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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.
 
Since their beginning in 1988, when the show was known as ''Les Arènes de l'info'', it has been hosted by PPD, a puppet of famous French news anchor Patrick Poivre D'Arvor (or PPDA, as he is better known by the general public).<ref>PPDA having been fired from his real life job on the channel TF1 in 2008, the authors had also introduced for a time a new anchorman, Harry Roselmack, who works every Friday as his "apprentice"</ref> The show has enjoyed [[Long Runner|tremendous popularity through the years that continues to this day]], and has been credited with introducing younger generations to politics and even of influencing the French public's views on certain politicians.
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