Animalympics (1980) on Netflix
NR19801h 18mAnimationComedyFamilySport
The first animal Olympic Games are broadcast by the ZOO network, mixing summer and winter events, with continents entering teams. Marathon favorites René Fromage and Kit Mambo both want to win.
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Plot summary
Contestants from the continents gather for the Games, which mix summer and winter sports on one program. Barbara Warblers, a songbird, reports the events with Henry Hummel, the anchorturtle, while Jackie Fuelit calls the 100-meter dash. René Fromage has devoted his life to the marathon, and Kit Mambo wants to make a name for herself; both are favorites. Kurt Wüffner, a dachshund skier from West Germany, enters the slalom and the downhill. Bolt Jenkins, an alligator born as a handbag and told he would never walk again, lives in the sewers and takes up the high jump after a frog named Boris Amphibiensky sets a world record.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Animalympics (1980)
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- Animalympics was commissioned by NBC in 1978 as two hour-long specials to run alongside the network's coverage of the 1980 Winter Olympics and the Moscow Summer Olympics. After the Soviet Union invaded and gained control of Afghanistan and President Jimmy Carter decided to boycott the Moscow Games, NBC canceled its Olympic coverage and the Animalympics Summer special.
- Several animators on Animalympics went on to major careers: Roger Allers, who animated the lion star Kit Mambo, directed The Lion King; Bill Kroyer wrote and directed FernGully: The Last Rainforest; and Brad Bird was story editor on The Simpsons before writing and directing The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ratatouille.
- Director Steven Lisberger moved on from Animalympics to conceive, co-write and direct the cult science-fiction classic Tron, which some of the Animalympics crew also worked on.
