The show Įach episode typically features the two characters facing mostly self-made problems, and trying to solve them using a range of possible and impossible tools and construction gadgets. The authors intentionally gave the characters short and universal names suitable for a worldwide audience. Pat and Mat are shortened forms of Czech expressions Patlal and Matlal, which can roughly be translated as Clumsy and Awkward. The characters themselves were nameless until 1989, when they were given the names Pat and Mat. However, when production of episodes started for ČST Bratislava, a Slovak name was required, and the crew eventually settled for.
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The original name of the series was Kuťáci ( The Tinkers). As of 2021, 129 episodes of the show have been released, and it has been syndicated in a large number of countries due to its lack of dialogue (except in the Dutch version, which is dubbed).
The main characters of the series are two handymen, Pat and Mat, who are inventive, but extremely clumsy. The characters first appeared in the theatrically released short Kuťáci ( Tinkers) in 1976, while the first made-for-TV episode Tapety ( Wallpaper) was produced for ČST Bratislava three years later.
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