Snorks

Snorks is an animated fantasy children's TV series created by Nic Broca and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions along SEPP International S.A. in collaboration with 3M France. It ran for a total of four seasons, consisting of a pilot episode and 65 episodes (108 segments), on NBC in the U.S. from September 15, 1984, to March 15, 1989. The program continued to be available in syndication from 1987 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barberas third season.

==Origins== ===Early years (1977–1981)=== In 1977, Freddy Monnickendam, a Belgian businessman and artist, first made contact with the comics industry when he negotiated the rights for the Smurfs comics to Father Abraham. He later became the head of SEPP, a branch of Dupuis, as an editor responsible for the merchandising of the Smurfs' comic series. Then he negotiated the contract between Peyo, NBC and Hanna-Barbera for the creation of a new Smurfs cartoon series; Peyo wanted the show to be as faithful as possible to his original comics, but Monnickendam wanted it to be more mainstream and accessible. These negotiations would later result in a legal dispute between the two people due to the division of the rights and the money involved. As a final result, Monnickendam decided to compete with the Smurfs' success, starting a new series of cartoons. It has since been speculated by some critics that the Snorks exist within the same canonical universe as the Smurfs.