"When one tries continuously, one ends up succeeding. Thus, the more one fails, the greater the chance that it will work." "If there is no solution, it is because there is no problem." "To reduce the numbers of unhappy people, always beat up the same individuals." "Every advantage has its disadvantages and vice versa." "If there is one chance out of a 1000 to succeed, rush failing the 999 first tries." The Shadoks have four monosyllabic words in their language: "Ga", "Bu", "Zo", "Meu" (French spelling). But their brain have only four cells, so if they had to learn a new word (e.g. "Ni"), they would only remember the last four ones heard. The Shadoks were also noted for their seemingly useless and endless pumping — as the Shadok say: "Better to pump even if nothing happens than to risk something worse happening by not pumping" and "When the Shadoks pumped, nothing happened; and the more they pumped, the more nothing happened." In 1973, The Shadoks appeared on Thames Television, London's ITV company (later replaced by Carlton Television), in the early evening. Kenneth Robinson provided the narration in English. His narration to The Shadoks is very fondly remembered by those who heard it. On 18 September 2007, Les Shadoks was shown on Gulli's flagship retro block, "Télégrenadine". On April 29 2016, four animated Google Doodles were shown on the Google.fr homepage for Les Shadok's 48th anniversary. Filmography 1968: Les Shadoks (first season) 1969: French people write to the Shadoks. 1970: Les Shadoks (second season) 1974: Les Shadoks (third season) 1999: Les Shadoks et le Big Blank (produced by Canal +, aaa and Cartoon Network Europe) See also List of French animated television series ORTF Claude Piéplu References External links Les Shadoks.com Les Shadoks at the Internet Movie Database 1960s French animated television series 1970s French animated television series 1980s French animated television series 1990s French animated television series 2000s French animated television series 1968 French television series debuts 2009 French television series endings French children's animated comic science fiction television series Animated television series about extraterrestrial life Television series set on fictional planets Animated television series about birds