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'''''Les Guignols de l'info''''' is a popular French satirical puppet show broadcast on Canal+. Essentially the French version of ''[[Spitting Image]]'', it uses latex puppets as caricatures of prominent political figures to satirize [[French Political System|national]] and international politics [[Sketch Comedy|in sketches]] but also touches upon other topics such as sports, cinema and French television in general. The name of the show comes from [[wikipedia:Guignol|Guignol]], a famous French satirical puppet of the early 19th century. |
'''''Les Guignols de l'info''''' is a popular French satirical puppet show broadcast on Canal+. Essentially the French version of ''[[Spitting Image]]'', it uses latex puppets as caricatures of prominent political figures to satirize [[French Political System|national]] and international politics [[Sketch Comedy|in sketches]] but also touches upon other topics such as sports, cinema and French television in general. The name of the show comes from [[wikipedia:Guignol|Guignol]], a famous French satirical puppet of the early 19th century. |
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A Spanish version (''Las Noticias del Guiñol'') ran on Canal+ Spain and later on Spanish television channel Cuatroº between 1995 and 2008, and it was as influential as its French predecessor. |
A Spanish version (''Las Noticias del Guiñol'') ran on Canal+ Spain and later on Spanish television channel Cuatroº between 1995 and 2008, and it was as influential as its French predecessor. |
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* [[0% Approval Rating]]: Nobody likes Laurent Fabius. |
* [[0% Approval Rating]]: Nobody likes Laurent Fabius. |
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, probably the friendliest and funniest mass-murdering Islamist terrorists you've ever met in a TV show. |
* [[Affably Evil]]: Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, probably the friendliest and funniest mass-murdering Islamist terrorists you've ever met in a TV show. |
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