Wisdom of the Gnomes
Wisdom of the Gnomes (Spanish: La llamada de los gnomos, literally "Call of the gnomes") is an animated series produced by Spanish company BRB Internacional and Televisión Española about Gnomes. It was a spin-off of the series The World of David the Gnome. It was based on the books The Secret Book of Gnomes by Wil Huygen.
| Wisdom of the Gnomes | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Claudio Biern Boyd |
| Directed by | Luis Ballester |
| Voices of | Félix Acaso Manuel Peiró Cristina Victoria Paco Hernández Manuel Peiró Ángel Egido José Moratalia |
| Narrated by | Teófilo Martínez |
| Opening theme | "Wisdom of the Gnomes" |
| Ending theme | "Little Planet" |
| Composer | Óscar Gómez |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producers | José Luis Rodríguez José Manuel Iglesias |
| Running time | 23 minutes (approx.) |
| Production companies | BRB Internacional Televisión Española |
| Distributor | BRB Internacional |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | October 4, 1987 – 1988 |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Other sequels, both in serial and movie form, were The Great Adventure of the Gnomes (1995), The Gnomes in the Snow (1999) and The Fantastic Adventures of the Gnomes (2000).
Plot
In this series the protagonist is a gnome called Klaus, a judge (aka "wise man Klaus"), who travels with his assistant Danny on Henry the Swan, trying to solve disputes and lawsuits between animals peacefully and wisely.
Like in The World of David the Gnome, the trolls also appear in this series. David himself appears in one episode.
The penultimate episode features Wil Huygen and his wife, the only pair of humans in direct communication with Gnomes. Klaus and Danny complain to Huygen of "inaccuracies" in his book, though what these errors are is not made specific.
Cast
- Klaus - Félix Acaso (Spanish), Mathew Stone (English)
- Dany - Manuel Peiró (Spanish), R. Dwight (English)
- Bruna - Cristina Victoria (Spanish), Wendee Swann (English)
- Holler - Paco Hernández (Spanish), Drew Thomas (English)
- Pit - José Moratalia (Spanish), Colin Phillips (English)
- Pat - Manuel Peiró (Spanish), Mickey Godzilla (English)
- Pot - Ángel Egido (Spanish), Ryan O'Flannigan (English)
- Narrator - Teófilo Martínez (Spanish), Jeffrey Platt (English)
English dub crew
- Robert Axelrod - Adaptation
- Richard Epcar - Adaptation
- Melora Harte - Adaptation
- Dave Mallow - Adaptation, Director
- Doug Stone - Adaptation, Director
Episodes
- Klaus the Judge (27 September 1989)
- Loch Ness (4 October 1989)
- Trip to Canada (11 October 1989)
- The Magic Carpet (18 October 1989)
- The Chamois (25 October 1989)
- Trip to Nepal (1 November 1989)
- The Gold-Diggers (8 November 1989)
- Adventure in the Arctic (15 November 1989)
- The Discovery of Ithaca (22 November 1989)
- The Carpathians (29 November 1989)
- Trip to Venice (6 December 1989)
- The Ballad of Gnomoshima (13 December 1989)
- The Gnome-Olympics (20 December 1989)
- Trip to Siberia (10 June 1993)
- Andalusia (17 June 1993)
- China (24 June 1993)
- France (1 July 1993)
- Hawaii (8 July 1993)
- The Stolen Mirror (15 July 1993)
- The Winter Race (22 July 1993)
- Mystery in the Forest (29 July 1993)
- The Gnomewegians (5 August 1993)
- Argentina (12 August 1993)
- Dany's Wedding (19 August 1993)
- Holland (26 August 1993)
- Goodbye Klaus (2 September 1993)