



French/Polish animated series, THE ADVENTURES OF COLARGOL. 1968-1975.
Colargol was a little bear who desperately wanted to become a singer, but simply lacked the talent. That’s pretty much what the show was about. Tragic really. It was very popular in Holland in the 70s and 80s: I had all the records and quite a few books.
“Ik ben Beertje Colargol, beertje dat kan zingen...”
Before there was a Cookie Monster, prototypes of him appeared in various Jim Henson commercials and films in the 1960s.
I like how he looks in the IBM training film (last image). Jim Henson’s early Muppets always were wilder, rougher, like they had yet to be domesticated.







































