Les Guignols de L'Info (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Les Guignols de l'info is a satirical latex puppet show broadcast on Canal+, a French subscription-based television channel. 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," best of the week). While Nulle part ailleurs no longer runs, the Guignols are still running inside the Canal+ TV Show Le Grand Journal. Since the start of 2009 the show always begins with the line "Nous sommes en 2009 et vous regardez la tlvision avec publicit, bonsoir." ("It's 2009 and you're watching television with advertising (a play on the recent elimination of advertisements on public channels), good evening.") Previously other lines have been used and changed roughly twice a year. The show started in 1988 as Les Arnes de l'info (News Arena). It originally did not follow the news of the day and was not very popular.