a nature enthusiast (yellow) and Barbabeau, a painter (black and furry), as well as three daughters: Barbalala, a musician (green), Barbabelle, a narcissistic beauty queen (purple), and Barbalib, an intellectual (orange). Adaptations Television A few years after the book had been produced, and when more titles had been published, Fehmers expanded the project to television films in conjunction with Joop Visch of Polyscope-PolyGram, with the storyboards designed by Taylor. After twelve years, Fehmers and Tison/Taylor discontinued their business relationship. The first cartoon film was almost five minutes long and was released on television in 1974. One hundred episodes of the cartoon series, spanning two seasons, were produced and aired on television. In 1999, a Japanese animated series called Barbapapa Around the World (Japanese: バーバパパ 世界をまわる, Hepburn: Barbapapa Sekai wo Mawaru) was aired. Animated by Studio Pierrot and produced by Kodansha, the series depicted the family going on a vacation through different countries. The series aired over 50 episodes. In 2019, a new animated show, called "Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family!", was produced by Normaal Animation. It currently airs on TF1 in France, Yle TV2 in Finland, and Nick Jr. in other countries. The show was written by Alice Taylor and Thomas Taylor. Alice is the daughter of Tison and Taylor. The English dub was produced by Jungle Studios in the United Kingdom and features a cast of up-and-coming child actors. Music The first Barbapapa theme's lyrics were written by Harrie Geelen, and the music composed by Joop Stokkermans. The Japanese version of the series, as aired on TV Tokyo, features an entirely different theme song from the original series, composed by Chuuji Kinoshita with lyrics by Zenzo Matsuyama. The Italian version's song was sung by singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni. The Spanish kids' group Parchis made a song about the characters of the cartoon, named "Barbapapá". An Israeli song named "Barba'aba" (ברבאבא) was written by Yoram Taharlev and performed by Tzipi Shavit in 1978. It talks about Barbapapa being shunned by everyone for looking weird until he met Barbamama. The song became a kids' classic. Comic book A comic book version was also created. Both cartoons and comics sometimes show concerns about the environment and contain environmental messages. Legacy The Barbapapa cartoon is popular in many countries worldwide and has been dubbed into a wide variety of languages, including five separate English dubs. In the United States, it was syndicated on various