精灵狗与搅和猫[电影解说]

SpiffandHerculesistheEnglishtranslationofaFrenchcomicstriptitledPifetHercule,featuringananthropomorphicbrown-yellowdog("Pif")andablack-whitecat("Hercule")who,despitebeingbestfriends,areconstantlyfightinginafriendship/haterelationship.ThecharacterofPifwascreatedbyJoséCabreroArnalfortheFrenchCommunistPartynewspaperL'HumanitéonMarch28,1948,andthecatHerculeswasintroducedtwoyearslater.TheadventuresofPifalsoappearedintheBritishcommunistnewspapertheDailyWorker(laterTheMorningStar)untilthemid-1970s.Spifflatergothisownmagazine("PifGadget"),whichwasverypopularasnotonlydiditincludeseveraldifferentcomicstrips,butofferedatoygadgetineachissue.HerculesalsogothisownversionofSpiff'smagazine,thisonecalled"SuperHercule",buthismagazinewasmorejoke-oriented.Aseriesof6526-minuteanimatedcartoonsfeaturingthecharacterswasproducedin1989byEuropeImages/M5inFrance.Eachprogramconsistedoftwoepisodes.UnitedKingdomtelevisionstationChannel4airedtheseriesin1993.