AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT...an animated show about a magical abandoned railroad. The Secret Railroad (Les Voyages De Tortillard in the original French) was a French language Canadian-made animated television series (1978), about a boy named Simon who discovers a magical unused railroad in the basement of his apartment building. The Ghost of the Railroad has hidden the last train here because people prefer to drive and no one takes the train anymore. Simon dons the engineers hat the he find on the train and sets off to (psychedelic) adventure. There is only one stop along the route, where Mr. George T. Passenger (Monsieur Globetrotteur in the original French) has been waiting for a long time for the trains arrival. And so every episode, Simon picks up Mr. Passenger and heads off to adventure. Joining them is Mr. Passengers cat Melanie. Also present in each episode is Stella, a girl with star shaped hair, who plays a different role every time. If the episode is set underwater she might be a mermaid, if the episode is set in space she might be an alien. Though the show was later dubbed into English, the short episodes posted here are only available in French -- but its the Beatles Yellow Submarine meets Yes/Uriah Heep cover artwork -- and overall bizarreness that make these interesting. youtu.be/0_e2d1ADR00 youtu.be/6egRK1gT_Kc youtu.be/zzTCaoIrX3U
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:41:17 +0000
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