Les Guignols [SEP] original network
Les Guignols
Les Guignols (, "The Puppets"), formerly Les Guignols de l'info (, "The News Puppets"), was a satirical latex puppet show broadcast on Canal+, a French subscription-based television channel, the show being available without subscription. Hosted by a puppet facsimile of TF1 news anchor Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, "Les Guignols" was similar to the 1984–1996 British "Spitting Image". A segment appeared every weeknight on the Canal+ program "Nulle part ailleurs", with a weekly roundup on
, while retaining his vampire fangs. Édith Cresson expressed great displeasure at her own puppet: she was depicted as an air-headed panther, submissive to the sexual whims of "Kermitterrand".
Success began to decline with the competition from "Les Guignols de l'info". After Roucas' departure, Collaro revamped the puppets in 1994, but this proved unsuccessful, as the show now looked like an imitation of "Les Guignols". The show was eventually canceled in 1995.
Characters.
- François Mitterrand: