Does anyone remember this old cartoon?

Question

I used to watch it when I was younger, back in the 80's but I think it may have been old even then!

It had a talking elephant in it, I think he was blue, and he used to get stressed alot.

He was either being chased or hunted or the jungle he lived in was being chopped down or something but he was alway really neurotic!

And he used to shout KUMQUATS! or maybe he only did it in one episode when he couldn't find any food or something, but I'll never forget him shouting it!

KUMQUATS!?!

Anyone else remember it?

Answer 1

i think that was Babar the Elephant

Answer 2

I'm intrigued by your description of this, as no-one in their right mind would design a children's cartoon about a blue elephant shouting KUMQUATS while running through a jungle. But, hey, it was the 80s and there were a lot of drugs out there so perhaps the writer and the script consultants all sat there in a drug-haze saying "yeah man, that sounds cool" and that's how this programme got made.

Answer 3

Barbar the Elephant I remember it :)

Babar the Elephant is a popular French children's fictional character who first appeared in History de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success. English language versions, entitled The Story of Babar, appeared in 1933 in Britain and the United States. The story is based on a tale by Brunhoff's wife, Cecile, had invented for their children. It tells of a young elephant called Babar who leaves the jungle, visits a big city, and returns to bring the benefits of civilisation to his fellow elephants.

In the uk we had a version of it on our tv's in the 80's . Hope this helps :)

Answer 4

OR..
Little Blue was the story of an elephant who when having a bath one day got his mummy's fountain pen and broke it in two. The ink went everywhere and no matter how hard they scrubbed the little elephant had to stay a little blue.


Little Blue, Little Blue
Why do they call you li-i-ttle blue?
Sitting in his bath one day as some of us do.
He bit his Mummy's fountain pen and broke it in two.
The ink it splurted in the water - WOW!
His Mummy has a blue boy now.
Oh, oh Mummy, Mummy what shall I do?
They'll have to call you little Blue-oo-oo-oo

My partner remembers a cartoon with the Little baby blue elephant and I found 1 reference to it on the web the only info i have pasted above. hope this gives you a start point delve deeper into the merky world of nostalgia..

Answer 5

I think I vaguely remember something like that
But he was a blue aardvark - he had a long trunk like an elephant's
but his mouth was at the end of his trunk instead of on his face
Quite un nerving
It was part of the Pink Panther show in the 70s

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Sidney from the Hector Heathcote Show

Answer 8

Kumquats? I'm sorry I have no idea but I'm kind of curious about it. Let me know.

Answer 9

1970 tv show. off of cool cat known as harold the elephant

Answer 10

i know what you're talking about but i can't remember the name either. i'll look around
edit- i've looked and can't find it. it may be horton hears a who by dr. suess but i don't think so.i'm pretty sure its not babar. i do remember it though.i believe its from the late 60's - the mid 70's. if you find it, let me know.
edit-lilcurious got it. its sidney.

Answer 11

Its Barbar the elephant. Its still on and it isn't too old, around 30 years and now they have better and new episodes. My little bro watches it and sometimes i do too:) but its kinda kiddish to me