“The author of La Linea (“The Line”), Osvaldo Cavandoli, was born on 1920 in Italy. In 1969 he becomes truly famous thanks to La Linea. The character was created by agency ODG for a series of TV commercials for Lagostina. From 1972 La Linea lives as animation series, in particular in France.”. “More than 30 years after its creation, Mr Linea or Balou. The return of a legend of animation in 56 episodes on tv5.org*.”.

Above: cd cover of the original sound track.
(From moviegrooves.com, where you can listen also a sample of Baiubadu by Franco Godi).

* Text in French.