Fanfreluche

Fanfreluche was a French-language Canadian children's television show made in Quebec by Radio-Canada. The show made its debut in 1968 and ran for forty-six episodes until 1971. It starred Fanfreluche, a living doll (played by Kim 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.

From the character in this show, prominent Montreal businessman and Thoroughbred horse breeder Jean-Louis Lévesque named one of his fillies Fanfreluche. Believed to have used the name to please a grandchild, Levesque's filly became a Canadian and United States champion racehorse in 1970.

The theme song was composed by Herbert Ruff.{{Cite web |last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |title=Fanfreluche a une histoire à vous raconter |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/reportage-photo/3395/fanfreluche-emission-jeunesse-television-conte-kim-yaroshevskaya-archives |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Radio-Canada.ca |language=fr-ca}}

History

In 1957, Fanfreluche made her first appearance as a character of the children show Le grenier aux images. Following this, Fanfreluche became a recurring character in the children show La boîte à surprise (1956-1967). Yaroshevskaya, originally from Moscow, based her character on stories from russian poet Pushkin and the ballet Coppélia.{{Cite web |last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |first=Zone Arts- |date=2020-09-18 |title=Kim Yaroshevskaya : une histoire à sa manière |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1734614/kim-yaroshevskaya-comedienne-fanfreluche-archives |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Radio-Canada |language=fr-ca}}

Between 1968 and 1971, Kim Yaroshevskaya wrote and played as the titular character in every episode.

Radio-Canada ran regular reruns from the 1968 to 1982, with partial reruns in the 90's.

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[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306319/ Fanfreluche at the IMDb database]

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