TOOPY AND BINOO THE MOVIE - FRANK MESCHKULEIT THE VOICE OF TOOPY SPEAKS

The popular animated characters Toopy and Binoo make their big screen debut.

Get ready for another adventure from best pals Toopy and Binoo. The long running series featuring these two beloved characters have gotten the big screen treatment. Kids and parents will be jumping for joy when they see what Toppy and Binoo and some new found friends have instore!

After an escalation of blunders, Toopy and Dorothy, a comical genie, accidentally make Binoo's beloved stuffed animal, Patchy-Patch, disappear. The trio immediately set out to find the fabulous land of "The Lost and Found" where Patchy-Patch is surely to be found.

Along the way, the little group meets twin seagulls looking for their father, and a magnificent Princess who has lost her dance partner. Together, and despite Toopy's bumbling ways, they will try to find Patchy Patch and their lost loves.

Toopy and Binoo (French: Toupie et Binou) is a French Canadian children’s book series created by Dominique Jolin in 1994. In collaboration with Raymond Lebrun, it has been developed as an After Effect animated series produced by Echo Média (formerly Spectra Animation) and broadcast by PBS Kids and Treehouse in English and Télé-Québec in French. Another television series was produced as a live-action spin-off show titled Toopy and Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom, produced by Echo Média (formerly Spectra Animation) which was developed into a mobile app still available for iOS. The show was licensed by American Public Television in 2009 for distribution to public television stations in the United States.

I spoke with Frank FRANK MESCHKULEIT (voice of Toopy) about his big screen debut and why he loves this character so much.

Toopy and Binoo: The Movie is set to be released on August 11 2023.