- Fanfreluche
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Fanfreluche (horse) ""Fanfreluche" was a Canadian children's television show made in
Quebec by theFrench-language division of theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation . The show made its debut in 1968 and ran for thirty-six episodes until 1971. [http://archives.emissions.ca/787-8417-718712.html] It starred Fanfreluche, a livingrag doll (played byKim Yaroshevskaya ) who retold fairy tales and legends to the viewers. When the story went a way that displeased her, she would physically enter it to "fix" the ending which sometimes put her in a perilous situation.The character of Fanfreluche (played by the same actress) had its debut in another CBC children's show called "La Boîte à surprise". From the character in this show, prominent
Montreal businessman andThoroughbred horse breederJean-Louis Lévesque named one of hisfilly s Fanfreluche. Believed to have used the name to please a grandchild, Levesque's filly became a Canadian and United States champion racehorse in 1970.References
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306319/ Fanfreluche at the IMDb database]
See also
*
List of Quebec television series
*Television of Quebec
*Culture of Quebec
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