Now I’m reminded to check out Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, which I never got to see as a kid.
ETA: Okay, I watched it while doing some housecleaning. It turns out Siskel & Ebert considered it one of the “dogs” of 1981. A little dull, but with a stellar comedic actor lineup. Too bad.
That obit reminds me of just how cranky I found his books! Everything’s wrong with the modern world! No! It must be Czech folk music! Everything else is fake!