ברבאבא (1978)

ברבאבא (also known as סיפורי ברבאבא in the 80's) is one of two dubs of Barbapapa. It has previously aired on and it is currently airing on  in. It is the first Hebrew dub of the series.

Channel 1
When it first aired on in 1978, segments of Barbapapa were included in the Israeli series "", as a part of the series when an episode of an animated series (either Barbapapa or ) aired in a middle of an episode.

Later, in 1979, the series started to air individually on the channel as סיפורי ברבאבא, with Yitzhak Shim'oni as the host. Each episode of סיפורי ברבאבא had two segments. The series aired through the 1980s and the 1990s.

When טלפלא re-aired on the channel between the 2010s as a part of a block along with older Israeli shows, episodes with Barbapapa segments were included as well.

Kan Educational
Similar to Channel 1, episodes of טלפלא started to air on in an unknown date as a part of a block along with older Israeli shows. Episodes of Barbapapa were included as well.

Cast
In both seasons of the series, Yitzhak Shim'oni did the voices for all of the characters.

Crew
The crew for this dub is unknown.

Translations
The transformation phrase that the Barbapapas say when they shapeshift was translated as "".

Videos
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Trivia

 * Because of the dub's popularity in Israel, a song of the same name, inspired by the series, was written by and composed by  for the Israeli Kids Song Festival in Hanukkah 1978; it was originally performed by the Israeli actress . It won the second place, and became a classic in the Israeli culture. The lyrics were also changed by people in.
 * A cover of the song was later used to advertise the 2017 dub on.