- Watatatow
"Watatatow" is a children/youth television series from Radio-Canada (
Canada 's national French-language televion network), produced from1991 to2005 . The first show aired onSeptember 17 1991 . 104 half-hour episodes were filmed every year; they were shown four afternoons a week on Radio-Canada. "Watatatow" helped launch the careers of several young actors, includingHugo St-Cyr ,Michel Goyette ,Élise Aussant ,Serge Postigo ,Robert Brouillette andAnnie Cotton .The name "Watatatow" was invented by the show's producers; its meaning is simply an expression of joy.
Actors on the show were of varying ages, sizes, physical abilities, looks and ethnicities, and generally were presented as real people with real problems. Characters on the show dealt with a wide variety of social and personal issues, including sexual harassment, pregnancy, clinical depression, substance abuse, anorexia and cults.
The first "Watatatow"
DVD , which contained forty 'highlight' episodes from the first season, was released in November 2005. The DVD box set of highlights from the second season was released on October 31, 2006.External links
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* [http://watatatow.site.voila.fr Watatatow fan website]
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