The Magic Roundabout scripts being word for word translations, and the characters having voices strikingly similar to the French dub's voices. Dylan and Mr. MacHenry also retain their original French names (Flappy and Bonhomme Jouvence a.k.a. Mr. Young, respectively) with Mr Rusty having Mr. McHenry's name. Aside from that however, most of the characters have their names from the British version. In 2007, a new TV version of "The Magic Roundabout" was created, with 52 x 11-minute episodes, by French animation house Action Synthese with scripts and voices produced in the UK. Directed by Graham Ralph of Silver Fox Films and produced by
The Magic Roundabout Chevy Chase. Only two original voices remained: those of Kylie Minogue and Ian McKellen. The North American version was panned. It currently has an 8% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a score of 23 out of 100 ("generally unfavorable") on Metacritic, and an F rating from "Entertainment Weekly" magazine. It was also a financial failure, grossing a total of 7.2 million dollars in the United States, which is considered low by CGI animated film standards. It has become the second-lowest grossing CGI film (second only to "Delgo"). In 1975, Jasper Carrott released "The Magic Roundabout" (originally featured on his first