems to exist is a single German-language VHS that is found on different auction sites; contributor The Reynard bought one, and discovered the anthology episode where the shorts come from, plus an unknown episode (where Bill Body is shipwrecked in a tropical island, meeting some natives). He also distinctly remembers watching an episode in the mid-1990s where Bill Body had to take on sumo-wrestling, but couldn't get fat enough to even face his opponent.
UPDATE 7/8/2014: Contributor Smith B. has two English-dubbed episodes of the series taped on VHS, when it was screened on South African television. They will be uploaded when possible.
File:Bill Body Detetives de Todos Os Tamanhos A Portuguese-dubbed episode. |
File:Bill Body O Rei da Confusão Another Portuguese-dubbed episode. |
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File:Bill Body tenista Short from an anthology episode. |
File:Bill Body futebol Shot from an anthology episode. |
File:Bill Body atletismo Short from an anthology episode. |
File:Bill Body o cavalheiro. Short from an anthology episode. |
Bill Body after saving Pamela Amplebody (an obvious parody of Pamela Anderson from "Baywatch").
Bill wearing a wig to double as David Hasselbody (an obvious parody of David Hasselhoff from "Baywatch".
Bill, his blonde friend and Bingo meet Raymond Thrill. From the episode "The Land Speed Record".
Bill helping Raymond Thrill break the "Land Speed Record" after his car has gotten stolen. From the episode "The Land Speed Record".
Bill Body figurines and an illustrated sheet from Kinder eggs
More Kinder figurines.
Figurines in a paper set.
A licensed comic.
Another licensed comic.
A promotional illustration.
References
http://www.wunschliste.de/serie/bill-body-verrueckte-welt-des-sports About the show
http://www.puzzlesonline.es/puzzle/tag/bill-body/ Screenshots of the show