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''Les Guignols de l'info'' ((:le ɡiɲɔl də lɛ̃fo), ''News Puppets'') is a satirical latex puppet show broadcast on Canal+, a French subscription-based television channel, the show being available without subscription. 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", replay of the week's episodes). While ''Nulle part ailleurs'' no longer runs, the ''Guignols'' are still running inside the Canal+ TV Show ''Le Grand Journal''. The show started in 1988 as ''Les Arènes de l'info'' (News Arenas). It originally did not follow the news of the day and was not very popular. It was not until 1990–1991 and the first Gulf War that the show began to follow the news. It enjoyed a tremendous growth in popularity and quickly eclipsed its rival, ''Le Bébête Show''. ==Impact on popular culture== The ''Guignols'' have had a tremendous impact on French popular culture, in many case introducing or popularizing phrases. For instance, ''à l'insu de mon plein gré'' ("without the knowledge of my own free will"), repeated by the puppet representing Richard Virenque is now attributed in jest to people who hypocritically deny having willfully committed attributed acts. The impact of political caricature in the ''Guignols'' is unclear, but some polls have shown that they influence voters.〔Bloomberg, ''(Segolene Is Snow White, Nicolas a Dwarf as French Satire Blooms )''〕 The show is known to be able to go further in challenging current popular figures and thought than many other forms of media. Some sketches displayed for example Raymond Barre, a former Prime Minister in a gonzo pornographic scene, President Jacques Chirac and his team in a Pulp Fiction–like destruction race to eliminate their competitors or the then Minister of Interior Department Nicolas Sarkozy as a flip-flopping politician. The ''Guignols'' generally displays a left political outlook (although being tough on whoever is in power). While they generally focus on French politics, they occasionally parody international events, often concerning terrorism, including Osama Bin Laden, the Iraq conflict and Saddam Hussein, and United States foreign policy in general. These spoofs on international events are usually presented in an anti-Bush manner, mocking the fact that grey eminences lead the politic, not the president himself. They also sometimes mock Canal+ and its staff as for their former football club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Guignols de l'info」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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