Corneil and Bernie
| Watch My Chops (UK) Corneil & Bernie (US/AUS) |
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| Also known as | France: Corneil et Bernie Brazil and Portugal: Corneil e Bernie |
| Created by | Stephan Franck Emmanuel Franck |
| Voices of |
Keith Wickham Ben Small Dian Perry Dan Russell Laurence Bouvard |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (26 in 1ª season/more 26 in 2ª season) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Madstone Theater |
| Running time | 10–13 mins |
| Release | |
| Original network |
France 3 CBBC Nicktoons (2004–2008) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 29 November 2003 |
| Website | |
Watch My Chops is a French animated series about an intelligent talking dog, Corneil, and his "dog-sitter", Bernie Barges. The series was produced, written, and animated in France, and the English dubbing took place in London at The Sound Company studios. The series was produced by Millimages and aired in the United States on Nicktoons, in the UK on CBBC from 2004 to 2007 and France on France 3 of December 2003. It starred Keith Wickham, Ben Small, Dian Perry, Dan Russell and Laurence Bouvard and more recently Mark Laidman. In the UK, the show is called Watch My Chops, named after Corneil's catchphrase; in France, it is also known as Corneil et Bernie. In the United States and Australia, the show was titled Corneil & Bernie. A DVD of the first season has been released. In 2014, the show came back to television and new episodes are done in Flash animation and a new version of the intro has been made.
Corneil is an intelligent dog: not only can he read and write perfect English, but he is much smarter than most people. Since he's so smart, he knows that life doesn't get any better than being a pampered pet, and so he does anything he can to keep his owners from realizing his phenomenal skills. This plan begins to go awry when his owners hire the pinheaded Bernie Barges to "dog-sit", and Bernie learns about Corneil's secret. Though the two frequently bicker, they form an uneasy friendship, and Corneil finds himself using his brainy powers to bail Bernie out of various scrapes.
Most episodes are driven by Corneil's reluctance to let anyone know that he is intelligent and capable of human speech. The only person who does know is dogsitter Bernie, whose uncle minds the apartment of Corneil's wealthy owners. Bernie found out about Corneil's speaking abilities by accident, and unfortunately he is somewhat lacking in intelligence and mostly devoid of morals. All this puts Corneil in an uncomfortable position - as Bernie often takes it upon himself to 'be the voice' of Corneil, capitalising on Corneil's reluctance to communicate and ignoring Corneil's requests.
Corneil: is intelligent, cultivated and loves the comfort of his apartment. He is able to talk, read, and write, which he attempts to keep a secret, not wanting to be treated strangely by humans. In the presence of his masters, he plays the faithful dog. It is only when he is alone or in the company of Bernie that he behaves like a human, answering the phone, cooking, solving problems of mathematics or attempting to questions of philosophy. He usually either helps Bernie with his problems or bails him out while other times pursuing his own goal with Bernie in tow. His mannerisms are reminiscent of Mr. Peabody from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
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