Les Guignols de l'info
| Les Guignols | |
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| Also known as | Les arènes de l'info La semaine des guignols L'année des guignols |
| Genre |
Adult puppeteering Political satire Animation Comedy |
| Voices of |
Yves Lecoq Daniel Herzog Sandrine Alexi Thierry Garcia Marc-Antoine Le Bret Mathieu Schalk |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language(s) | French |
| Production | |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Canal+ |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Canal+ Nulle part ailleurs |
| Original release | August 31, 1988 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Les Guignols (French pronunciation: [le ɡiɲɔl], Puppets), formerly Les Guignols de l'info (French pronunciation: [le ɡiɲɔl də lɛ̃fo], News Puppets), is 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 is similar to the 1984–1996 British show Spitting Image. A segment appeared every weeknight on the Canal+ program Nulle part ailleurs, with a weekly recapitulation on Sundays ("La Semaine des Guignols", replay of the week's episodes). While Nulle part ailleurs no longer runs, the Guignols are still running inside the Canal+ TV Show Le Grand Journal.
The show started in 1988 as Les Arènes de l'info (News Arenas). It originally did not follow the news of the day and was not very popular. It was not until 1990–1991 and the first Gulf War that the show began to follow the news. It enjoyed a tremendous growth in popularity and quickly eclipsed its rival, Le Bébête Show.
The Guignols have had a tremendous impact on French popular culture, in many case introducing or popularizing phrases. For instance, à l'insu de mon plein gré ("without the knowledge of my own free will"), repeated by the puppet representing Richard Virenque is now attributed in jest to people who hypocritically deny having willfully committed attributed acts. The impact of political caricature in the Guignols is unclear, but some polls have shown that they influence voters.
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